Royal Bank of Canada

Engineering Manager

Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Financial Services · 10,001+ employees

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About the role

Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers while maintaining hands-on technical involvement in code reviews and architecture. Drive engineering excellence by establishing best practices, improving development workflows, and fostering a supportive, inclusive team culture.

What they look for

Engineering management Full-stack development TypeScript NestJS React Native People management Code quality Process improvement Mentoring AWS CI/CD GitHub Actions PostgreSQL System scalability Technical leadership Fintech

Requirements

Requires 3+ years of software engineering management experience or 5+ years as a senior engineer with deep technical expertise in modern full-stack development. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership, communication skills, and a proven track record in improving code quality and team performance.

Benefits

Bonuses Flexible benefits Competitive compensation Stock options Coaching and management opportunities Flexible work/life balance options World-class training program

Full description

Job Description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

We're seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of 5-8 full-stack engineers building financial tools for the next generation. You'll balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, maintaining your coding skills while driving team excellence through code quality, process improvement, and developer empowerment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical depth and team development.

We're looking for talented and experienced leaders who can grow a positive, inclusive and supportive culture focused on engineering excellence and delighting customers. You'll foster an environment where engineers learn and develop their skills, and where the team obsesses about quality and maintains a proven track record of shipping great products.

Our Tech Stack

Frontend: React Native, React, TypeScript

Backend/Data: NestJS, TypeORM, PostgreSQL

Testing: Vitest, Jest, Detox

CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Cloud: AWS

Monitoring: Dynatrace

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Lead and mentor a team of 5-8 full-stack engineers, providing career growth, technical guidance, and constructive feedback

Maintain technical credibility by staying hands-on, participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and occasional feature development to stay current with the stack

Drive code quality through establishing and enforcing best practices, conducting thorough PR reviews, and fostering a culture of ownership and excellence

Champion process improvement by identifying bottlenecks, proposing solutions, and continuously refining development workflows (testing strategy, CI/CD, deployment processes, etc.)

Enable and empower developers by removing blockers, advocating for their growth, and creating psychological safety for innovation and experimentation

Collaborate across product and design to ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and timely delivery of complex features

Contribute strategically** to architectural decisions and technical direction alongside your team

Build and scale the team as needed, participating in hiring and onboarding

Support the team through on-call rotations , driving incident remediation, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement from incidents

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have

3+ years of software engineering management experience or 5+ years as a senior engineer transitioning into management

Deep technical expertise in full-stack development (ideally TypeScript,

NestJS, React Native, or similar modern stacks)

Proven track record of improving code quality and establishing development standards

Strong people management skills, ability to mentor, coach, and develop engineers at various levels

Experience driving process improvements and building scalable development practices

Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams (engineering, product, design)

Demonstrated ability to enable and empower teams rather than micromanage

Comfort with hands-on technical work while balancing management responsibilities

Background in financial services or fintech

Nice-to-have

* Experience managing distributed or remote teams

* Familiarity with AWS, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), and monitoring tools

* Experience scaling teams from 5 to 10+ engineers

* Knowledge of performance optimization and system scalability at scale

* Native development in iOS/Android

* Rapid development using AI workflows

What’s in it for you?

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

* A world-class training program in financial services

* Flexible work/life balance options

* Opportunities to do challenging work

Why Mydoh?

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.

Lead a talented team building products that empower the next generation through financial literacy and practical money management. You'll have direct impact on both your engineers' growth and the millions of young users who benefit from our platform.

Job Skills

Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTOCity:

TorontoCountry:

CanadaWork hours/week:

37.5Employment Type:

Full timePlatform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:

RegularPay Type:

SalariedPosted Date:

2026-08-14Application Deadline:

2026-09-01Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our 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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