Lead Cloud Full Stack Engineer - Climate Data & Strategy, GFT

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a Lead Cloud Full Stack Engineer for Climate Data & Strategy in Toronto, OH. The role involves designing and developing scalable data pipelines, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring data quality. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's in a related field, extensive experience with cloud platforms, programming, and team leadership. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.
Location: Toronto
Job Summary

Job Description What is the opportunity? Are you a talented, creative, and results-driven professional who thrives on delivering high-performing applications. Come join us!

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

team is focused on the design, development and deployment of capabilities that enable the end-to-end delivery of the Enterprise ESG framework. Sr Cloud Full Stack Engineer, Climate Data & Strategy, is responsible for leading development of applications for large-scale data processing and analysis. You will work with all stakeholders to design best in class technology solutions.

We value positive attitude, willingness to learn, open communication, teamwork, and commitment to clean, secure and well-tested code.

What will you do? Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support various analytical and operational needs.

Contribute to data pipeline architecture so it follows a micro-service format, and the components are deployable to on-premise and Cloud.

Collaborate closely with stakeholders including data scientists, software engineers, and domain experts to understand data requirements and deliver robust solutions.

Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability throughout the data lifecycle.

Support the integration of analytics and machine learning models into production systems, focusing on data availability and performance.

Optimize database performance and schema design for large-scale data sets.

Mentor others in the team and help resolve challenges related to design and/or

with Design and Implementation. Review and Approve changes in the project.

What do you need to succeed? Must Have Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data services.
8+ years of experience combined in programming, small to large-scale applications; 1+ year in team lead or similar capacity with full end-to-end ownership in delivering a project.

This is a lead role - Demonstrated strong team leadership and ability in written and oral communication skills, along with strong presentation skills. Ability to determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.

Expert in multiple programming languages / frameworks such as Hadoop, Apache Spark, Python, Scala, Hive. Expert in Dev Ops practices and tools for CI/CD pipelines.

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work in a collaborative team environment. Ability to translate business requirements into technology implementation. Must be self-motivated and be able to work with minimum supervision.

Nice to Have Knowledge of data governance and security practices.

Frontend and backend engineering, test driven development, microservices and architecture design principles.

Prior experience in the Financial Industry, especially supporting top-of-the-house risk analytic functions (such as Market Risk, Credit Risk or Liquidity Risk), in the design and development of the regulatory frameworks.

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

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