Lead Full Stack Developer

What is the Opportunity?

Lead the digital modernization of RBC's Internal Audit platform, AuditSphere, as a technical leader within Global Functions Technology (GFT). You will direct a team of full stack developers through a comprehensive digital modernization initiative, leveraging both technical skills and strategic program delivery expertise to drive innovation across the platform.

What will you do?

Team Leadership & Strategic Delivery

• Direct and mentor a team of full stack developer, fostering technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving
• Establish and oversee technical architecture and design principles to ensure scalable, future‑proof solutions
• Demonstrate proficiency in managing cross‑team code integration and GitHub workflows within a monorepo architecture, with proven experience resolving merge conflicts to support concurrent project deliverables

Technical Architecture & Development

• Oversee delivery implementations leveraging modern frameworks and technologies
• Maintain rigorous standards for code quality, system performance, scalability, and user responsiveness
• Drive continuous improvement through design reviews, code reviews, retrospectives, and knowledge sharing

Innovation & Organizational Impact

• Integrate artificial intelligence and generative AI tooling into the development workflows to accelerate productivity
• Collaborate effectively across Internal Audit stakeholders and development teams to deliver digital features, enhancements, and resolutions
• Play key role in post‑implementation retrospectives to iterate and improve the delivery processes
• Champion best practices in platform capabilities, security, and performance optimization

What do you need to succeed?

Must haves

• 5+ years in a development team leadership or technical oversight role. Ideally with experience in large end‑to‑end implementation programs.
• 3+ years proficiency with front‑end UI frameworks (Vue, React or Angular) and Node.js
• 5+ years of database design expertise (MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL)
• Proven expertise in API architecture, cloud‑native development (Azure/OCP/Docker), and build of CI/CD pipelines
• Hands‑on proficiency with AI‑driven development tools (CoPilot, Windsurf)

Nice to haves

• Python development experience
• Financial Services or Banking background

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 and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high‑performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

• Application Development
• Application Integrations
• Application Maintenance
• Applications Architecture
• Detail‑Oriented
• Enterprise Application Delivery
• Group Problem Solving
• Programming Languages
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• System Applications

Additional Job Details

• Address: 20 KING ST 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: 2026-03-27
• Application Deadline: 2026-05-23 (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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