Lead Full Stack Developer (Java/Python/React)

Royal Bank of Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Coaching & development

Dynamic team environment

World-class training program

Challenging work

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead design, development, and delivery of multi-platform software solutions within Operations Technology. You will guide teams, architect complex systems, and collaborate with AI data scientists to enable Gen AI capabilities.

The role emphasizes strong Java/Python development, REST APIs, React frontends, and cloud/Kubernetes expertise, working closely with business stakeholders to translate strategy into technical

Qualifications

• Strong development experience in Java or Python with REST API and microservices.
• Strong experience with React and modern frontend development, including Micro-frontend architectures.
• Hands-on experience or understanding of Agentic AI concepts and LLM integrations.
• Understanding of prompt engineering and Gen-AI development tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Experience with relational databases, PostgreSQL, including design and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and oversees advanced technical solutions with end-to-end delivery.
• Build Gen AI system frameworks and integrate into production.
• Lead development teams providing technical direction to juniors.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate objectives into technical solutions.
• Support data ingestion, feature engineering with AI data scientists.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration for innovative solutions.

Skills

Java or Python

REST API

Microservices

React

Agentic AI concepts

LLM integrations

Prompt engineering

Gen-AI tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

S3 Object Storage

PostgreSQL

Schema design

Query optimization

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Windsurf

Claude Code

Job description

Job Description

As a Staff Engineer supporting the ADT - CODI program within Operations Technology, you will lead the technical design, development, and implementation of complex, multi-platform application software solutions, applying advanced expertise and knowledge to deliver innovative and strategic business outcomes. Leads software development projects of significant complexity, applying advanced expertise and knowledge to deliver impactful results.

What Will You Do?

Designs, develops, and oversees the implementation of advanced technical solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and adherence to best practices, while managing the end-to-end technical delivery of projects.

Build Gen AI system frameworks, Prompt Engineering, including designing and refining prompts to optimize LLM outputs, implementing Gen AI systems into production.

Leads development teams in the delivery of capabilities, providing technical direction and guidance to junior developers and team members and ensuring the successful execution of complex assignments and projects.

Collaborates with business stakeholders and product owners to translate strategic objectives into actionable technical solutions, leveraging advanced knowledge to address unique and high impact challenges.

You will be responsible for working closely with AI data scientists to support data ingestion and feature engineering, establishing industry best practices, maintaining and managing technical documentations.

Executes on software development tasks or projects, requiring advanced problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking with some ambiguity.

Drives decisions on complex issues to develop clear, actionable recommendations for management, ensuring alignment on processes, tools and services with impact across other areas.

Leverages advanced and creative skills to resolve complex software development related problems, fostering cross functional collaboration to identify and implement innovative solutions.

Leads and facilitates cross functional collaboration efforts, fostering strong internal relationships across the organization and external partnerships to achieve impactful business outcomes.

What Do You Need to Succeed?

Must Have:

• Strong development experience in Java or Python, including REST API and microservices, and React

• Strong experience with React and modern frontend development, including Micro-frontend (MFE) architectures and reusable UI components

• Hands-on experience or strong understanding of Agentic AI concepts, LLM integrations

• Understanding of prompt engineering and Gen-AI Development tools (GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Claude Code)

• Experience with Cloud platforms and technologies (OpenShift, Kubernetes, S3 Object Storage)

• Experience working with relational databases particularly PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization and performance tuning.

Nice-to Have:

• Experience with Spec-driven Development

• Experience in Camunda 8 development and customization

• Experience with Vector Databases

• Understanding of RAG architectures

• Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses

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

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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 WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY 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: 2026-09-04

Application Deadline: 2026-10-29

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

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.