Job Description

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

Lead Risk platform delivery with full-stack architecture (Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/TypeScript). Design event-driven services for Profit and Loss (PnL), XVA, and limits. Build backend services for intraday calculation and snapshots. Develop User Interface (UI) for real-time views. Provide Application Programming Interface (API)/messaging (Kafka/Solace) for downstream consumers. Implement CI/CD pipelines, Spark processing, and S3/Iceberg data lakes. 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, $189,592.00 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate 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 4 years of experience in React or TypeScript production UI platforms and real-time browser APIs.

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:

• Lead cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of technical roadmaps for complex software platforms.
• Design fault-tolerant systems across multiple services/nodes, manage concurrent data flows to maintain data accuracy in high-throughput environments.
• Messaging, event-driven architectures (Kafka, Solace, or RabbitMQ).
• Advanced SQL or schema optimization and query performance.
• Finance (counterparty credit exposure, XVA and trade lifecycle).

The base salary for this job is $189,592.00 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

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Posted Date:

2026-04-30

Application Deadline:

2026-07-09

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

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