Senior Manager Engineering - GFT - Halifax

Royal Bank of Canada>; Halifax; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Halifax is seeking an experienced software developer to lead and support scalable applications within an Agile team. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience with React, Node.js, and Java, and will contribute to building secure services and modern applications. This role offers a comprehensive rewards program and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible benefits

Training programs

Work/life balance options

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience developing secure server-side services.
• Hands-on experience writing clean, reusable Java code with unit tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support highly scalable components in an Agile team.
• Ensure high code quality through automated testing.
• Build and maintain modern applications using various frameworks.

Skills

React

Node JS

Java

J2EE

Spring / REST / Microservices

Linux

NoSQL / SQL databases

DevOps

Big Data (Hadoop / Spark)

Tools

Git

Maven

Jenkins

GitHub

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Are you a talented, creative, and results-driven professional who thrives on delivering high-performing applications? Come join us!

Global Functions Technology (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.

We believe that innovation should drive all that we do, in challenging assumptions and being big and bold with our ideas. We support our people in developing the technical, business and professional skills needed to be successful. You will work with partners from across the company, participate in networking events, and have access to a wide variety of supports including mentorship. You will work directly with leaders who believe in celebrating successes and sharing learnings with other teams to promote progress.

The AFL(AML, Fraud, Law IT) team is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable, high-performance pipelines for enterprise business applications. We support critical domains such as Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Fraud Detection, and Law IT, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver robust solutions that meet enterprise needs. Our work spans data processing pipelines, microservices architecture, cloud-ready applications, and modern front-end frameworks, ensuring scalability, security, and efficiency for the businesses we support.

What You Will Do?

• Lead, develop, and support highly scalable, high-performance components within an Agile development team.
• Ensure high code quality by implementing automated unit and functional testing.
• Automate processes within the development pipeline, identifying opportunities for efficiency gains, reducing time-to-market, and enabling continuous delivery.
• Contribute to application design and develop reusable code structures to promote scalability across multiple applications.
• Build and maintain modern front-end and back-end applications using frameworks like React and Node.js, Spring boot, ensuring seamless user experiences.
• Approach complex problems with an open mind, looking beyond your stack to find innovative solutions.
• Stay ahead of the curve by proactively learning about new technologies and exploring how they can address current and future challenges.
• Communicate effectively with peers, translating technical details into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have:

• Professional software development experience (Minimum 8+ years) with React, Node JS, Java, J2EE, Spring / REST / Microservices, Linux and NoSQL / SQL databases.
• Experience developing secure server side services leveraging the following APIs: Spring, Spring Batch / Boot, RESTful Webservices, Apache Data Utilities (JSON, Avro, CSV / PSV, Parquet), Good knowledge on messaging / streaming technologies (MQ, Kafka).
• Hands‑on experience in writing clean, readable / reusable java code with unit tests, Experience using Git and Maven while collaborating with the software development team.
• Ability to independently handle module deliveries, multi-task effectively and provide timely updates.
• Experience with DevOps, CD / CI tools- Jenkins, GitHub, Automated Testing tools, or similar tools, Experience with building Cloud-ready microservices and containerizing applications.

Nice To Have:

• Experience with Big Data (Hadoop / Spark).

What’s in it for you?

• 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.
• Flexible work / life balance options.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.

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Job Skills

Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address: 120 WESTERN PKY: BEDFORD

City: Bedford

Country: Canada

Work hours / week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-10-23

Application Deadline: 2025-12-26

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

I nclusion 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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