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Royal Bank of Canada

Associate Director, Lead Software Developer

Toronto, ON, M9W 0A4, Canada

Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Sep 30, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 9, 2026

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Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As an Associate Director, Lead Software Developer, you will join a highly talented engineering team that develops & maintains high-availability low-latency real-time systems in the Fixed Income Cash/Derivatives trading space in RBC Capital Markets.

You will work on exciting projects that include building new and enhancing the existing trading systems across trade booking, execution, and post-trade workflows.

What will you do?

Contribute to the overall design and development of RBC’s Cash trade management systems.
Lead and mentor other developers to elevate the entire team’s skillset and mind-set.
Collaborate closely with product owner, business analysts as well as business users including sales and trading to understand needs and translate them into software solutions.
Develop a deep understanding of the currency flows in RBC, challenge status quo and proactively suggest strategic solutions
Set high development standards by developing high-performant, reusable, reliable and scalable systems.
Provide Level 2 support as needed

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

8+ years’ experience in designing and developing distributed systems (multi-threaded, low latency Java based systems is a MUST).
5+ years’ hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java 17 or later with Spring framework
Business knowledge of Capital Markets areas previously supported (any asset class).
Good knowledge of relational databases and any messaging technology ( e.g. Kafka/Solace/IBM MQ)
Solid knowledge of any modern caching technology like Redis, Apache ignite.
Knack for writing clean, readable java code with automated unit and integration tests
Ability to multi-task effectively and provide timely updates
DevOps experience with continuous integration/delivery best-practices, technologies and tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, artifactory, JIRA, Confluence, Ansible, SonarQube.

Nice-to-have:

Experience using AI tools like GitHub copilot and Windsurf for development tasks.
Understanding of the trade lifecycle (order → execution → settlement)
Experience with ‘Agile’ style development methods
Experience with market data integrations (Bloomberg, Refinitiv)
Exposure to pricing, risk (Greeks), or real-time P&L
Experience with containerization and cloud tech (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)

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
Participation in a re-engineering project to streamline and optimise the estate.
Make a difference - do mission critical work in the most sophisticated capital markets business in Canada
Join a high performance, delivery oriented, international technology team
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

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 CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-09-09

Application Deadline:

2026-09-30

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

Our Employment Opportunities

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.

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Responsibilities

You will lead the design and development of high-performance trading systems while mentoring team members to elevate their technical skills. Additionally, you will collaborate with business stakeholders to translate trading needs into scalable software solutions.

Requirements

Candidates must have over 8 years of experience in distributed systems and at least 5 years of hands-on experience with Java 17 or later. Strong knowledge of messaging technologies, relational databases, and capital markets business processes is required.

Skills

Java
Distributed systems
Spring framework
Capital markets
Relational databases
Kafka
Solace
IBM MQ
Redis
Apache ignite
DevOps
CI/CD
GitHub
Jenkins
Ansible
SonarQube

Benefits

Bonuses
Flexible benefits
Competitive compensation
Commissions
Stock

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Keywords

Java
Distributed systems
Spring framework
Capital markets
Kafka
Solace
IBM MQ
Redis
Apache ignite
DevOps
CI/CD
GitHub
Jenkins
Artifactory
JIRA
Confluence
Ansible
SonarQube
Trade lifecycle
Market data
Bloomberg
Refinitiv
Pricing
Risk management
Real-time P&L
Containerization
Docker
Kubernetes
Agile
Software development

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