Lead Developer, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Jersey City, NJ

About the role

Lead Risk platform delivery with full-stack architecture (Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/TypeScript). Design event-driven services for Profit and Loss (PnL) and risk limits. Build backend services for intraday calculation and snapshots. Develop Excel-integrated solutions using Excel-DNA to bridge between C# and COM applications. Application Programming Interface (API)/messaging (Kafka/Solace) for downstream consumers.

Implement CI/CD pipelines, Spark processing, and S3/Iceberg data lakes. Support macro trading/risk workflows with focus on structured and flow rates/FX instruments. Mentor engineers and drive modernization. Evaluate and implement AI/ML automation.

Telecommuting permitted up to 1 day per week.

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Full time employment, Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week, $193,461.00 per year.

Minimum Requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology or a related field and 5 years of related work experience.

Must have 5 years of experience in

• Java and Spring Boot, performance tuning and reactive programming (RxJava, WebFlux or Reactor).
• Design patterns, data structures, and concurrency.

Must have 3 years of experience in

• CI/CD pipeline engineering (Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus and Grafana).
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes and Argo CD).

Must have 2 years of experience in

• Design fault-tolerant systems across multiple services/nodes, manage concurrent data flows to maintain data accuracy in high-throughput environments.
• React or TypeScript production UI platforms and real-time browser APIs.
• Messaging, event-driven architectures (Kafka, Solace, or RabbitMQ).

-.NET and C# development with Excel integration such as Excel-DNA, RTD servers and COM interop.

• Advanced SQL or schema optimization and query performance.
• Finance, including macro trading, structured and flow rates.

Must have 1 year of experience in

• Lead cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of technical roadmaps for complex software platforms.
• FX and trade lifecycle.

Pay and benefits

The base salary for this job is $193,461.00 per year. This salary does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time-off plan.

RBC's compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC's high performance culture
• Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals
• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

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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: GOLDMAN SACHS TOWER, 30 HUDSON STREET:JERSEY CITY
• City: Jersey City
• Country: United States of America
• Work hours/week: 40
• Employment Type: Full time

Platform

• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2026-10-14
• Application Deadline: 2026-12-23

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

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