Senior Software Developer in Test – AI/Automation

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We're building a team who is not afraid to challenge the status quo; embraces innovation; and excited to bring a fresh perspective. You will be part of our fast-paced team and help modernize how we approach our work and update our practices with the latest technology and a particular focus on adoption of AI to achieve those goals.

This is a highly technical role that requires strong hands-on expertise combined with strong communication and leadership skills.  You will be required to solve systemic challenges which have impeded our ability to be agile and push changes to production quickly and apply your expertise where needed, blurring the line between traditional roles.

What will you do?

• Design and implement advanced test automation and AI-driven test solution to enhance test coverage and quality and to achieve what has been traditionally view as not feasible.

• Develop and promote high and reliable code quality to promote maintainability and reusability.

• Integrate tools into enterprise DevOps pipelines to enable more end-to-end automation of integration, functional and performance testing.

• Enhance and support applications, by designing, developing, reviewing and maintaining test automation code for applications based on industry standards and best practices (AI or automation tools)

• Collaborate with business, operations and technology teams and participates in all phases of the project life cycles (requirements, design, development, testing) to align on test strategy to improve code quality.

• Work closely with the application development team in an integrated one-team fashion to advance quality engineering processes into the workflows.

• Understand the strategic imperatives of the organization and our department and identify opportunities to further those objectives as part of project work.

• Contentiously assess and adopt emerging technologies to drive test innovation and adopt best practices.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to understand and express complex topics.

• Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and programming languages.

• Passionately embraces and leveraged AI technologies with a desire to challenge the status quo in a constructive.

• Must have Technologies: GitHub Actions, Java, Spring Boot, javascript, Gherkin, Cucumber, Kafka, MQ, Selenium, playwright, wiremock.

• Must understand concepts:  BDD, TDD, Shift-left, Mocks and Stubs, Service Virtualization, Synthetic Data, CI/CD/CT.

• 5+ years of experience in Java and Spring Boot Framework.

• Must have a University/College graduate in computer science or engineering with 5+ years of experience working withing the application development process.

• Understand software design lifecycle, principles in architecture, design patterns and the different types of tests.

Nice-to-have

• Hands on experience with Cloud Technologies and Platforms (OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).

• Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) stack, UrbanCodeDeploy and DynaTrace.

• Working knowledge in Mainframe z/OS technologies such as JCL, TSO/ISPF, On Demand, ZEKE, RACF.

What's in 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

• 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

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Job Skills

Application Testing, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, IT Quality Assurance, Long Term Planning, Predictive Analytics, Programming Languages, Software Product Testing, Test Automation

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

Application Deadline:

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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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