Lead Python Software Engineer

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto seeks an experienced lead Python engineer to develop scalable systems for financial risk management. The role requires expertise in building robust applications and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions. Candidates should have 5+ years of Python experience, with a focus on operational excellence and a strong collaborative approach. This position offers opportunities for career development in a dynamic, supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Competitive compensation

Flexible work/life balance options

World-class training program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Python experience developing backend applications.
• Proven ability to design fault-tolerant error and exception handling strategies.
• Experience with CI/CD automation and Git-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production-grade Python applications.
• Ensure reliability through robust design and error handling.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions.

Skills

Active Learning

Agile Methodology

Application Programming Interface (API)

Back‑End Development

Python (Programming Language)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub

FastAPI

Flask

Django

Job description

Job Description

We are hiring an experienced lead Python engineer to build reliable and scalable systems for financial risk management and MLOps platform for risk modeling. This role is for an engineer who is passionate about operational excellence and clean code.

The role is ideal for someone who takes pride in building robust, fault‑tolerant, self‑healing applications ensuring system reliability. You’ll work closely with architecture, DevOps, business, and analytics teams to deliver systems that meet enterprise‑grade standards for performance, observability, security, and maintainability.

We in Global Functions Technology (GFT) value positive attitude, willingness to learn, open communication, teamwork, and commitment to clean, secure, well‑tested, and maintainable code.

GFT is part of RBC’s Technology and Operations division. GFT’s impact is far‑reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration.

What will you do?

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production‑grade Python applications for batch data processing, APIs, and web applications.
• Ensure robustness and reliability through strong design, সমাজ exception handling, structured error recovery, and logging, monitoring, and observability for operational insight into running systems.
• Manage reproducible environments using virtual environments (e.g., uv, venv, poetry, pipenv) and packaging to ensure deployment consistency and reproducibility.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitHub Actions, automating buildabbo test, and deployment workflows.
• Collaborate closely with Business, DevOps, and SRE teams to ensure smooth transitions from development to production.
• Participate in code reviews, implementing best practices for readability, maintainability, and performance.
• Contribute to engineering standards, including automated testing, code reviews, templates, frameworks, toolchains, operational processes, deployment, and technical documentation.
• Develop and distribute reusable Python packages.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• 5+ years of professional Python experience developing and deploying backend applications.
• Proven ability to design and implement fault‑tolerant error and exception handling strategies.
• Experience with Batu frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Hands‑on experience with virtual environments and dependency management tools.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions preferred) and Git‑based workflows.
• Background in deploying and running applications on Linux VMs.
• Experience in designing databases (relational and/or No‑SQL) and working with HDFS, S3, and API integrations.
• Debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills.
• Experience in developing and distributing reusable Python packages.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross‑functional teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience deploying, monitoring, and debugging applications in the cloud (e.g., AWS EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS).
• Experience with asynchronous programming (asyncio, Celery).
• Experience with converting Python code to Cython to improve performance.
• Familiarity with observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK).
• Experience working on Open‑source projects.

What's in it for you?

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, 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, to take on progressively greater accountabilities, to build close relationships with clients.
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies.

Job Skills

Active Learning✅, Agile Methodology✅, Application Integrations✅, Application Programming Interface (API)✅, Back‑End Development✅, Design✅, Detail‑Oriented✅, Emerging Technologies✅, Enterprise Application Delivery✅, GitHub Actions✅, Group Problem Solving✅, Programming Languages✅, Python (Programming Language)✅, 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: 2025-12-04

Application Deadline: 2026-02-13

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

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