Principal Application Architect

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a Principal Application Architect at RBC, you will lead the charge in fostering a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and productivity within our software development teams. You will be pivotal in developing patterns and setting both architecture and technology standards to ensure RBC architects robust solutions, improves development processes, streamlines our delivery pipeline, and ultimately drives the creation of high-quality, valuable software for our customers.

What will you do?

• Drive the adoption of best practices in coding, application architecture, and development processes with a focus on developer experience, innovation and productivity
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and development teams to understand needs, propose solutions, and ensure alignment with strategic goals
• Lead initiatives to evaluate and introduce new tools and technologies that can enhance our development lifecycle and deliver competitive advantages
• Advocate for and contribute to the creation of maintainable, scalable, and future-proof architectures, patterns and standards
• Facilitate face-to-face conversations and workshops to effectively convey information within the enterprise
• Ensure continuous attention to engineering excellence and good design, thereby driving agility and productivity
• Simplify processes and systems, maximizing throughput, and removing bottlenecks to developer productivity, while adhering to governance and standards
• Provide mentorship and guidance to developers and architects, fostering a culture of learning and growth
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, assessing their applicability to our goals and objectives

What do you need to succeed?
Must-have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Extensive experience in application architecture with a proven track record of innovation and productivity improvements
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and principles, particularly those emphasizing collaboration, responsiveness to change, and customer focus
• Proficiency in a variety of programming languages and technologies, with an openness to embracing new tools and methods
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to lead cross-department initiatives and interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels. - Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach teams towards achieving their highest potential
• Experience with DevOps practices, continuous integration, and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines

Nice-to-have

• Understanding of application security principles and practices, including experience with secure coding, threat modeling, and security assessments
• Experience with performance testing, profiling, and optimization of applications and systems
• Having good understanding of Generative AI Large Language Models, their strengths, weaknesses and how they can be applied to drive developer productivity and innovation

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
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Agency Notice

RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additional details.

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Job Skills

Applications Architecture, Application Security, Cloud Computing, Critical Thinking, Data Architecture, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Industry Knowledge, Multi-Level Communication

Additional Job Details

Address:

100 BISHOPSGATE:LONDON

City:

London

Country:

United Kingdom

Work hours/week:

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

Application Deadline:

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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.

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