Lead Software Developer (Java/Angular)

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian bank is seeking a Lead Developer for its Personal & Commercial Credit Technology team in Toronto. This role requires over 5 years of technical leadership and expertise in JAVA, Spring Boot, and cloud applications like Docker and Azure. The successful candidate will manage a team, provide hands-on solutions, and collaborate across technical and business leads. This position offers opportunities for growth and a comprehensive rewards program.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Coaching and development opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical leadership in software solutions.
• Experience in developing and deploying cloud applications.
• Strong communication skills from technical and business perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on software solutions.
• Manage a team of developers for product delivery.
• Collaborate with other leads to deliver exceptional solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

JAVA

Spring Boot

Angular

Cloud applications

Creative thinking

Communication skills

Tools

Pivotal Cloud Foundry

OpenShift

Docker

Azure

Job description

Job Description

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 delivery 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.

What will you do?

• 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 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
• Building exciting, customer‑focused, engaging applications by focusing on software engineering / design / architecture excellence.

What do 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, Sprint 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: 2025-12-30

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.

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