Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Data Enginner

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years total experience in technology roles.
  • 2-3 years experience specifically with Spark (Scala/Python), Big Data technologies, Databricks, Airflow, and DBT.
  • Proven experience with Apache Hadoop/Hive ETL/data-pipelines or similar big-data platform technologies.
  • Strong SQL skills with experience in Oracle/PL-SQL or any ANSI-compliant RDBMS.
  • Experience with Windows/Unix/Linux operating systems.
  • Undergraduate degree in computer science/engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product Owner, Product Manager, and Development Lead to align technical solutions with business needs.
  • Engage in the design and development phases of projects while addressing technical issues as they arise.
  • Ensure alignment of solutions with data and architecture strategies.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation and training materials.
  • Assist application support teams in resolving production issues.
  • Coordinate with Quality Engineering on testing and verification processes.
  • Mentor and share experience with team members to foster growth.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities through training and mentoring.
  • Work in a collaborative team environment that values innovation.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technology and industry practices.
  • Opportunity to engage in complex projects within the financial technology sector.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What will you do?
  • Work with the Product Owner, Product Manager, and Development Lead to understand and determine best mix of development and technical solutions to meet business requirements and project objectives.
  • Work on detailed design and development phases of project initiatives; identifying, tracking and resolving technical issues.
  • Ensure design/development solutions are aligned to the data/architecture strategy.
  • Ensure adequate technical/reference documentation and training is in place.
  • Provide assistance to the application support team in troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
  • Coordinate with the Quality Engineering team on all aspects of testing and verification, ensuring quality assurance testing is performed for all changes.
  • Impart knowledge, benefit of experience, and mentoring to other members of the team.


Must-have:
  • Total Experience 5+ years' , with atleast 2-3 years experience with Spark (Scala/Python) , Big Data ,Databricks, Airflow ,DBT
  • Solid experience (as evidenced by resume) with Apache Hadoop/Hive ETL/data-pipelines or other big-data platform technology/tools Cloudera
  • Solid experience (as evidenced by resume) with SQL, Oracle/PL-SQL or any ANSI-compliant RDBMS platform preferred.
  • Experience on Windows/Unix/Linux OS.
  • Undergraduate degree/diploma in computer science/engineering or related technology discipline.
  • Solid communication and time management skills.


Nice-to-have:
  • Demonstrable experience with DevOps tools/technologies, including continuous integration/delivery tools and technologies such as GitHub, Jenkins, Synk, JIRA, Confluence, Airflow
  • Demonstrable experience with containerization tools and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Redhat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).
  • Experience with Capital Markets or other financial technology services' middle/back office environments.
  • Experience with/exposure to cloud technology platforms such as PCF (on-prem), AWS. Azure (off-prem).
  • Experience with/exposure to Business Intelligence (BI)/Analytics/Reporting tools, such as Tableau, Datameer, Power BI, Presto, Snowflake, Apache Superset, etc.
  • Experience with/exposure with Test driven development (TDD) and automated unit testing.


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Job Skills
Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Database Development, Data Mining, Data Warehousing (DW), ETL Processing, Group Problem Solving, Quality Management, Requirements Analysis

Additional Job Details

Address:

745 THURLOW ST:VANCOUVER

City:

Vancouver

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-27

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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