Technical Lead – Fraud IT

Job title: Technical Lead – Fraud IT

Company: Royal Bank of Canada

Job description: What is the opportunity?

Fraud detection is critical to protecting RBC and our clients, and involves a comprehensive approach to match data points with activities to identify abnormalities. Fraudsters have developed sophisticated tactics, so it’s essential to stay on top of these changing threats.

We’re building a team that embraces innovation and enthusiastic to bring a fresh perspective. We’ve been on a journey to build out a high performing, highly resilient fraud detection platform that can grow with the continuous demands on fraud detection and support RBC’s Business goals.

We’re looking for a talented and passionate Lead Developer to join our team. As an engineer you will work as part of an agile team to deliver high performing applications built on a cloud platform and streaming technologies. We believe in continuous growth and expanding your capabilities. Join our team today and have a big impact influencing the strength of RBC’s fraud prevention.

What will you do?

• Develop and support highly scalable, high performance components within an Agile development team
• Ensure high code quality through automated unit and functional testing
• Automate processes within the development pipeline; identify opportunities for efficiency gains and reducing time-to-market, and enabling continuous delivery
• Design and develop code structures to promote reusability across many applications
• Lead and mentor other developers to elevate the entire team’s skillset and mindset. Coach others on the team.
• Be open-minded and look beyond your stack to solve complex problems
• Proactively seek out knowledge about new technologies and how they can be used to solve current and foreseeable challenges
• Communicate effectively and distill technical details into human terms

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have:

• 3-5 years’ programming experience with Java and Python
• 2+ years using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• 2+ years using Big Data technologies: HDP/CDP, HDFS/HIVE
• Experience in designing, writing and building REST APIs
• Experience in Cloud technologies such as PCF or OpenShift

Nice to have:

• Solid understanding and experience with any of the relational databases (MySQL, SQLServer, DB2 etc)
• Knowledge of batch and streaming data architectures
• Experience in Kafka or a similar distributed message processing platform

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
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

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JOB SUMMARY
City: Toronto
Address: 20 King St West
Work Hours/Week: 37.5
Work Environment: Office
Employment Type: Permanent
Career Level: Experienced Hire/Professional
Pay Type: Salary + Variable Bonus
Required Travel(%): 0
Exempt/Non-Exempt: N/A
People Manager: No
Application Deadline: 02/07/2021
Platform: Technology and Operations
Req ID: 298920

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:50:08 GMT