Technical Lead Developer

Job Description

Global Functions Technology (GFT) is part of RBC's Technology and Operations division. GFT's impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration.

We believe that innovation should drive all that we do, in challenging assumptions and being big and bold with our ideas. We support our people in developing the technical, business and professional skills needed to be successful. You will work with partners from across the company, participate in networking events, and have access to a wide variety of supports including mentorship. You will work directly with leaders who believe in celebrating successes and sharing learnings with other teams to promote progress.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Enterprise Digital Tools Developer to join our Global Functions and Technology (GFT) team. As a key member of the Enterprise Digital Tools team, you will play a critical role in enhancing the employee experience through the development and implementation of innovative digital tools and solutions. With a focus on meeting the needs of our large and diverse workforce of over 95,000 employees, you will have the opportunity to work across various technologies and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes.

What will you do?

• Utilize containerization technologies, such as Docker, to streamline development workflows

• Ensure consistent and reliable deployment of applications and enhance collaboration among cross-functional teams.

• Lead, Develop and support highly scalable, high-performance components within an Agile development team.

• Write well-written, well-documented code and integrate between platforms primarily using REST

• Ensure high code quality, documented and reviewed with the team.

• Collaborate with team members to deliver high-quality software products

• Analyze requirements, explore options, and recommend efficient solutions, taking into account reusability, security and performance

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Familiarity with containerization as a primary

• Professional software development experience with Java, JavaScript, Node, React, J2EE, Spring/REST/Microservices, Linux, and NoSQL/SQL databases, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML

• Experience developing secure server-side services using APIs such as Spring, Spring Batch/Boot, RESTful Web services, Apache Data Utilities, and NoSQL/SQL databases

• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, and Automated Testing tools

• Hands-on experience writing clean, readable, and reusable Java code with unit tests

• Experience using Git and Maven for collaboration with the software development team

Nice-to-have:

• Ansible, OpenText TeamSite/LiveSite stack, Messaging/streaming technologies like MQ and Kafka

• Big Data (Hadoop/Spark), Building Cloud-ready microservices and containerizing applications, Agile software development

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

• Flexible work/life balance options

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Job Skills

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

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:

2025-10-29

Application Deadline:

2025-11-12

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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