Senior Full Stack Engineer

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you'll drive digital transformation and developer velocity across RBC Bank's US online banking platform, working at the intersection of enterprise stability and innovation. You'll implement full stack solutions, modernize legacy systems and build next-generation features and fintech integrations that serve customers and internal teams. Beyond technical execution, you'll pioneer AI-assisted development workflows and lead adoption of agentic SDLC practices, positioning RBC Bank at the forefront of intelligent automation. This role offers strategic visibility into RBC's digital banking roadmap, access to the latest technology stack, and the challenge to balance cutting-edge innovation, compliance and security in a highly regulated financial environment.

What will you do?

• Execute full stack development projects ensuring code quality, performance, scalability, and responsiveness.
• Provides programming expertise and technical analysis skills, usually as a senior member of a project team, in analyzing, designing, modifying, and developing business applications.
• Design and build full stack solutions including secure, scalable back-end systems using Java Spring Boot framework and RESTful microservices, user-friendly front-end interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular), and efficient databases (SQL, NoSQL) with API integrations.
• Perform complex engineering activities including performance tuning, monitoring, and deployment.
• Makes independent decisions on complex issues involving own area, providing leadership, coaching and mentorship within own area of expertise.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, business partners, architects, and stakeholders to analyze business needs, propose technical strategies, and deliver innovative solutions.
• Drive adoption of agentic software development lifecycle, leveraging AI code generation tools and automation frameworks to enhance developer productivity and establish best practices.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies and trends to optimize development processes and drive continuous improvement.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 10+ years full stack development with demonstrated expertise in Java Spring/Spring Boot framework; backend microservices using RESTful architecture and MQ; frontend development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular); API design, REST and SOAP webservices; unit testing (JUnit, Mockito, EasyMock).
• Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent engineering degree.
• DevOps and cloud-native expertise including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), CI/CD implementation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), application monitoring, performance tuning, and scalability optimization.
• Deep understanding of software architecture and scalability patterns, design patterns (MVC, MVVM); enterprise-level security concepts (SSO, SSL, encryption, OAuth 2.0, public key encryption, authentication providers like PingFederate/Auth0, Apigee, entitlements).
• Hands-on experience adopting AI-assisted development tools (code generation, automation) in enterprise environments; ability to evaluate emerging technologies, establish Agentic SDLC workflows, and mentoring teams on effective adoption.
• Demonstrated leadership and facilitation skills for cross-functional Agile teams; experience establishing development best practices and governance frameworks.

Nice-to-have

• Agentic SDLC, knowledge of emerging AI technologies and industry trends, data lakehouse platforms and BI tools. SQL database design, optimization, and query performance; NoSQL databases and distributed data systems

• Familiarity with Digital Banking and financial services industry

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 include competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid-time off.
• 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.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.

Job Skills

Collaboration, Performance Optimizations, Software Architectures, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies, Solutions Design, Technical Strategy

Additional Job Details

8081 ARCO CORPORATE DRIVE:RALEIGHRaleighUnited States of America40Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-06-032026-07-03

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.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.