Royal Bank of Canada

Associate Director, Full Stack Development

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years programming or related experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, or a quantitative discipline
  • Critical thinking skills to understand industry drivers for risk management
  • High programming proficiency in JavaScript (ReactJS), TailwindCSS, Python, and SQL
  • Advanced organizational skills to manage multiple projects
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Analyze existing market risk applications for improvement opportunities
  • Manage development and documentation of market risk applications
  • Collaborate with teams to define business requirements for application implementation
  • Serve as key contact for MCCR team on market risk application issues
  • Modernize application development and monitoring processes
  • Lead or participate in innovation projects within GRM Market & Counterparty Credit Risk

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses
  • Opportunity to make a significant, lasting impact
  • Dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team environment
  • Chance to take on progressively greater responsibilities
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Rapid Application Development (RAD) team within GRM Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk (MCCR) is responsible for developing and maintaining business managed applications used to monitor financials risks to the Bank's trading book. As Associate Director, you will work on developing a new market risk application, as well as serve as a resource and subject matter expert for the MCCR team, IT and other stakeholders.

As Associate Director, you will also query data and develop tools to enhance ad hoc reporting within MCCR, supporting portfolio monitoring and workflow activities.

What will you do?

  • Analyze existing market risk applications to identify opportunities for improvement and simplification, ensuring they are fit-for-purpose.
  • Manage the development and documentation of market risk applications by liaising with industry teams and the GRM MCCR team.
  • Collaborate with various teams to define business requirements for the implementation of market risk applications.
  • Serve as a key point of contact for the MCCR team regarding issues related to market risk applications.
  • Modernize the development and monitoring process of market risk applications to reflect best practices and meet industry standards.
  • Drive innovation within GRM Market & Counterparty Credit Risk by participating in or leading projects that benefit from technical expertise and access to data.


What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

  • Minimum 5 years programming or related experience
  • Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, or a quantitative discipline
  • Ability to think critically to understand industry drivers to develop sound recommendations for risk managers
  • High degree of programming literacy (JavaScript (ReactJS), TailwindCSS, Python and SQL)
  • Advanced organizational skills including the ability to simultaneously manage and prioritize multiple projects
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)


Nice-to-have
  • Knowledge of market or counterparty credit risk
  • UI/UX experience
  • Strong communication skills


What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking, to keep growing, and working together to build and deliver trusted reporting to help our stakeholders succeed and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities


Job Skills
Decision Making, Financial Instruments, Group Problem Solving, Market Risk, Performance Management (PM), Resource Coordination, Risk Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-20

Application Deadline:

2026-08-04
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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