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Lead Developer

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Jersey City, NJ · HybridFull-time$193K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$193K/yr
Location
Jersey City, NJHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

RBC Capital Markets seeks a Lead Developer to deliver and modernize risk platforms for macro trading and risk workflows, including structured and flow rates and FX instruments. The role spans full-stack architecture, event-driven services, intraday calculations, Excel-integrated solutions, data processing, and AI/ML automation. It also involves mentoring engineers and leading technical roadmaps. Telecommuting is permitted up to one day per week.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

JavaSpring BootPerformance TuningReactive ProgrammingRxJavaWebFluxReactorDesign PatternsData StructuresConcurrencyCI/CD Pipeline EngineeringJenkinsAnsibleGitHub ActionsElasticsearchKibanaPrometheusGrafanaDockerHelmKubernetesArgo CDFault-Tolerant SystemsConcurrent Data FlowsReactTypeScriptReal-Time Browser APIsMessagingEvent-Driven ArchitectureKafkaSolaceRabbitMQ.NETC#Excel IntegrationExcel-DNARTD ServersCOM InteropAdvanced SQLSchema Optimization

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology or Related Field5 Years Related Work Experience5 Years Java and Spring Boot Experience5 Years Design Patterns, Data Structures, and Concurrency Experience3 Years CI/CD Pipeline Engineering Experience3 Years Containers and Orchestration Experience2 Years Fault-Tolerant Systems Experience2 Years React or TypeScript UI Platform Experience2 Years Messaging and Event-Driven Architecture Experience2 Years .NET and C# Excel Integration Experience2 Years Advanced SQL or Schema Optimization Experience2 Years Finance Experience

Full job description

Compensation

$193,461.00 - $193,461.00 / Yearly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Shift

First Shift (Day)

Job Description

Lead Developer, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Jersey City, NJ:

Lead Risk platform delivery with full-stack architecture (Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/TypeScript). Design event-driven services for Profit and Loss (PnL) and risk limits. Build backend services for intraday calculation and snapshots. Develop Excel-integrated solutions using Excel-DNA to bridge between C# and COM applications. Application Programming Interface (API)/messaging (Kafka/Solace) for downstream consumers. Implement CI/CD pipelines, Spark processing, and S3/Iceberg data lakes. Support macro trading/risk workflows with focus on structured and flow rates/FX instruments. Mentor engineers and drive modernization. Evaluate and implement AI/ML automation.

Telecommuting permitted up to 1 day per week.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, $193,461.00 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology or a related field and 5 years of related work experience.

Must have 5 years of experience in:

  • Java and Spring Boot, performance tuning and reactive programming (RxJava, WebFlux or Reactor).

  • Design patterns, data structures, and concurrency.

Must have 3 years of experience in:

  • CI/CD pipeline engineering (Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus and Grafana).

  • Containers and orchestration (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes and Argo CD).

Must have 2 years of experience in:

  • Design fault-tolerant systems across multiple services/nodes, manage concurrent data flows to maintain data accuracy in high-throughput environments.

  • React or TypeScript production UI platforms and real-time browser APIs.

  • Messaging, event-driven architectures (Kafka, Solace, or RabbitMQ).

  • .NET and C# development with Excel integration such as Excel-DNA, RTD servers and COM interop.

  • Advanced SQL or schema optimization and query performance.

  • Finance, including macro trading, structured and flow rates.

Must have 1 year of experience in:

  • Lead cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of technical roadmaps for complex software platforms.

  • FX and trade lifecycle.

TO APPLY: Visit rbc.com under “careers” and search for Requisition ID [# R-0000190322], and click “Apply”.

Place of Work

Hybrid

Requisition ID

R-0000190322

Job Type

Full Time

How this job compares

Set against the 40,846 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$193K/yr
  • New Jersey median$135–206K/yr745 salary ranges
  • US median$135–218K/yr32,482 salary ranges

This rate, $193K, is 15% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($168K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 861 open Software Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 40,846 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (33,328 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 14,025 of the 40,846 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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