Royal Bank of Canada

Director, Solutions Architect - Trade Flow Processing (Capital Markets)

Royal Bank of Canada$120K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in a technical discipline
  • Previous experience in technical roles
  • 5+ years as a solution architect
  • 5+ years in Capital Markets trade flow processing
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and delivery of technical solution architectures
  • Collaborate with teams to identify modernization opportunities
  • Provide expert guidance on architectural frameworks and technologies
  • Represent the organization as a technical leader in vendor partnerships
  • Execute on solution architecture tasks requiring problem-solving and decision making
  • Drive decisions on complex issues for actionable management recommendations
  • Leverage skills to resolve complex architecture problems and foster collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Supportive leaders dedicated to your development
  • Opportunities for impactful contributions
  • Dynamic and collaborative high-performing team environment
  • World-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Challenging work opportunities
  • Pathways for greater accountability
  • Access to various job opportunities across business and geographies
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

This role is to be the lead architect within the RAMPP Trade Processing application teams. The teams cover a wide range of asset classes (Fixed Income, FX, Futures, Commodities, Derivatives) and a mixture of in-house and vendor developed applications. They will drive decisions around system design and work with application leads on all major initiatives that involve architecture changes across the platforms. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that these teams adhere to RBC CM standards when designing/changing all IT related systems and flows. The role will include reviewing existing system architecture and driving improvements and taking the lead on new initiatives to steer the direction of newly architected systems/flows.

What will you do?
  • Leads the development and delivery of end to end technical solution architectures for complex projects, ensuring alignment with business strategies and technical roadmaps.
  • Collaborates with cross functional teams, senior architects, and stakeholders to identify modernization opportunities, develop solution design patterns, and oversee the implementation of architecture decisions.
  • Provides expert guidance on architectural frameworks, integration patterns, and emerging technologies, ensuring innovative and scalable solutions to meet evolving business needs.
  • Represents the organization as a technical leader in vendor partnerships, building relationships with third party partners and internal teams to accelerate decision making and resolve complex issues.
  • Executes on solution architecture tasks or projects, requiring advanced problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking with some ambiguity.
  • Drives decisions on complex issues to develop clear, actionable recommendations for management, ensuring alignment on processes, tools and services with impact across other areas.
  • Leverages advanced and creative skills to resolve complex solution architecture related problems, fostering cross functional collaboration to identify and implement innovative solutions.
  • Leads and facilitates cross functional collaboration efforts, fostering strong internal relationships across the organization and external partnerships to achieve impactful business outcomes.


What do you need to succeed?

Must have:
  • Degree in a technical discipline
  • Previous experience working in technical roles in any capacity
  • 5+ years experience as a solution architect
  • 5+ years experience in Capital Markets within trade flow processing
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills


Nice to have:
  • Experience in any of the asset classes: Fixed Income, FX, Futures, Commodities, Derivatives
  • Experience working with various Capital Market vendors


What's in it for you?

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and 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
  • Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies


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Job Skills
Applications Architecture, Architectural Modeling, Critical Thinking, Enterprise IT Architecture, Information Technology Consulting, Multi-Level Communication, Platform Architecture, 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:

2026-05-08

Application Deadline:

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

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

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