Lead Software Developer (Java/Angular)

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Lead Developer for their Personal & Commercial Credit Technology team in Toronto. The ideal candidate will bring over 5 years of technical leadership experience, especially in Java and Angular, to deliver innovative solutions. This role offers opportunities for professional development and collaboration in a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Dynamic, collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years technical leadership experience in modern backend and frontend technologies.
• Strong technical experience in developing cloud applications.
• Excellent communication skills in technical contexts.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on software solutions.
• Manage a team of developers for top-tier product delivery.
• Collaborate with technical and business leads for exceptional solutions.

Skills

Java

Angular

Spring Boot

Application Development

Application Integrations

Enterprise Application Delivery

Detail-Oriented

System Applications

Tools

Pivotal Cloud Foundry

OpenShift

Docker

Azure

GitHub Co-pilot

Job description

Overview

What is the opportunity?

Are you interested in working as Lead Developer on the Personal & Commercial Credit Technology (PCCT) team in Technology & Operations (T&O) at the Royal Bank of Canada? RBC's PCCT team is responsible for providing solutions supporting Financing Products, Credit Cards, and other credit related products to personal & commercial clients. As a Lead Developer, you will work as part of an agile delivery team to deliver critical solutions to our retail credit related products at RBC. We are looking for top notch technical leaders who are great team players, constantly think outside the box and passionate about the quality of the products. You will have the opportunity to grow and expand your capabilities and expertise within the PCCT development community via learning and sharing.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on contribution to software solutions if required
• Manage a team of developers responsible for delivering a top-tier product
• Collaborate with other technical leads, product leads and business leads to deliver exceptional solutions
• Provide leadership and expert counsel in establishing and implementing standards, guidelines and best engineering practices
• Support the transformation program leads to set vision and establish strategic roadmap from technical perspective
• Build exciting, customer-focused, engaging applications by focusing on software engineering / design / architecture excellence

What you need to succeed

Must-have

• 5+ years technical leadership experience in delivering high resilient software solutions in both modern backend and frontend technologies, including JAVA, Spring Boot, Angular etc.
• Strong technical experience in developing and deploying on distributed cloud applications (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Docker, Azure)
• Strong technical delivery and team building experience including highly developed communication skills (verbal and written) from both technical and business perspectives
• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent team player who has great collaboration skills with other tech leads, product leads and business leads etc. to move things forward

Nice-to-have

• Familiarity with Business Process Model Notation (BPMN) and Decision Model Notation (DMN) is a plus, including Camunda, Pega, etc.
• Experience and context knowledge in Home Equity Finance (HEF) industry, including mortgage origination, adjudication and fulfillment
• Experience with GitHub Co-pilot or other Gen-AI tools

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 stock where applicable
• Participate in fun events and gamification challenges to help build your career tool kit while enjoying a work-life balance
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and learning opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and highly performing team
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

Job Skills

• Angular
• Application Development
• Application Integrations
• Application Maintenance
• Applications Architecture
• Detail-Oriented
• Enterprise Application Delivery
• Group Problem Solving
• Java
• Programming Languages
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Spring Boot
• System Applications

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: 2025-10-22
• Application Deadline: 2025-11-26

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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.