Royal Bank of Canada

Lead Full Stack Developer

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in C# (.NET Core), Visual Studio, and RESTful-API/Kafka integration
  • 10+ years in designing and implementing cloud-based architecture using Azure services
  • Experience in developing and deploying scalable cloud-based applications
  • Strong proficiency in managing large sets of data with ANSI-SQL
  • Certification in Microsoft Azure (e.g., Azure Developer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert)

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design and development of applications
  • Lead a team of developers to meet project deadlines
  • Ensure high code quality and application performance
  • Participate in scrums and working sessions with stakeholders
  • Maintain documentation of technical decisions and designs
  • Collaborate with internal teams on software feature delivery
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Supportive leaders focused on your development
  • Opportunity to impact and drive change
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative high-performing team
  • World-class training program in financial services
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We are looking for a highly skilled software engineering lead who is a great team player and obsessive about the quality of their code and delivered service. The role requires a highly skilled individual with a strong background in software development, having experience in Hadoop/Hive DB systems, cloud-based distributed systems, DevOps tools like GitHub, Helios. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain robust solutions while adhering to best practices in software engineering and DevOps.

What will you do?
  • Contribute to technical design, development, and enhancement of applications.
  • Lead a team of software developers to ensure completion of DCUT activities within time and budget.
  • Ensure code quality, performance, scalability, responsiveness of applications.
  • Actively take part in scrums, stand ups and working sessions with IT and business stakeholders.
  • Ensuring operating efficiency of existing systems. Maintaining up to date documentation of technical decisions, design and unit testing.
  • Working with different internal teams like BSA/BA/QE for software feature delivery, support and bug fixes.
  • Stay current and competitive by keeping up to date with the latest platform capabilities, security, performance, and reusability.
  • Establish strong working relationships across business units and platforms to build influence and impact with key business partners.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues


What do you need to succeed?

Must have:
  • Minimum of 10+ years in C# (.NET Core), Visual Studio, Apache Web Services, XML, and Restful-API/Kafka & event-driven integration capabilities
  • 10+ years of experience in Design and implementing cloud-based architecture using Azure services like Services Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Event Hub, Azure Redis, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, KeyVault, Azure Repos
  • Develop and deploy scalable, secure, and efficient cloud-based applications using Azure services. Strong background in REST API, system design and application integration, including data mapping between source and target systems
  • Experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, and Azure Security Center
  • Knowledge of containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with various Design Patterns (MVC, MVVM, etc.), SOA and other Architectural concepts
  • Must have development experiences in Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps
  • This engineer will need to be very proficient in managing large sets of data, including excellent proficiency with ANSI-SQL querying structured and unstructured data sources (Snowflake, Oracle, SQL, No-SQL)
  • Experience with ELK, Dynatrace and other logging capabilities
  • Experience in React, Elastic Search, Snowflake, GEN AI tools, Automated testing tools
  • Certification in Microsoft Azure, such as Azure Developer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert


Nice to have:
  • Understanding of financial industry message formats, including ISO 20022, PAIN, BAI, EDI, CSV, XML, and COBOL copybooks (CPY)
  • Coding experience in Python; including experience with libraries such as Pandas or NumPy for data manipulation and visualization
  • Familiarity with building and training machine learning models (e.g., regression, classification, clustering) using frameworks like Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
  • Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses
  • Background in Payments/AML systems


What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive 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, 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


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Job Skills
Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address:

180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-02-03

Application Deadline:

2026-06-30
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

About Royal Bank of Canada

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We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees through continuous learning and career development programs. At RBC, you will find endless opportunities to grow professionally through on-the-job experiences, formal training programs, and leadership development initiatives. Our commitment to innovation means we are constantly seeking out new ideas and perspectives, making RBC a perfect place for those who aim to lead and innovate.

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