Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Software Engineer (Global Security)

Royal Bank of Canada • $100K — $130K *
Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, primarily in Python including async patterns and production-grade services.
  • Experience designing cloud-native applications on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Solid understanding of RESTful API design for backend services.
  • Experience in operating large-scale data pipelines using tools like Kafka, Airflow, or Spark.
  • Practical experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into systems using LLM APIs or frameworks.
  • Strong working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
  • Familiarity with security concepts like threat intelligence and log analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build a custom security research platform using modern Python and cloud services.
  • Architect scalable data pipelines for threat intelligence from diverse sources.
  • Develop AI/ML capabilities to improve security research workflows.
  • Create internal tools to counter cyber attacks effectively.
  • Leverage cloud computing for high-throughput security data analysis.
  • Collaborate with researchers and data scientists on new detection capabilities.
  • Maintain engineering best practices across the platform.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with bonuses and flexible benefits.
  • Development support from leaders through coaching opportunities.
  • Chance to make a lasting impact and difference.
  • Work in a dynamic and high-performing team environment.
  • Flexible work/life balance options available.
  • Challenging work opportunities to enhance skills.
  • Possibility to assume greater responsibilities and accountability.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What will you do?
  • Design, build, and iterate on a custom security research platform using modern Python (FastAPI, Pydantic) and cloud-native services
  • Architect and implement scalable data pipelines that ingest, enrich, and correlate threat intelligence from diverse sources including threat feeds, data lakes, and third-party security APIs
  • Develop and integrate AI/ML capabilities - including LLM-powered analysis, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuned models - to accelerate security research workflows and surface actionable intelligence
  • Use your creative mindset to build internal tooling and techniques to counter active cyber attacks
  • Leverage cloud compute to enable high-throughput, low-latency analysis of large-scale security datasets
  • Collaborate closely with security researchers and data scientists to prototype new detection and investigation capabilities
  • Maintain engineering best practices across the platform: CI/CD, automated testing, observability (logging, tracing, alerting), and secure software development lifecycle
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging AI frameworks, foundation models, and cloud services to continuously improve platform capabilities and research velocity


What will you need to succeed ?

Must Have:
  • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with the majority in Python - including async patterns, packaging, and production-grade service development
  • Proven experience designing and deploying cloud-native applications on at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including compute, storage, networking, and IAM
  • Solid understanding of RESTful API design and experience building backend services consumed by internal tools or analysts
  • Experience building and operating data pipelines at scale - ETL/ELT, streaming or batch, with tools such as Kafka, Airflow, Spark, or cloud-native equivalents
  • Practical experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production systems - whether LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), model inference, or ML frameworks (scikit-learn, Pytorch)
  • Strong working knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes or equivalent)
  • Familiarity with security concepts - threat intelligence, attack frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK), log analysis, or security tooling - sufficient to engage meaningfully with security researchers
  • Demonstrated engineering discipline: version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code review practices
  • Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems and translate loose research requirements into well-scoped engineering deliverables


Nice to Have:
  • Experience building platforms or tooling specifically within a cybersecurity context (SOC, DFIR, Threat Intel, Red Team support)
  • Hands-on experience fine-tuning/prompt engineering for domain-specific LLM applications
  • Familiarity with OSINT techniques, dark web data sources, or digital crime investigation workflows
  • Experience with graph databases for relationship-based threat analysis
  • Knowledge of offensive and defensive security tooling
  • Contributions to open-source security tooling or research publications
  • Experience working in an agile environment embedded with non-engineering domain experts (researchers, analysts, investigators)


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
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Opportunities to do challenging work
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
  • Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

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Job Skills
Confidentiality, Cyber Security Management, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Encryption Software, Group Problem Solving, High Impact Communication, Information Security Management, Information Technology Security, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

16 YORK ST: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:

2026-05-15

Application Deadline:

2026-06-08
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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Market Cap
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Industry
Finance & Insurance
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