Global Asset Management, Fall Developer & IT Specialist

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We are seeking a Developer & IT Specialist (Quant Developer, Software Developer, DevOps Engineer and QA Automation Analyst) to join the RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM). If you are passionate to learn about software development & delivery practices, please read on.

Quant Developer

The Quant Development's team current focus is a large multi-year system renovation to replace the quantitative investing platform and tools that enables both research and portfolio management teams. We are a Python first team building horizontally scalable solutions in RBC's private cloud and as a part of the team you will work with popular Python platforms such as Dask, Airflow and JupyterHub to help us deliver innovative solutions. Dashboard work, data-engineering, service development and working with large time series data - these are all things our team does. Come join us to help apply technology that enables the investment processes - this is the epitome of fin-tech!

Software Developer

• Participate in all parts of software development lifecycle – design, implementation, and rollout of production systems
• Create and review technical design documents, understand how the design will be used in the code development process, and facilitate meetings to design, troubleshoot, and enhancements development
• Analyze trade related business requirements and translate them to technical specifications
• Estimate activities/tasks required to perform design, coding, and unit testing

• Support Applications and respond to inquires and incidents reported by the business and users, especially during the time when offshore team is not available (Canadian business hours)

• Investigate bugs, track them in JIRA and fix bugs.
• Start developing larger features for projects by working with Senior Engineers

DevOps Engineer

• Designing, modifying, developing, writing and implementing software programming applications for target system using agile methods.
• Acquiring client requirements; resolving workflow problems through automation optimization.
• Writing source codes for new applications, and/or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications.
• Utilizing automated testing tools to perform the testing and maintenance.

QA Automation Analyst

• Work closely with project team members in a highly collaborative environment.
• Analyze requirements, create test strategy, prepare test documentation and execute test
• Design and develop and automated test scripts
• Interpret and report test results
• Use automation tools to automate and execute test cases

What do you need to succeed?

Technical skills:

Must-have:

• Have a strong quantitative background, a degree in math/statistics/computer science/engineering would be a plus
• Strong programming knowledge of one or more of the following languages: Python, C# , HTML, CSS, React JS/ Angular, TypeScript
• Proficiency with SQL Server, Relational Databases
• Basic understanding of development methodologies, best practices, and a general understanding of application architectures.
• Java 8+ and Spring Framework (Spring Boot)
• Experience with Web technologies such as HTML, Java script and CSS
• Experience working with DevOps pipelines (Git, Maven, Jenkins), continuous integration/delivery, automated testing (unit, functional, performance)
• Experience working within professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing.

Nice to have:

• Understanding of Web FE development frameworks and libraries such as Angular and React

Soft skills:

• Great communication skills. Team player with the ability to work with a diverse group and offshore team
• Basic understanding of development methodologies, best practices, and a general understanding of application architectures.
• Must be a self-starter, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functional areas
• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)

Job Skills

Communication, Computer Literacy, Detail-Oriented, Interpersonal Relationships, Listening Effectively, Personal Development, Taking Initiative

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

Wealth Management

Job Type:

Student/Coop (Fixed Term)

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2024-06-03

Application Deadline:

2024-06-16

I nclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.
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