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What's the opportunity?

We're looking for an enthusiastic Software Developer who's excited by the opportunity to work on challenging problems at the intersection of data management and the financial services industry. As a Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining secure, scalable backend services for the critical RBC metadata management platform. You'll leverage your expertise in microservices, Python, and MongoDB to deliver robust solutions, support regulatory and compliance requirements, and integrate with both proprietary and open-source data governance tools. At RBC Borealis, you'll join a high-performance team that collaborates with various groups to deliver solutions at enterprise scale. Your contributions will ensure high standards of performance, security, and auditability in a dynamic, innovative environment.

Serve as a critical contributor to the Lumina Data Management control plane-a platform designed to manage key aspects of the modern data stack that accelerate Data & AI initiatives. This includes metadata management, governance, and compliance for enterprise data platforms (Enterprise Data Lake, Snowflake, Teradata, Trino, AWS/Azure), as well as integration with ingestion tools to enable metadata-driven data movement.

Your responsibilities include:

• Architect, design, and develop robust backend services using Python (Flask/FastAPI) and MongoDB.

• Design and optimize large, complex JSON-based data models for metadata and data governance.

• Implement and maintain RESTful APIs, including OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.

• Integrate with external systems and data sources for collecting metadata and capturing other critical info (e.g., file systems, databases, APIs).

• Ensure data security, compliance, and audibility in all solutions.

• Optimize MongoDB queries, indexing, and schema design for performance and scalability.

• Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD, monitoring, and deployment automation.

• Mentor junior developers and participate in code reviews.

• Stay current with industry trends in data governance, cloud data platforms, and backend engineering.

You're our ideal candidate if you have:

Must Have

• 5+ yearsof professional experience in backend development.

• Expertise in Python(Flask or similar frameworks).

• Strong experience with MongoDB(schema design, aggregation, indexing, performance tuning).

• Experience designing and documentingRESTful APIs(OpenAPI/Swagger).

• Deep understanding ofJSON data modelingand handling large, complex documents.

• Familiarity withdata governance concepts(compliance, data lineage, stewardship, and data quality).

• Experience integrating with external data sources (databases, files, APIs).

• Knowledge ofsecurity best practices(authentication, authorization, secret management).

• Proficient withGitand collaborative development workflows.

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred/Bonus Skills:

Nice to Have

• Experience withcloud platforms(AWS, Azure, GCP) in a regulated environment.

• Familiarity withCI/CD pipelinesand containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with metadata cataloging toolsor enterprise data governance platforms.

• Experience deploying and managing open-source data governance tools(e.g., Data Hub, Amundsen) is a plus, but not mandatory.

• Exposure tolarge-scale data processingand distributed systems.

• Experience withmonitoring, logging, and regulatory reportingsolutions.

What's in it for you?

• Be part of a dynamic & flexible working environment.

• Become part of a team that thinks progressively and works collaboratively. We care about seeing each other reach full potential.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact from a local-to-global scale.

About RBC Borealis

RBC Borealis is the driving force behind Royal Bank of Canada's AI and data innovation. As part of Canada's largest financial institution, we bring together a team of architects, engineers, scientists, and product experts on a mission to revolutionize finance through world-class research, solutions, and a resilient data platform. With locations across Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver, we're at the forefront of AI research and platform development. With a focus on cutting-edge research in areas like time series forecasting, causal machine learning, and responsible AI, we are seamlessly integrating AI research and data engineering, to solve critical challenges in the financial industry. We are building intelligent, and scalable, data-driven solutions that will help communities thrive and drive innovation for our customers across the bank.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans' status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the application process are available upon request.

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Job Skills

Active Learning, Agile Framework, Agile Methodology, AI Prompting, Application Integrations, Data Governance, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, GitOps, Group Problem Solving, MongoDB, Programming Languages, Python Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

407 8 AVE SW:CALGARYCalgaryCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-08-202026-09-20

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.

Employment Type: FULL_TIME