Associate Director - Lead Software Developer

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program including bonus

Flexible benefits

World-class training program

Coaching and development opportunities

Dynamic, high-performing team

Job summary

RBC is seeking an Associate Director - Lead Software Developer for the FX Cash Trade Processing team within Global Technology Services in Toronto. You will lead a global team delivering high-availability real-time FX cash trade systems and collaborate with front-office and backend groups.

You will work closely with sponsors to design solutions, assess risks, and guide key technical decisions alongside FX technology management. The role emphasizes leadership, quality, and cross-team partnerships.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and developing distributed systems (multi-threaded, low latency C++).
• 4+ years hands-on C++ development.
• Relational databases and messaging tech (e.g. Solace/IBM MQ, Kafka).
• Clean, readable C++ with unit tests.
• Strong team leadership experience.
• Ability to multi-task and provide timely updates.

Responsibilities

• Work with sponsors to understand requirements and architect/implement technical solutions.
• Identify business, technology and people risks for a solution.
• Maintain high quality standards.
• Lead the team and assist with 2nd line support.
• Advise on key design/implementation decisions within FX.
• Partner with front-office and downstream development teams.
• Collaborate with QA, support, analysis, trading and sales.

Skills

Distributed systems

C++

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Unit testing

Tools

Solace/IBM MQ

Kafka

GitHub

Jenkins

Nexus

JIRA

Confluence

Ansible

SonarQube

Checkmarx

Job description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

The primary purpose of this role is to be a Associate Director - Lead Software Developer for the FX Cash Trade Processing team within Quantitative and Technology Services (QTS). The FX Cash Trade Processing systems are a critical backbone of RBC’s FX Cash trading & bring exposure to multiple groups both front & back. This position reports to Global Head of Cash Trade Processing in Toronto.

You will provide leadership as part of a global team to implement, enhance and support the FX Cash trade management systems. You will lead a highly talented team that develops & maintains high-availability low-latency real-time systems in the FX Cash trading space in RBC Capital Markets.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Work closely with business sponsors to understand their requirements and architect, design and execute technical solutions.

Identify business, technology and people risks associated with a solution.

High standard to ensure proper quality is maintained.

Lead the team and assist with 2nd line support as necessary.

Advise on key design and implementation decisions within FX.

Decisions made alongside FX technology management team.

Strong partnerships with colleagues in QA, support, analysis, trading, and sales.

Partner with colleagues across all front-office and downstream development teams.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must-have:

• 10+ years’ experience in designing and developing distributed systems (multi-threaded, low latency C++ based systems is a MUST).
• 4+ years’ hands on experience in designing and developing applications using C++
• Good knowledge of relational databases and any messaging technology (e.g. Solace/IBM MQ, Kafka)
• Knack for writing clean, readable C++ code with unit tests
• Strong team leading experience
• Ability to multi-task effectively and provide timely updates

Nice-to-have:

• Business knowledge of Capital Markets areas previously supported (any asset class).
• Experience with Agile style development methods
• DevOps experience with continuous integration/delivery best-practices, technologies and tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus, JIRA, Confluence, Ansible, SonarQube, Checkmarx.

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.

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Job Skills

Active Learning, Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, C (Programming Language), C++ Programming Language, Capital Markets, C Sharp (Programming Language), Design, Detail-Oriented, Dev-C++, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Application Delivery, GitHub, Group Problem Solving, Java (Programming Language), Low Latency, Programming Languages, Relational Database, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) {+ 1 more}

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:
CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:
Regular

Pay Type:
Salaried

Posted Date:
2026-07-30

Application Deadline:
2026-08-30

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

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