Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Royal Bank of Canada•Toronto, ON

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of RBC’s payment modernization initiative, we are hiring a Senior Backend Developer to help build our next-generation payment engine. In this role, you will design and develop scalable, resilient, event-driven microservices using Java and Spring Boot, and deliver high-quality production code that supports core payment processing.

Requirements

7+ years of backend software development experience
Ability to use LLM/AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot or equivalent) to improve developer productivity while maintaining secure coding and code quality standards
Strong hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience
Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems
Experience with reactive and event-driven programming
Experience with workflow/process orchestration tools (e.g., Camunda)
Solid REST API design skills and experience with Git and CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins)
Strong automated testing experience (e.g., JUnit, Mockito)
Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams

Nice To Haves

Experience with IBM MQ, Kafka, or similar messaging technologies
Knowledge of resiliency patterns (circuit breaker, retry, back pressure)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Experience with monitoring/logging tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, ELK)
Familiarity with prompt engineering and practical use of LLMs for tasks such as code generation, test creation, documentation, and troubleshooting
Banking/financial services or payments domain experience

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend micro-services and applications for payment workflows
Develop event-driven and reactive services for high-throughput processing
Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions
Partner with Product, Architecture, QA, and Operations to deliver reliable releases
Write clean, testable code and ensure strong automated test coverage
Support CI/CD, observability, and production stability improvements

Benefits

bonuses
flexible benefits
competitive compensation
commissions
stock where applicable
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and high-performing team
A world-class training program in financial services
Flexible work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
Opportunities to building close relationships with clients