Staff Data Engineer

What is the opportunity? RBC Wealth Management (WM) Data & AI is responsible for driving data driven decision making end-to-end across our global businesses. We're modernizing our data architecture, building out BI and analytics capabilities, and developing cutting-edge AI/ML solutions—from traditional machine learning to Generative AI—to support our Global Executive Leadership as well as our Digital and Global Investment teams.Job Description
What is the opportunity? RBC Wealth Management (WM) Data & AI is responsible for driving data driven decision making end-to-end across our global businesses. We're modernizing our data architecture, building out BI and analytics capabilities, and developing cutting-edge AI/ML solutions—from traditional machine learning to Generative AI—to support our Global Executive Leadership as well as our Digital and Global Investment teams.What will you do?Architect, establish, maintain, and evolve the data foundation and analytical environments that support BI/analytics workloads and downstream AI/ML consumers with high performance and reliabilityDesign, build, and maintain scalable, production-grade data pipelines that ingest, transform, and serve both structured and unstructured data across WM LoBsDesign data models and schemas that serve multiple consumer types—BI dashboards, reporting, and downstream ML pipelines—balancing performance, flexibility, and reusabilityBuild and maintain APIs and integrations that expose data to downstream consumers, including AI/ML systems and business workflowsDefine clean data contracts and interfaces with downstream AI/ML and BI teams—schemas, SLAs, and freshness guarantees—to ensure reliable handoffsImplement monitoring, logging, and observability for data pipelines to ensure reliability, performance, and complianceOptimize pipeline and storage performance and cost (e.G., query tuning, partitioning, compute/storage cost management) across Dev, UAT, and Production environmentsCreate, maintain, and develop data assets across Dev, UAT, and Production environments, ensuring consistencyIdentify, source, stage, and model improvements to partially/completely automate the most common, repeatable and tedious manual data preparation and integration tasks, and optimize data delivery for greater scalability, as part of the end-to-end data lifecycleImplement data quality frameworks, automated testing, and monitoring to ensure data integrity and trust across all downstream consumersSupport data cataloging and metadata management practices to ensure data assets are discoverable, well-documented, and governedSupport DevOps and DataOps best practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing across data pipelinesUse version control systems (e.G., GitHub) and data/schema comparison tooling to manage code and data changes safely across environmentsWhat do you need to succeed?Must-haveBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related technical field5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or related rolesStrong programming skills in Python and SQL, with hands‑on experience building and optimizing APIs and data pipelines at scaleDeep experience with modern data platforms and tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, and cloud-native data services (AWS, Azure, or GCP)Solid understanding of data warehousing, data lakehouse architectures, and data modelling concepts—and when to apply eachKnowledge of and experience implementing medallion (bronze/silver/gold) architecture patterns for structuring data lakehouse layersExperience designing data models and pipelines that serve multiple consumer types (e.G., BI/reporting and downstream ML use cases)Proficiency with DevOps/DataOps practices and CI/CD tooling (e.G., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) for data pipelinesExperience with automated unit testing methodologies for data pipelines and transformationsStrong experience with data governance, data quality, and data security best practicesPassion for problem-solving and tackling challenges in real-world contexts, leveraging large-scale datasets and modern data approachesNice-to-haveFamiliarity with Generative AI workflows, including RAG pipelines, vector databases, and LLM serving infrastructureKnowledge of streaming data technologies (e.G., Kafka, Kinesis, or Spark Streaming)Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormationKnowledge of financial services, wealth management, or investment management domainsExperience building or enabling AI-driven automation such as AI agents, workflow orchestration, or decision enginesExperience with data cataloging/metadata management tools (e.G., Unity Catalog, Collibra)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 applicableLeaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunitiesAbility to make a difference and lasting impactWork in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing teamFlexible work/life balance optionsOpportunities to do challenging workOpportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilitiesAccess to a variety of job opportunities across businessJob Skills Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Database Development, Data Mining, Data Warehousing (DW), ETL Processing, Quality Management, Requirements Analysis, Waterfall ModelAdditional 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: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-03-26 Application Deadline: 2026-11-06Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date aboveOur Employment Opportunities 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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