City : CALGARY, Alberta, Canada

Category : Technology | Analytics | Research

Industry : Financial/Banking

Employer : RBC

What is the opportunity?

RBC is committed to being the destination of choice for technologists, driven by our engineering culture of curiosity, bold ambition and outcomes. As part of this, RBC has opened up an Innovation Hub in Calgary, and we are looking for people like you. People who join our team will be able to work on the most innovative solutions in areas such as AI & data engineering, full stack agile software delivery, machine learning, MLOps and data analytics.

If you are a Software Developer that has a passion for simplifying and automating work, continuous learning, helping others, and like working in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive organization that has leaders that fully support you, provide a comprehensive Total Rewards Program and offer flexible work/life balance options, we look forward to connecting with you.

What will you do?

• Design and execution of hybrid and multi cloud architecture application deployments for domain driven Machine Learning and AI services or data services
• Develop methodologies & frameworks for systematically validating the performance, security, and trustworthiness of deployed ML models
• Focus on component reusability, data sharing and security while complying with the standards and processes set within the Enterprise
• Apply design thinking and an agile mindset in working with other engineers, data scientists and business stakeholders to continuously experiment, iterate and deliver on new initiatives
• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery, with a strong commitment to quality
• Explore new capabilities and technologies to drive innovation 

• Actively engage with development teams and product managers / stakeholders to gather requirements and ideate software solutions and support creation of scalable software
• Write clean, functional code for large-scale distributed applications
• Mentor and develop peers and junior developers, drive continuous improvement
• Test software (unit, system, integration and acceptance testing) to ensure responsiveness and efficiency and where required troubleshoot, provide solutions to fix / debug and upgrade software
• Partner with and support other teams as required i.e. Production support, testing, infrastructure, security etc.
• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery, with a strong commitment to quality
• Explore new capabilities and technologies to drive innovation

Must-have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent along with:
• 5+ years’ experience as a software developer/software engineer and proficient in at least one major programming language, as well as strong knowledge of object-oriented design and data structures
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL Datastores
• Extensive experience in building APIs and RESTful services
• Experience in mentoring junior engineers, leading code review and design sessions
• A passion for simplifying and automating work, making things better, continuous learning, solving open-ended problems, improving efficiency and helping others
• Strong communication skills with ability to work cross-functionally to articulate, measure and solve issues
• Great attention to detail, organizational skills and an analytical mind

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Airflow, Jupyter Notebooks, other MLOps technologies
• Knowledge of public cloud (Microsoft Azure and AWS) and private cloud (OpenShift) platforms and development of applications in multi-cloud, hybrid environments
• Knowledge of containers and orchestration (e.g: Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Java, Python programming languages

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.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• 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
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities    
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies