Backend Developer API Golang

The Digital API & Dev-ops team is building a developer portal that will be used by all RBC developers (Internal AND external) to build their production grade apps. This tool help developers meet the high level of quality and security we expect at RBC by making that the easiest and resistance-free path for building their software.

In this role you will assist the development efforts of the portal using your back-end expertise to build automation that will be helping teams build and deploy their products. We follow cloud native patterns and encourage best practices when it comes to writing clean professional code.

We work in a cross functional team, with opportunities to learn new skills and experiment with the latest technologies. We provide the flexibility in work and understand the strength in working together. We support a growth mindset and treat each other with respect. Join our team to write high quality code to create impactful products!

What we're looking for:

As the Senior Back End Developer, you’ll work as part of a small, autonomous, agile team to deliver both internal and external applications. We are looking for top notch software engineers who are great team players and obsessive about the quality of their code and delivered service. You’ll have the opportunity to grow and expand your capabilities within the RBC development community as learning and knowledge sharing will be second nature while applying your technical know-how to ensure that RBC is on the leading edge of development practices.

Backed by the might of our teams, you’ll have the tools and resources needed to achieve extraordinary results that render a significant impact extending beyond the boundaries of traditional engineering roles. If you’re a strong leader with proven experience evaluating industry best-of-class technical approaches—we have a spot for you on our team.

What will you do:

• You will be creating new services and developer-facing applications using the latest technologies which will shape the future of banking for RBC
  
• Collaborate with other developers on the team to model and design new API interfaces
  
• Develop and support highly scalable, high performance APIs 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
  
• Work within an agile product team comprised of technical, product and business team members to deliver exceptional products.
  
• Lead and mentor other developers to elevate the entire team’s skillset and mindset. Coach others on the team and practice peer-programming.
  
• Stay open-minded and look beyond your stack to solve complex problems
  
• You will actively seek out knowledge about new technologies and how they can be used to solve current and foreseeable challenges
  
• Excellent communication including the ability to distill technical details into human terms

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g. EE, physics or mathematics), or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years experience with Golang
  
• 2 years experience developing distributed cloud applications (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Openshift, Docker)
  
• Hands on experience designing, developing, testing and troubleshooting RESTful API and interface specifications (Swagger, RAML, SOAP)
  
• Experience working with DevOps pipelines (Git, Maven, Jenkins), continuous integration/delivery, automated testing (unit, functional, performance)
  
• Experience working with security gateways and protocols (JWT, Oauth2.0, SSL Certificates)
  
• Experience working within professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing
  
• Experience with code merging and branching methodologies using Git and code release process.
  
• Working knowledge of web-based application architectures and frameworks (including Angular or AngularJS) and the way it integrates with services.
  
• Leverage Open Source technology and contribute to open source where possible
  
• Experience supporting production-level software (Splunk, Dynatrace).
  
• Solid experience with abstraction and applying it to learning new languages
  
• Ability to simplify complex problems and communicate them in plain language

Nice-to-have:

• Object Oriented coding practices, including strong design patterns knowledge, refactoring, clean code.
  
• Experience working with Kafka, MySQL, Non-relational databases, Caching
  
• Experience working with BPMN tools like Camunda, Pega, or others
  
• Experience in BDD and TDD methodologies
  
• Working experience in one or more of:
  
• Algorithm design and optimization
  
• Large-scale systems
  
• Parallel or distributed systems
  
• RDBMS and/or modern scale-out repositories (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
  
• Experience building message driven architectures (Kafka)
  
• Micro-service design and implementation (load balancing, discovery, resiliency)