Royal Bank of Canada

Director, Solution Architecture

Royal Bank of Canada$130K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proven experience as a Lead Developer
  • In-depth understanding of software architecture principles
  • Strong knowledge of capital markets operations
  • Experience with multi-asset financing and securities lending
  • Familiarity with front-to-back data flows
  • Solid grasp of programming languages and data technologies
  • Strong interpersonal skills for influencing stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Consult on major initiatives to design tailored solutions
  • Review architectures from delivery teams to ensure alignment with overarching goals
  • Lead an architecture council for evaluating proposed architectures
  • Develop and communicate technology guidance for standardizing capabilities
  • Define API strategy and document it for implementation

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with experienced enterprise architecture professionals
  • Influence the future of capital markets technology at a leading bank
  • Present proposals to senior executives
  • Participate in a comprehensive training program
  • Enjoy flexible work/life balance
Full Job Description
Job Description

Director of Solution Architecture, Capital Markets

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

The Capital Markets architecture team at RBC is looking for a solution architect. The central architecture team is not aligned to a specific domain within markets but rather supports the entire department. As such you'll have broad exposure to all asset classes and aspects of the business front to back. Similarly, you'll have exposure to a wide breadth of technologies and design patterns reflecting the varying needs and aspects of the business.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?
  • Consult on major initiatives within CM (Capital Markets) to help design solutions that meet the specific needs of the delivery while also progressing the broader architectural strategy of the department (align with architecture principles, modernize and simplify the estate, re-use capabilities/technologies, etc).
  • Review proposed architectures from CM delivery teams to align specific team requirements to high level goals of CM leadership and the bank. For instance, why are you ordering a physical machine instead of using internal cloud? Why are you using Redis over MemSQL? Why are you pulling X from RBCAppA instead of RBCAppB? Etc..
  • Help lead an architecture council in which proposed architectures are debated for their merits and scrutinized by a broad set of stakeholders.
  • Help to form and communicate technology guidance to standardize development of commonly needed capabilities. For instance, figure out what our API strategy should be, document it on confluence, present it to senior leadership, and show dev teams how to implement it.


WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have
  • Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly
  • Experienced Lead Developer
  • Strong understanding of software architecture (patterns, components, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of capital markets
  • Experience with multi-asset financing, securities lending, and margin services platforms
  • Experience with front-to-back data flows across custodial and non-custodial structures
  • Experience with cross asset position and exposure aggregation
  • Good understanding of programming (language pros/cons, threading implications, etc.)
  • Good understanding of data technologies (stores, access patterns, caching, etc.)
  • Interpersonal skills including the ability to influence others


What's in it for you?

  • Work with seasoned veterans of enterprise architecture who can support your growth
  • Help to shape the direction of capital markets technology at Canada's biggest bank
  • Present to senior executives
  • Access to a world-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance


Job Skills
Applications Architecture, Architectural Modeling, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Enterprise IT Architecture, Information Technology Consulting, Multi-Level Communication, Software Product Design, System Applications, Transitional Architecture

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-05-05

Application Deadline:

2026-07-03
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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