Lead Developer (Java)- Calgary (Hybrid)

What is the opportunity?

A key leadership role in application development within Wealth Management Technology, Data Services Canada. The role will be responsible for proving expertise and oversight in building and maintaining highly efficient next generation Data Management & Services solutions portfolio.

You will be required to collaborate with multiple project/program stakeholders, including the Business Units, Solution Architects, Business Systems Analysts, Development teams, Quality Assurance, IT infrastructure teams and third-party vendors.

The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind, understand user needs and align them with the products that are being created. Ultimately, you are motivated by the desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion.

What will you do?

• Conduit to front facing business/other stakeholders to understand their data needs across all capabilities/initiatives for planning and prioritization   

• Provide thought leadership and be responsible for delivering highly efficient Data and Services solutions through multiple projects

• Provide Technical Direction, Anticipate/Obtain Resolution of issues & implement Solutions for the integration of DMI projects into Wealth Management’s & RBC’s infrastructure environment

• Responsible for timely coordination of the end-to-end data Intake Process, that includes proposals, funding approvals and delivery

• Support functions across various groups including program/project managers, architects, development and production support teams

• Accountable for regular reporting of the Data portfolio, including status(budget, progress), alignment to overall strategy and overall capability reporting

• Resolves complex issues and conflicts (including architectural direction vs project constraints); escalates to executive level where required

• Provide leadership and oversight to technical team

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Highly proficient hands-on development experience of 3+ years in delivering Java based solutions utilizing API based solutions deployed on OpenShift/Azure, and streaming solutions using Kafka.

• Highly proficient hands-on recent experience of 4+ years in delivering data solutions utilizing enterprise grade RDBMS (SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle), no SQLDBs

• Proven relationship builder within a cross functional matrix organization, with a track record of establishing strong working relationships with leaders, team members and vendors.

• Strong planning, estimating, budget management, reporting, team planning and coordination experience, including vendor engagement management

• Thrives in a fast-paced Agile environment, ability to prioritize, work under pressure and meet time sensitive deadlines, while incorporating development management process best practices like Continuous Integration Tools (Jenkins, UCD), Configuration Management platforms (Ansible, Puppet) and work management tool like Jira

• Proven leader and experienced in managing mid-sized technical team over 5 years, including vendors, and brings strong communication & presentation skills

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of implementing monitoring and dashboard solutions leveraging ELK

• Working knowledge of ETL Solutions

• Recent experience in query profiling, query optimization, performance monitoring, tuning on in-memory DB and relational database. Hands-on experience with data modelling including logical and physical database design

• Familiarity with any Cloud Technologies (Openshift, Azure)

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

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Flexible work/life balance options

• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

335 8 AVE SW:CALGARYCALGARYCanada37.5Full timeRegularSalaried2024-09-122024-11-29

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above