Job Description
What is the prospect?
We are building a world-class DevOps platform for QTS and Capital Markets at RBC. As a Technical Lead, you will drive the strategy and execution of this platform, enabling application teams to ship faster, safer, and smarter.

You'll lead a team of DevOps developers, set the technical direction, and be a hands-on practitioner who models the behaviors you expect from others - including the effective use of AI tooling in day-to-day engineering work.

This role is for someone obsessed with automation and efficiency, unafraid to fail fast, and motivated by enabling others as much as by building great systems themselves.

What will you do?
Lead the team
Manage and grow a team of DevOps engineers: 1:1s, career development, hiring
Unblock team members on technical, organizational, and HR matters
Drive a culture of knowledge sharing, ownership, and continuous improvement
Champion AI enablement - model effective AI-assisted workflows and coach the team to adopt them

Drive platform delivery
Architect, implement, and ship DevOps platform capabilities for QTS and across Capital Markets
Set and enforce standards for code quality, documentation, testing, and release
Conduct code reviews and architecture reviews -
Demo and promote platform capabilities to stakeholder teams

Contribute to broader initiatives
InnerSource and Developer Experience programs
Agile Community of Practice
Co-op / new-grad program participation
Interviews for neighbouring teams

What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
5+ years of hands-on experience with relevant tech stacks (Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, or similar)
3+ years leading a software or DevOps engineering team in an agile environment




Proven experience delivering production-grade systems with solid SDLC discipline
Experience building or modernizing distributed systems at scale
Strong proficiency with GitHub Actions and GitOps practices and workflows
Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes
Strong communication, analytical thinking, and sense of ownership
Demonstrated AI practitioner: actively uses AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) in your own workflow and has driven adoption/enablement within teams you've led

Nice-to-have
Experience with additional CI/CD tooling: GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible Automation Platform
Experience with Snowflake for data platform integration and operations
Elasticsearch and Kibana
Public cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP

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

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, team-oriented, progressive, and high-performing team




A world-class training program in financial services
Flexible work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

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Job Skills
Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Programming Languages, Software Change Request Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Integration Engineering, Software Product Design, Software Product Technical Knowledge, Software Release Management, System Testing Tools

Additional Job Details
Address: 90 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORD

City: Bedford

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-07-23

Application Deadline: 2026-08-14

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

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.

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