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

RBC is hiring a Lead Developer, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Jersey City, NJ. It pays $193k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

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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) 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.

 

#LI-DNI

 

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.


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


TO APPLY: Please click “Apply Now” Button

 

 

 

 

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

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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How we rate this

Lead Developer, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Jersey City, NJ at RBC rates 27 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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