Royal Bank of Canada

Lead Software Developer

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • Experience with Java 17+, including design patterns and concurrency.
  • Familiarity with Python and Django framework is a plus.
  • Proficient in Front End technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery.
  • Knowledge of SQL and technologies such as Apache Ignite, Hadoop, and Spring/Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

  • Code, test, debug, and support real-time risk and PnL applications.
  • Develop end-to-end technology solutions with internal technology teams.
  • Analyze and resolve production issues related to data flows and application performance.
  • Collaborate with trading and quant teams to gather and implement business requirements.
  • Conduct data analysis and schema designs for risk data capture.
  • Identify operational risks and opportunities for automation.
  • Leverage data science and visualization techniques to generate insights.

Benefits

  • Competitive total rewards plan
  • Opportunities for challenging work
  • Possibility to take on greater responsibilities
  • Chance to build relationships with clients
  • Access to diverse job opportunities across business and geographies
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity

This Senior Developer/Business Analyst role within Quantitative and Technology Services (QTS), consists of developing, improving and supporting strategic applications within the RAMPP (Risk, Analytics, Modelling, Pricing & Processing) organization. The individual will work with best-in-class technologies to deliver solutions to consume large quantities of data and present key metrics & statistics to Capital Markets business clients. In addition, they will tackle complex problems, providing robust, efficient and strategic solutions that have lasting impact on the RAMPP organization and Capital Markets businesses alike.
This individual will work closely with Capital Markets trading teams to define project requirements, coordinate testing efforts and provide support on implementations where needed. This candidate possesses excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills

What will you do?
• Code, test, debug, implement and support real-time risk and PnL applications that cater to
a wide range of business units within the Capital Markets space.
• Develop end to end technology solutions and end user analytics dashboards in
collaboration with internal technology teams and stakeholders alike.
• Analyze, debug and resolve production issues related to, but not limited to data flows,
application performance, system latency and infrastructure/network outages.
• Regularly collaborate with Capital Markets Trading and Quant teams through all stages of
the software development lifecycle to illicit and implement business requirements, owning
projects from inception to completion.
• Carry out data analysis & schema designs for EOD and intraday risk data captures.
• Proactively identify operational risks/control deficiencies & opportunities for automation
within the business to increase productivity and reduce dependency on end-user
computing.
• Leverage Data Science, statistical analysis and visualizations techniques to create
meaningful insights for Trading, Quants and Risk Management teams.
• Suggest improvements to application user interface. Collaborate with UI development
team and/or implement the changes to Front End code.' Demonstrate project implementations to key stakeholders, including high-level executives,
senior management and wider QTS technology teams.
• Utilize state-of-the-art Gen-AI tools to realize efficiencies in day-to-day practices and
general work life

What do you need to Succeed?

Must have:
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with Java 17+ needed with working knowledge of design patterns, data
structures, algorithms, threading & concurrency; Java 17/RxJava is highly desirable
• Experience in Python; Django framework is highly desirable
• Working experience in Front End development languages such as HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, JQuery, etc.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Apache Ignite, Solace, Hadoop ecosystem, Maven, Unix,
Spring/Spring Boot & other development tools
Nice-to-have:
• Experience working in the Financial industry
• Quick learner with aptitude to pick up new technologies and business knowledge
• Highly motivated with the capability to work independently and effectively, but with
willingness and a great attitude for collaboration
• Agile, Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• Familiarity with DevOps tooling such as JIRA, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

What's in it for you?

  • A competitive total rewards plan
  • Opportunities to do challenging work
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
  • Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
  • Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies


Job Skills
Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), SQL Database Queries

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:

2026-07-01

Application Deadline:

2026-07-31
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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