What is the opportunity?
We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our growing engineering team. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems that power our products. You will work closely with frontend developers, product managers, and DevOps, to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business and customer needs.

What will you do?

• Collaborate within an Agile product team, including technical, product, and business stakeholders, to deliver high-quality, scalable products.

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, reusable, and intuitive APIs using modern frameworks.

• Design and implement software logic aligned with current best practices and architectural standards.

• Ensure high code quality through automated unit, integration, and functional testing.

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive documentation following industry best practices.

• Conduct code reviews and promote knowledge sharing within the team.

• Ensure smooth and automated deployment of new features using CI/CD pipelines.

• Stay updated on emerging technologies and evaluate their potential to address current and future challenges.

• Support and maintain deployed applications, ensuring their reliability and performance.

What do you need to Succeed?

Must Have:

• 5+ years of experience in back-end development with Java 11+, REST APIs, Microservices, Spring, Spring Boot (2.x), and SQL.

• Hands-on experience building and operating applications on OpenShift or similar container platforms.

• Proficiency in API management and publishing using tools like APIGEE.

• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and automated testing frameworks.

• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies and experience working in Agile teams.

Nice-to-have

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Experience with container orchestration tools like OpenShift, Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and infrastructure as code.

• Exposure to front-end development.

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

• 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

Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Java, Java Frameworks, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Spring Boot

Additional Job Details

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTOTORONTOCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2025-05-232025-06-22

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.