Senior Staff Engineer

RBC • Vancouver, BC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Compliance is a team within Global Functions Technology that deals with trading and employee surveillance, privacy, and risk governance. This position is within the Compliance Technology areas of GFT. The ideal candidate will be developing and implementing solutions and resolving complex issues in a variety of projects in the employee surveillance eco system. This role will act as a technical leader in Toronto and report to the Director of Data and Engineering for compliance technology.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience with a proven track record as a technical SME and individual contributor.
• Experience in software design with strong systems thinking and confidence in navigating technical decisions.
• In-depth experience with Python, Scala, Java/Spring or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows, including prompt engineering for code generation and the ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness and security
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership, translating vision into actionable plans, evaluating technologies, providing strategic recommendations, and overseeing cross-team initiatives while mentoring team members.
• Clear communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a matrix environment, such as a large, publicly-traded corporation
• Ability to facilitate between and influence key decision makers
• Capital Markets/Wealth management and/or regulatory experience

Responsibilities

• Become a SME in trading, employee surveillance, privacy, and risk governance
• Create system and application designs, software and technical architecture, in accordance with strategies and objectives under the guidance of the Lead Solution Architect.
• Providing expertise for the Compliance Technology team and other IT staff on a variety of issues in software designs, system architecture and solution-oriented technologies.
• Communicating with clients and analyses business requirements and processes; making recommendations and leading in shaping future plans in Compliance Technology.
• Overseeing project outcomes, including hardware and software design; ensuring that each project phase meets overall requirements.

Benefits

• bonuses
• flexible benefits
• competitive compensation
• commissions
• stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed