Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Software Developer - Trading application

Royal Bank of Canada$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5 years of development experience in banking technology preferred
  • Strong SQL, Java, and Linux skills
  • Understanding of Forex Exchange business and trading workflows
  • Knowledge of risk management and back office operations
  • Familiarity with IT standards, SDLC, and ITIL processes

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop solutions for FX transaction processing
  • Organize and conduct review sessions for technical specifications
  • Write and document programs using SQL, Java, and Unix scripting
  • Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies
  • Manage testing and verification activities for application systems

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in the financial sector
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
  • Focus on continuous learning and professional development
  • Participation in post-implementation review processes
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The RBC Investor and Services and Technology team is seeking a Software Developer to support an application that processes FX transactions.

In this role you will be responsible for the design and development of solutions on the Kondor+ based platform for key RBC initiatives.

The role is responsible to partner across IT and Business to assess, research, and analyze business, technical and system needs, to implement technical solutions that meet Business requirements.

What will you do?

Participate in the technical design, development, and implementation of application systems. Applies complete knowledge, skills, and practices to perform assignments.
  • Organize and participate in walkthrough reviews of all technical specifications, programs, and unit test plans
  • Review issues and requirements from business partners
  • Develops, codes, documents programs of average to high complexity using different languages such as SQL, Java, Unix scripting depending on the target solution
  • Contributes to successful project completion within budget and on time by identifying risks and developing/recommending mitigation strategies
  • Troubleshooting Ability to determine root cause and resolve for incidents and Project issues
  • Manages all aspects of testing and verification ensuring all tasks are performed for all activities.
  • Ensures adequate technical documentation and training material
  • Delivering new design and development specifications based on customer requirements, while adhering to standard procedures and techniques
  • Creating test transactions and running tests to find errors and revise application programs
  • Participating in post-implementation reviews of application development content and processes; continually working to create a learning environment by sharing about the participation process with others
  • Supporting the implementation of application programs; fixing any existing or new bugs.


What do you need to succeed:

Financial Market Knowledge:
  • Understanding of Forex Exchange business.
  • Knowledge of trading workflows, risk management, and back office operations.
  • Experience with Trading application platform (Front and Back-office).
  • A strong understanding of technology and/or financial services industry.
  • 5 years development background banking technology preferred
  • Strong SQL, Linux and Java skills
  • Strong communication and problem solving
  • Understand IT Standards, Methodologies, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and ITIL processes
  • Participating in post-implementation reviews of application development content and processes; continually working to create a learning environment by sharing about the participation process with other.
  • AI Skills and mindset.


Nice-to-have
  • Expertise of IT Systems and environments, in particular Kondor suite of tools (K+, K+TP, KGR) .
  • Exposure to DevOps automation tools (example: Helios, UrbanCodeDeploy, GitHub)
  • Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses.
  • Ability to facilitate between and influence key decision makers


Job Skills
Active Learning, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

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:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-06-04

Application Deadline:

2026-06-30
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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