Lead Cloud Full Stack Engineer, GFT- Python
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced lead Full-Stack engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience with the Angular framework for frontend and Python for backend development, as well as leadership and technical expertise to guide our team. Additionally, experience with PySpark for data engineering/ETL pipelines and experience with scalable services on cloud platforms is a plus. We are looking for a candidate who is eager to learn new technologies and is willing to adapt to new challenges.
We value positive attitude, willingness to learn, open communication, teamwork, and commitment to clean, secure, well-tested, and maintainable code.
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
What will you do?
- Design and develop scalable, secure, efficient, and maintainable web applications using Angular
- Develop and maintain backend systems using Python, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability
- Ensure the security and integrity of internet-facing applications, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption
- Participate in the design and implementation of data engineering and ETL pipelines using PySpark
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize project requirements
- Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical guidance and code reviews
- Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and frameworks, and apply this knowledge to improve existing systems and processes
- Lead the technical direction of the team, including architecture, design, and implementation of software systems
- Collaborate with product owners to define and prioritize requirements
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, and technical specifications
- Participate in code reviews, ensuring high-quality code and adherence to coding standards
- Collaborate with DevOps and Operations teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of applications
What do you need to succeed?
Must Have
- 8+ years of experience combined in programming, small to large-scale applications with focus on full-stack development; 1+ year in team lead or similar capacity with full end-to-end ownership in delivering a project
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical fields
- Strong backend skills with Python , including design and integration patterns, testing, debugging and experience with frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask
- Skilled in Angular framework applying best practices and guidelines
- Expert in DevOps practices and tools for CI/CD pipelines.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to new challenges
- Proven experience in leading technical teams, including technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching
- Strong technical leadership skills, including the ability to make technical decisions, prioritize tasks, and manage technical resources
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ability to drive technical innovation, including researching new technologies, evaluating technical options, and recommending technical solutions
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug complex issues, optimize system performance, and ensure high-quality software delivery
- Experience with Agile development methodologies, including Scrum or Kanban, and the ability to apply these principles to lead the team
Nice to Have
- Experience with cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with PySpark for Data Engineering/ETL pipelines
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes
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
- Opportunities to do challenging work, to take on progressively greater accountabilities, to building close relationships with clients
- Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies.
#LI-Post
#TECHPJ
Job Skills
Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Application Delivery, 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:
2025-03-25
Application Deadline:
2025-09-30
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
Lead Cloud Full Stack Engineer, GFT- Python
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced lead Full-Stack engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience with the Angular framework for frontend and Python for backend development, as well as leadership and technical expertise to guide our team. Additionally, experience with PySpark for data engineering/ETL pipelines and experience with scalable services on cloud platforms is a plus. We are looking for a candidate who is eager to learn new technologies and is willing to adapt to new challenges.
We value positive attitude, willingness to learn, open communication, teamwork, and commitment to clean, secure, well-tested, and maintainable code.
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
What will you do?
- Design and develop scalable, secure, efficient, and maintainable web applications using Angular
- Develop and maintain backend systems using Python, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability
- Ensure the security and integrity of internet-facing applications, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption
- Participate in the design and implementation of data engineering and ETL pipelines using PySpark
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize project requirements
- Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical guidance and code reviews
- Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and frameworks, and apply this knowledge to improve existing systems and processes
- Lead the technical direction of the team, including architecture, design, and implementation of software systems
- Collaborate with product owners to define and prioritize requirements
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, and technical specifications
- Participate in code reviews, ensuring high-quality code and adherence to coding standards
- Collaborate with DevOps and Operations teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of applications
What do you need to succeed?
Must Have
- 8+ years of experience combined in programming, small to large-scale applications with focus on full-stack development; 1+ year in team lead or similar capacity with full end-to-end ownership in delivering a project
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical fields
- Strong backend skills with Python , including design and integration patterns, testing, debugging and experience with frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask
- Skilled in Angular framework applying best practices and guidelines
- Expert in DevOps practices and tools for CI/CD pipelines.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to new challenges
- Proven experience in leading technical teams, including technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching
- Strong technical leadership skills, including the ability to make technical decisions, prioritize tasks, and manage technical resources
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ability to drive technical innovation, including researching new technologies, evaluating technical options, and recommending technical solutions
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug complex issues, optimize system performance, and ensure high-quality software delivery
- Experience with Agile development methodologies, including Scrum or Kanban, and the ability to apply these principles to lead the team
Nice to Have
- Experience with cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with PySpark for Data Engineering/ETL pipelines
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes
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
- Opportunities to do challenging work, to take on progressively greater accountabilities, to building close relationships with clients
- Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies.
#LI-Post
#TECHPJ
Job Skills
Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Application Delivery, 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:
2025-03-25
Application Deadline:
2025-09-30
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.