Associate Director - Lead Software Developer

RiseMe; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Developer to design, code, and deliver high-quality Java Spring Boot and Python solutions within an Agile product team. You will guide a diverse squad, champion code quality, and drive modernizations while aligning with business growth.

You will collaborate closely with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure outcomes meet business needs and support RBC’s Backoffice operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or a related field.
• 8–10 years of experience in software development.
• Fluency with Java 17+ language features (records, sealed classes, pattern matching, Streams, concurrency).
• Proficiency with Spring Boot for microservices, REST APIs, DI, configuration, and Spring ecosystem integration.
• Strong ORM experience with JPA/Hibernate and database tuning.
• Hands-on experience with messaging systems (IBM MQ, Solace, Kafka) and messaging patterns.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker for container orchestration and deployment.
• Proficiency in Python with data libraries (Pandas/Polars) and SQL connections.

Responsibilities

• Direct a diverse squad of professionals to deliver products following Agile principles.
• Maintain high code quality and promote shift-left quality assurance.
• Establish best coding practices across the journey.
• Advocate for updates to the technology stack within the journey.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the journey and team.
• Work in a fast-paced, collaborative Agile environment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to meet business needs.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Python

JPA/Hibernate

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Pandas/Polars

Gen AI tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

IBM MQ

Solace

Apache Kafka

Job description

Job Description

RBC’s QTS team is responsible for developing, enhancing and maintaining applications service for RBC Backoffice operations.

As a Lead Full Stack Software Developer operating within an Agile product team, your primary role will be designing, coding and delivering highest-quality software solutions. You will also be expected to play a key role in building modern applications to support business growth.

We are looking for a highly motivated, top-notch software engineer who is a great team player constantly thinking about quality, maintainability, robustness, and simplicity in all generated code. To excel in this role providing technical direction, design expertise, and implementation of Java Spring Boot applications and Python are all must haves.

What will you do?

• Direct a diverse squad of technical, product, and design professionals to deliver products aligned with Agile principles and RBC’s Ways of Working.


• Uphold high standards for code quality and advocate for a \"shift-left\" approach to quality assurance.


• Establishing best coding practices to be shared across the journey


• Advocate and establish plans for the latest upgrades in the journey’s technology stack.


• Serve as a trusted technical advisor for your journey and your team


• Work in an Agile team environment which is fast-paced, fun and collaborative.


• Work directly with the Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure that deliverables meet the business’ needs.


• Understand, interpret business requirements into technical solutions.

What do you need to succeed?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.


• 8 - 10 years of experience.


• Strong hands-on experience with Core Java 17 or later, demonstrating fluency with modern language features including records, sealed classes, pattern matching, the Streams API, and the Java concurrency model.


• Proficiency in the Spring Boot framework for building production-grade microservices, including REST APIs, dependency injection, configuration management, and integration with common Spring ecosystem components.


• Solid experience using JPA and Hibernate for object-relational mapping and database persistence, including entity modeling, transaction management, and performance tuning of queries.


• Hands-on experience with at least one enterprise messaging technology such as IBM MQ, Solace, or Apache Kafka, along with a clear understanding of messaging patterns, delivery guarantees, and reliability semantics.


• Good working knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration and Docker for containerization, including familiarity with deployment manifests, service configuration, scaling strategies, and troubleshooting workloads in containerized environments.


• Working knowledge of Python with experience using data manipulation libraries such as Pandas or Polars, and the ability to establish and work with database connections from Python applications.


• Hands-on experience in modernizing legacy systems, including refactoring codebases and migrating to modern architectures or frameworks.


• Hands-on experience with Github, GitHub Actions, Jira, Confluence and Jenkins.


• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written).


• Experience with using Gen AI developer productivity boost tools.

Nice-to-haves:

• Familiarity with compliance, audit issues affecting banking businesses in the capital markets preferred.


• Excellent data manipulation and end user computing tool development skills (i.e. including competence in some subset of: SQL queries, MS Office macros & scripting and Microsoft Office products).


• Analytical mindset, creativity and commercial focus to deliver optimal solutions for the business.


• Good organizational skills and able to produce architecture and design concepts.


• Must exhibit the ability to work well with senior technical leads, business analysts, peer developers and junior developers.

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 and pension plan.


• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities


• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and highly performing team


• Opportunities to do challenging work, making a difference and lasting impact on communities.


• Enjoy a comfortable work environment with the option to dress casually.


• Network and build lasting relationships with developers from diverse backgrounds from across Canada and the world.

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Job Skills

Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, 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: CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-07-28

Application Deadline: 2026-10-25

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.