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Senior Manager, Software Development
@ Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Royal Bank of Canada is hiring a Senior Manager, Software Development for its Wealth Management Technology group. The role leads engineering teams building back-end trading platforms, sets modernization direction, and manages developers and vendor partners. The posting states a full-time salaried role of 37.5 hours per week in Toronto with flexible work/life balance options.
Responsibilities:
- Manage developers and team leads across Java and HPE NonStop/COBOL
- Own the modernization roadmap for Retail Trading platforms
- Set architecture principles and engineering standards
- Lead adoption of the enterprise AI Engineering Platform
- Ensure availability and resilience of real-time trading systems
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years in software development, 5+ years leading teams
- Hands-on back-end Java with Spring Boot and messaging
- Cloud-native and event-driven architecture experience
- Experience leading a legacy modernization program
- Track record owning high-availability production systems
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-09
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Management experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours, Performance bonus |
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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/
- LinkedIn followers
- 932,626
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 96,867
- Reported office locations
- 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J5, CA
- 1 Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, QC H3B 1Z3, CA
- 2 Park St, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU
- 100 Bishopsgate, London, England EC2N 4AA, GB
- Persiaran Apec, Cyberjaya, Selangor 63000, MY
- 60 S 6th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402, US
- Business categories
- Wealth Management
- Commercial Lending
- Finance
- Banking
- Payments
- Asset Management
- Insurance
- Lending
- Financial Services
- Financial Exchanges
- Other recorded names
- Royal Bank of Canada
- RBC
- Specialties
- finance
- banking
- investing
- insurance
- financial planning
- wealth management
- and capital markets
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 22,251,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
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 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Banking |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | financebankinginvestinginsurancefinancial planningwealth managementand capital markets |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,114 |
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Job Description
As Senior Manager, Software Development in Wealth Management Technology, you will lead the engineering teams behind the back-end platforms that power RBC's Retail Trading business — order capture, routing, execution, trade posting and the supporting batch and real-time services that clients and advisors rely on every trading day.
This is a people-leadership role: you will manage developers and team leads (employees and vendor partners), partner with Retail Trading business and operations stakeholders, and set the technical direction and roadmap for the portfolio.
What will you do?
- Manage developers and team leads across Java (primarily) and HPE NonStop/COBOL, including vendor and contract resources. Set priorities and allocate resources to deliver with quality and efficiency.
- Build a high-performing, continuous-learning culture through coaching, candid feedback, and career development, growing the team's modern engineering and AI skills.
- Provide leadership and technical expertise to oversee the design, development, and deployment of complex software solutions (focus on Wealth Management Trading applications), ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry best practices.
- Make independent decisions on complex technical and business issues, and provide input on Wealth Management Technology strategy to senior leaders.
- Translate Retail Trading business needs into technical plans. Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to resolve complex issues, and explain technical risks and trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
- Own the modernization roadmap for Retail Trading platforms with architects and senior engineers, including target architecture, sequencing, coexistence, and safe decommissioning of legacy components.
- Establish architecture principles and engineering standards across workstreams. Drive adoption of API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native patterns.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments that strengthen the platform.
- Lead adoption of the enterprise AI Engineering Platform and agentic workflows across the SDLC, including code analysis, business-rule extraction, documentation, code creation, and test generation. Build reusable skills, plugins, workflows, and prompts.
- Define governance and guardrails for responsible AI use, including human review and model-risk controls, that balance productivity with security, risk, and engineering excellence.
- Champion code review, secure coding, CI/CD, automated testing, and AI-assisted developer tooling.
- Balance innovation with operational stability by reducing technical debt while delivering business value.
- Be accountable for the availability, performance, and resilience of real-time trading systems.
What do you need to succeed? Must have’s:
- 10+ years in software development, including 5+ years leading development teams (people management, not only technical lead) in an Agile environment.
- Hands-on background in back-end Java (Java 17+, Spring/Spring Boot, REST APIs, messaging such as MQ or Kafka) and the ability to review designs and code credibly.
- Cloud-native and event-driven architecture: microservices, Kafka, containers, Azure or OpenShift.
- Proven experience leading a legacy modernization or migration program (mainframe, HPE NonStop or similar) from target architecture through cut-over.
- Practical experience applying AI tools in software delivery, such as coding assistants or agentic workflows, and a clear view of where they add value and where they need guardrails.
- Working knowledge of COBOL and legacy platforms, enough to judge estimates, risk and migration approaches.
- Track record of owning high-volume, high-availability production systems: incident and problem management, SLAs and change control.
- Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence business and technology leaders.
Nice to have’s:
- Retail brokerage or trading domain knowledge: equities, options and fixed income order flow, trade posting, settlement, and Canadian regulatory requirements (CIRO).
- Hands-on HPE NonStop experience: Guardian/OSS, TACL, Pathway, Enscribe, NonStop SQL/MP or MX, TMF, GoldenGate.
- Experience building or rolling out agentic AI workflows (multi-step agents, LLM-based code transformation, AI-generated test suites) in an enterprise setting.
- Experience in a large, regulated financial institution, including working with audit, risk and operations partners.
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
- Flexible work/life balance options
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
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Job Skills
Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System ApplicationsAdditional Job Details
Address:
RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOCity:
TorontoCountry:
CanadaWork hours/week:
37.5Employment Type:
Full timePlatform:
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:
RegularPay Type:
SalariedPosted Date:
2026-11-10Application Deadline:
2026-11-27Note: 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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