Senior Software Developer

What is the opportunity?

This role within RBC Wealth Management Data Integrations team is responsible for partnering across cross functional application development teams with assigned business line(s) to assess, research, and analyze business requirements, technical and system integration needs to build or enhance products, resolve issues by recommending technology solutions that meet sponsor/stakeholder needs. Participate in scrum ceremonies product owner, requirement gathering sessions with analysts, collaborate with Architects to design solutions, write detailed technical design specifications, code, test and deploy Java web services using existing and emerging cloud technology platforms.

What will you do?

• Designing and coding complex Java Spring boot API application programs and interfaces; perform component level testing, participate in integration, performance and load testing for developed applications hosted on premise and Cloud (AWS).
• Reviewing, analyzing, and modifying programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging and installing for a large-scale system.
• Peer Review code, improve DevOPS pipeline, drive remediation Projects to ensure the application meets the Cyber Security hygiene standards, address legacy application tech debt.
• Conducting analyses of organizational needs and goals for the development and implementation of application systems and adopt AI technologies within development tools (like Co-pilot) to improve code delivery velocity.
• Ensuring the operating efficiency of existing application systems.
• Maintaining records for the documentation of systems development and revisions.
• Identify, introduce, and implement opportunities to streamline processes to improve the user story throughput
• Be receptive to change. Participate willingly and positively in change initiatives impacting own role.
• Perform own job responsibilities with commitment to quality and customer satisfaction - doing what's right, for the team, for the enterprise.
• Ensures problems are quickly identified through review, and engage appropriate staff and support personnel to resolve in a timely manner while providing the highest possible level of service to clients

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have's

• 5+ years of genuine Java back-end web services design, solution and development and maintenance experience focusing on SOAP/REST/GRAPHQL API development.
• 3+ years of playing the senior or lead developer role in a small or medium sized development team in large Financial Enterprise with excellent coding skills and mentoring skills.
• Proficiency in translating business requirements into technical specifications with expertise in architectural design patterns (e.g., MVC, event-driven, microservices).
• Awareness of industry best practices in software design, security, and scalability.
• Experience working with Financial Services, banking or Wealth Management or Capital Markets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with great interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively deal with internal teams and partners under restrictive deadlines

• Adaptability: Ability to stay current with emerging technologies and adjust to changing business needs with decision-making ability in selecting the right tools, frameworks, and platforms.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Snowflake Datawarehouse, ETL tools, Co-pilot, Agentic AI tools and popular LLM’s
• Critical thinking and Lateral leadership
• Analytical Thinking: role need to analyze complex systems and find optimal solutions.
• Collaboration: Strong teamwork and collaboration across departments and with various stakeholders.
• Skills in working across departments to ensure a smooth transition to new architectures.

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
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities    
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

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Job Skills

Active Learning, Active Learning, Agile Methodology, AI Agents, Apache Kafka, API Integration, Critical Thinking, Debugging, Detail-Oriented, Elk Stack, Enterprise Application Delivery, GitHub Repositories, GraphQL (Query Language), Group Problem Solving, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere MQ, In Memory Database, Integration Testing, Interpersonal Communication, Java Full Stack Development, Lateral Leadership, Microservices Architecture, NoSQL Databases, PL/SQL (Programming Language), Python Automation {+ 6 more}

Additional Job Details

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-05-142026-06-12

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

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