WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

Our clients are unique and their digital banking experience should be one-of-a-kind. At RBC Digital, we want our clients to feel empowered when they interact with us. We’re investing in technologies and data insights to evolve as our clients do. We’ve joined our product, design and technology teams to collaborate to deliver an innovative personalized user experience. Being a part of our Digital Team means you’ll join a culture of creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning.

We’re envisioning the future of banking and building the core platforms to support it. The RBC Digital Technology team is focused on understanding our client’s needs to deliver scalable automated solutions. Our technologists design, develop and support the services we own. We’re building a team who is not afraid to challenge the status quo; embraces innovation; and excited to bring a fresh perspective. We’ve set out to simplify our client’s interactions by building a unified platform, custom tailored to our client’s needs.

We’re looking for a talented and passionate Lead Front End Developer to join our team. Our team is designed to deliver products throughout the client’s journey, not projects; each squad is setup for agility and continuous delivery, and then empowered with the autonomy to chart their own course to success.  As an engineer you will work as part of a small, autonomous, agile team to deliver both internal and external applications; built on a modern hybrid cloud platform using the latest micro-services architecture. We believe in the power of working together, you’ll get to work with your peers, business partners and RBC’s tech community and you’ll have the opportunity to grow and expand your capabilities. Join our team today and magnify your impact influencing the future of banking on a global scale.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• You will be creating new customer-facing applications using the latest technologies which will shape the future of banking for RBC

• Work within an Agile product team comprised of technical, product and business team members to deliver exceptional products

• Design and develop code structures to promote reusability across many applications

• Collaborate with the team to design and implement software logic following current best practices

• Mentor and coach others on the team and practice pair-programming

• Provide guidance and direction to ensure high code quality with a rapidly changing Enterprise application suite

• Stay open-minded and look beyond your stack to solve complex problems

• You will actively seek out knowledge about new technologies and how they can be used to solve current and foreseeable challenges

• Collaborate with the other developers on the team to define and integrate REST APIs with the UI components

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

MUST HAVE:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or related technical field with equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years experience with JavaScript

• Experience working within professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing

• Experience supporting production-level software.

• Advanced knowledge and experience with Web UI frameworks including Angular and experience in other frameworks is valuable (ie. React, Vue)

• Experience with querying and consuming from a REST backend

• Experience with code merging and branching methodologies using Git

• Experience working within an Agile product team

NICE-TO-HAVE:

• You've built or contributed to an open source project

• Experience with a design system and/or component library

• Object Oriented coding practices, including strong design patterns knowledge, refactoring, clean code

• Understanding of DevOps deployment processes and technologies; Docker, Jenkins etc.

• Experience in BDD and TDD methodologies

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

• Member of the front-end chapter, which provides training, events, and other opportunities for learning. You will also have an opportunity to share your work and experience with your peers

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Flexible work/life balance options