What is the opportunity?

Data Engineering role supporting RBC's credit strategy modernization. You'll design and maintain high-performance data pipelines as a core member of our technology transformation team. Your focus: migrating legacy SAS processes to Python and PySpark, while optimizing data processing across HDFS/Hive and AWS S3 platforms. This hands-on technical position offers the opportunity to drive scalability, efficiency, and accuracy improvements in solutions that directly impact credit risk management across the organization.

What will you do?

• Build and optimize scalable data pipelines in Python and PySpark, ensuring reliability and performance across HDFS/Hive and AWS S3 environments.
• Lead migration initiatives transforming legacy SAS processes into modern, cloud-ready Python/PySpark solutions.
• Architect data workflows that support credit risk analytics and business intelligence at scale.
• Write production-grade code with rigorous testing, documentation, and adherence to software engineering best practices.
• Partner with data scientists and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Manage code quality and collaboration through GitHub version control and peer review processes.
• Document technical infrastructure to enable team knowledge sharing and system maintainability.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• 3+ years of hands-on data engineering experience, ideally in financial services or credit risk environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and PySpark for designing and optimizing large-scale data processing solutions.
• Strong SQL expertise with demonstrated experience in big data platforms (HDFS, Hive, or equivalent).
• Proven ability to translate complex data requirements into clear, actionable solutions that drive business decisions.
• Software engineering discipline – writes clean, testable, and maintainable code with attention to quality and documentation.
• Growth mindset – committed to staying current with evolving data technologies and continuously raising technical standards.

Nice to have:

• Track record of solving ambiguous, high-impact problems with clear decision-making and collaborative problem resolution.
• Excellent communication skills – ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Background in financial services, particularly in credit risk, lending, or regulatory analytics.
• Experience with legacy systems and languages (SAS, TRIAD, BLAZE, or similar mainframe/proprietary platforms) – valuable for understanding existing processes during migration.

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.

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Business Data Analysis, Communication, Credit Analysis, Critical Thinking, Database Queries, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Quantitative Methods, Risk Management

Additional Job Details

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeGROUP RISK MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2026-02-032026-02-18

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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