- Location
- RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO, Canada
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
Join our innovative PayEdge Technology team at RBC, where we're revolutionizing payment solution for commercial clients. We are seeking a Senior API Developer to build the robust and scalable APIs. As a key player, you'll contribute to every stage of the software development life cycle, focusing on quality, maintainability, performance, and reliability. If you're a team-oriented developer with a strong technical foundation, excellent problem-solving skills, and proficiency in language like Java, and framework like Spring Boot, let's build the future of payments together.
What will you do:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance REST and/or GraphQL APIs
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, engineers, and infrastructure teams to define API specifications and requirements
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code; Conduct code reviews and foster a culture of technical excellence
- Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on deployment, monitoring and CI/CD
- Optimize API performance, scalability, and reliability through continuous monitoring and improvement
- Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation and API specifications
- Integrate internal systems with third-party applications and services
- Ensure adherence to security standards and implement authentication and authorization mechanisms, such as OAuth 2.0, JWT and API keys
What do you need to succeed?
Must have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 4 years focused on API development
- Expert-level proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Java, Python, Go, or Node.js)
- Deep understanding of API design patterns, REST principles, and HTTP protocols
- Strong experience with relational databases (SQL) and NoSQL data stores
- Proficiency with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines
- Demonstrated expertise in unit testing, integration testing, and debugging
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to work in an Agile environment
- Good communication and collaboration abilities.
- A passion for technology and a love of software development culture
Nice to have:
- Experience with Microservices and event-driven architecture
- Familiarity with API gateways and API management platform
- Experience designing high-volume or mission-critical APIs
- Knowledge of financial data exchange standards and frameworks
- Knowledge of caching, messaging and async processing technologies
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the ability to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
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
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 ApplicationsAdditional Job Details
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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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