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Director & Principal Engineer, AI/ML & MLOps Platform
@ Royal Bank of Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Royal Bank of Canada is hiring a Director & Principal Engineer, AI/ML & MLOps Platform in Vancouver, full time at 37.5 hours per week. The role leads hands-on engineering of data pipelines, analytics and ML systems for retail credit decisioning and risk management, while managing a team of engineers. The posting requires 8+ years of data-intensive engineering, 3+ years in senior technical leadership, and strong cloud and MLOps experience.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build and review scalable data pipelines and ML systems
- Set technical direction for data and ML engineering
- Partner with data scientists and business leaders on technical solutions
- Coach and mentor engineers and lead the team
- Ensure on-time, high-quality delivery and compliance
Requirements summary:
- 8+ years designing data-intensive applications, 3+ in senior leadership
- Deep expertise in Python, Spark, Kafka, SQL and orchestration frameworks
- Strong MLOps knowledge: deployment, monitoring and CI/CD
- Cloud experience with AWS or Azure and IaC (Terraform)
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering; Master's or PhD preferred
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-05
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-06
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Management experience | 3+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred), Doctorate (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Engineering |
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Royal Bank of Canada
Stock listing: TSX:RY · NYSE:RY · Source checked: 2026-11-02
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Full company description
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact. http://rbc.com/legalstuff. La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social. https://www.rbc.com/conditions-dutilisation/
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- 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J5, CA
- 1 Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, QC H3B 1Z3, CA
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- Business categories
- Wealth Management
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- Other recorded names
- Royal Bank of Canada
- RBC
- Specialties
- finance
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- investing
- insurance
- financial planning
- wealth management
- and capital markets
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- Reported total investment
- 22,251,000
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Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market…
| Field | Value |
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| Industry | Banking |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | financebankinginvestinginsurancefinancial planningwealth managementand capital markets |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,088 |
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Job Description
What is the Opportunity?
Global Functions Technology (GFT) is part of RBC’s Technology and Operations division. GFT’s impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration. In your role, You’ll architect and create systems that directly influence billions in lending decisions, shaping RBC’s competitive edge in financial innovation.
We’re seeking a Director & Principal Engineer, AI/ML & MLOps Platform, who brings a unique blend of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role focused on building and scaling data-driven systems and platform capabilities that enable advanced analytics, machine learning, and impactful business decisions. You will play a key role in shaping our next-generation credit decisioning and risk management platform, and lead by example in applying sound architectural thinking, engineering rigor, and technical mentorship. You will manage a team of seasoned engineers to deliver the visions to scale your impacts and pace of development.
What will you do?
- Lead by Doing: Design, build, and review scalable data pipelines, analytics platforms, and ML systems. This is a hands-on role with end-to-end ownership, balancing hands-on coding (20-30%) with solution architectural & engineering leadership.
- Set Technical Direction: Define and promote best practices in data and ML engineering. Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption to drive innovation.
- Partner Cross-Functionally: Work closely with data scientists, business leaders, and IT teams to understand needs and translate them into technical solutions. Your first set of prominent goals are to transform the bank’s retail credit decisioning by bringing together a set of platform capabilities to enable our risk experts to scale vertically and horizontally to provide the depth and the breadth for competitive and personalize lending products.
- Mentor and Inspire: Coach engineers and foster a high-performing, collaborative culture. Champion engineering excellence and team growth. You are not an old fashioned manager that just command, but a role model that cultivates a culture of innovation and high performance, who skillfully inspires the next generation of leaders without micro managing.
- Deliver at Scale: Ensure projects are executed with high quality, on time, and aligned with business goals. Proactively identify risks and enforce compliance standards, especially around data governance and security.
What do you need to succeed?
Must Have:
· 8+ years of experience in designing and building data-intensive applications, with 3+ years in a senior technical leadership role.
· Deep expertise in modern distributed data processing and ML engineering tools and languages (e.g., Python, Java/Scala, PySpark/Spark, Kafka, SQL, orchestration frameworks).
· Strong understanding of the ML lifecycle and MLOps practices, including model deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with real-time inference systems in both on-prem and Cloud.
· Proven experience in cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, with knowledge of scalable architecture patterns, and proficient in IaC (SDK, Terraform)
· Excellent communication skills - able to clearly explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
· Demonstrated success in leading engineering teams and delivering high-impact platforms or products.
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's or PhD preferred.
Nice to Have:
· Hands-on experience with AWS SageMaker and related services (Glue, EMR, Lambda, Step Functions, Airflow, CloudWatch).
· Track record of building high-performing teams (e.g., hiring/retaining top talent, improving team NPS)
· Background in enterprise-level data governance, privacy, and security practices.
Job Skills
Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Database Development, Data Mining, Data Warehousing (DW), ETL Processing, Quality Management, Requirements Analysis, Software Product Management, Waterfall ModelAdditional Job Details
Address:
745 THURLOW ST:VANCOUVERCity:
VancouverCountry:
CanadaWork hours/week:
37.5Employment Type:
Full timePlatform:
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:
RegularPay Type:
SalariedPosted Date:
2026-10-29Application Deadline:
2027-02-28Note: 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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