Lead Senior Software Engineer

Job summary

Lead the design and hands-on development of high-performing trading backend products while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Manage agile squads to deliver product backlogs, ensuring adherence to technical roadmaps and quality standards.

Job details

Job Description Be a part of a team, Wealth Management Technology, to build and transform Backend Trading products for our clients. You will be heavily involved in shaping our RBC technology landscape, delivering key business values for our clients. Assist with integrating, extending our trading services, working with other trading applications and partners, within RBC and Capital Markets, and external vendor partners. We are looking for a lead senior software engineer, a seasoned technologist to build cutting-edge, products and solutions in cloud environments. You'll join a very dynamic, agile team to build brand new innovative products and solutions, to extend and transform existing services for quality client experiences. We operate in a dynamic, agile working environment, while leveraging the strength of innovative technology of RBC as a leading North American bank. What Will You Do? As a Senior Java Software Engineer, collaborate with Solution Architects, Software Engineers, and others. You will lead the design and hands-on development of innovative, high performing trading solutions, build new and enhance existing trading products, integrating with other RBC systems vendor products. This role will encompass delivering Trading Backend products and services. As a Squad Lead, closely collaborate with Scrum Masters, lead agile team to manage and build, deliver from product backlogs. Provide planning and estimation of product work packages to meet user requirements and objectives within budget and on time. Work through sprints, leading the squad in their activities/tasks required in designing, building and unit testing products, delivery of products to QA and Production. Working with software engineers to analyse user needs, design and build products from business requirements. Lead in designs, solutions, adherence to technical roadmaps and solution architectures, creating and reviewing technical specifications, validation of designs, code implementations, reviewing tests, and code walkthroughs. Collaborate and incorporate inputs from cross-functional teams (product owners, compliance, security, DevOps, trading specialist, back office operations, quality engineers, solution architects) Deliver high quality, high performance, and highly observable solutions Provide third-level support of products as required What Do You Need To Succeed? Must Have Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent. 10+ years in hands-on development of software solutions in cloud environment. Hands-on experience with OpenShift, Java, Spring Frameworks Experience with LINUX/AIX Applied understanding of Microservices, RESTful APIs and Event Driven Designs Hands-on expertise in container deployments for Microservices Hands-on experience with building highly testable solutions and code quality metrics, using test Containers, Test automation, Simulators. Solid understanding and experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery CI/CD, GitHub, Actions, scanners Experience delivering highly observable solutions (SRE), Experience with delivering distributed messaging solutions using KAFKA Experience with REST, APIGEE, IBM MQ, HTTPS, XSLT, XML, AVRO Experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes deployments Experience with MS SQL, MongoDB AI Tools experience leveraging GENAI, MCP, Skills, Agentic AI tools to build and enhance applications. Nice to Have Trading business domain knowledge, experience with Equity, Options, Mutual Funds and Fixed Income Securities. Experience with/Understanding of FIX v4.2, v4.4 Experience with/Understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) Experience with/Understanding of REDIS, GRIDGAIN Experience with/Understanding of Design Thinking, XP, Domain Driven Design (DDD), UI/UX Experience with/Understanding of Launch Darkly Experience with C/C++/C#, Golang, Python, DB2 Experience with/Understanding of Sybase, Postgres SQL, MYSQL, Experience with/Understanding of Windows, AIX, HP NonStop, Experience with/Understanding of QUARKUS, JBOSS, TOMCAT, VITRIA. PATHWAY, Experience with/Understanding of RABBITMQ, SOAP, XML, JSON, WebSockets, ProtoBuf, APIGEE, GRAPHQL, S3, Launch Darkly What’s in it for you? We thrive on the challenge to be our best, innovate, transform, 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. Network and build lasting relationships with others from diverse backgrounds from across Canada Leaders who support your development through coaching and learning opportunities Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and highly performing team Ability to make a difference and lasting impact Opportunities to do challenging work and grow your career Enjoy a comfortable work environment with the option to dress casually #LI-POST 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: 2026-10-13 Application Deadline: 2026-10-23 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above Our Employment Opportunities At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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. Join our Talent Community Stay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you. Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com. 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.

What you’ll do

Lead the design and hands-on development of high-performing trading backend products while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Manage agile squads to deliver product backlogs, ensuring adherence to technical roadmaps and quality standards.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and over 10 years of hands-on software development experience in cloud environments. Must possess strong expertise in Java, Spring, OpenShift, and containerized microservices.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities
• Coaching and learning opportunities
• Collaborative work environment
• Inclusive workplace

Listed skills

• Kubernetes · Preferred
• SQL · Preferred
• CI/CD · Preferred
• MongoDB · Preferred
• Linux · Preferred
• Java · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Java
• Spring Framework
• OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• Microservices
• RESTful APIs
• Kafka
• CI/CD
• Cloud environments
• Trading systems
• Agile methodology
• SQL
• MongoDB
• Linux
• Event driven design
• Software architecture
• Sybase (Software)
• Software Solutions
• Agentic AI
• Domain Knowledge
• Workplace Inclusivity
• Apache Avro
• Generative Artificial Intelligence
• Go (Programming Language)
• Quarkus
• Emerging Technologies
• Planning
• Apache Ignite
• Programming Languages
• C (Programming Language)
• Java (Programming Language)
• Active Learning
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Agile Methodology
• IBM AIX
• Apache Tomcat
• Software Development
• Test Automation
• Unit Testing
• Business Requirements
• C# (Programming Language)
• C++ (Programming Language)
• Capital Markets
• Computer Science
• Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Integration
• IBM DB2
• Design Thinking
• Software Development Life Cycle
• DevOps

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership
• Engineering
• Lead Software Engineer
• Software Developer / Engineer
• Software Developers

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