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)