Royal Bank of Canada

Equity Finance Engineering Manager

Royal Bank of Canada$210K — $275K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in equity finance or synthetic prime brokerage
  • 10+ years of expert-level experience in Java and Spring Boot
  • In-depth knowledge of Delta One products including equity swaps and futures
  • Proven ability to write and take ownership of production-quality code
  • Strong foundation in numerical methods, linear algebra, and financial mathematics

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement low-latency, high-performance software solutions
  • Build position and trade life cycle management systems for Delta One products
  • Own the full software development lifecycle from design to production release
  • Interface with other technical teams to integrate applications effectively
  • Establish and enforce engineering best practices and standards
  • Define the technical architecture for analytics platforms
  • Lead migration of legacy components to updated architectures

Benefits

  • Meaningful technical ownership at a senior engineering level
  • Direct exposure to trading desks and impact on commercial P&L
  • Competitive base salary with discretionary bonuses and incentives
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We are seeking a highly technical hands-on Engineering Development Manager for Equity Finance to lead the design, development, and delivery of next generation equity swaps, synthetic prime application. The successful candidate will be deeply hands-on, capable of architecting and writing production-grade code for highly complexity software development activities, leading the design, implementation, and optimization of application services and platforms, while driving strategic initiatives. The role requires someone who leads from the front technically, not purely through delegation.

What will you do?
  • Architect and implement low-latency, high-performance for highly complexity software development activities, leading the design, implementation, and optimization of application services and platforms.
  • Build position management, trade life cycle management for Delta One products (equity swaps, futures, forwards, ETFs, synthetic financing)
  • Own the full software development lifecycle: system design, implementation, code review, testing, performance profiling, and production release
  • Interface with other technical teams within Equity Finance, middle office, and back office to integrate with applications.
  • Establish and enforce engineering standards: code review culture, unit/integration testing frameworks CI/CD pipelines, and documentation practices
  • Define the technical architecture of the analytics platform, including service boundaries, data contracts, and API design
  • Lead migration of legacy components to modern, maintainable architectures without disrupting production operations
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and platform engineering teams on compute, grid, and real-time data infrastructure
  • Partner with trading desks, structuring, and risk management to translate business requirements into well-scoped engineering deliverables
  • Work closely with quant research to productionise models; act as the bridge between research-quality prototypes and robust, testable production code
  • Participate in hiring: define technical bars, conduct structured interviews, calibrate across the team
  • Represent the analytics development function in cross-functional forums, steering committees, and senior stakeholder discussions


What do you need to succeed?
  • 8+ years of experience in one of the areas of equity finance, synthetic prime brokerage, delta one.
  • 10+ years of expert-level java, spring boot, distributed cache (Redis) building large scale trading applications.
  • Deep understanding of Prime brokerage and Delta One products: equity swaps, futures, forwards, TRS, ETF mechanics, stock lending / securities finance
  • Demonstrated ability to write, review, and take full ownership of production code - this is not a role for someone who only directs others to write code
  • Strong foundation in numerical methods, linear algebra, and financial mathematics

Java, Radis, Solace, Kafka, databases, distributed processing.

Nice to have:
  • Experience with equity swaps trading application build out or integration with a equity swaps vendor platform such as Swap One, Nuvo Prime or internal build.

What's in it for you?
  • Meaningful technical ownership at a senior level - this is an engineering-led role, not a management-only seat
  • Direct exposure to the trading desk and commercial P&L, with the ability to see the impact of your work in real time
  • Competitive base, discretionary bonus, and long-term incentive participation commensurate with Director-level scope


The Expected Salary Range For This Particular Position Is $210,000 - $275,000 Depending On Your Experience, Skills, And Registration Status, Market Conditions And Business Needs.

You Have The Potential To Earn More Through Rbc's Discretionary Variable Compensation Program Which Gives You An Opportunity To Increase Your Total Compensation, Provided The Business Meets Its Performance Targets And You Meet Your Individual Goals.

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Job Skills
Application Development, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Information Technology Trends, Programming Languages, System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address:

GOLDMAN SACHS TOWER, 30 HUDSON STREET:JERSEY CITY

City:

Jersey City

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-09-21

Application Deadline:

2026-10-30
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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