Software Engineer 1

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We are looking for a talented individual and passionate team player to join the Ownr team as a Software Engineer 1. Youʼll be playing a big part in building the next evolution of our platform as we move to provide extensive new capabilities to business owners, working alongside a closeknit group of fun and ambitious engineers, product managers and designers. Your experience will contribute to the functionality, reliability, and delivery of our fast-moving Node/React-based application, leveraging the latest JavaScript-based tooling and best practices.

What will you do?  

•  Youʼll have visibility into, and influence over, all parts of the technology stack, and enjoy a high degree of autonomy in your work.

•  Youʼll contribute to the planning, design, development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of significant portions of the software that supports our users.

•  Youʼll have the chance to provide and receive feedback from your peers, and get coaching from more experienced engineers both within the team and the broader organization.

•  Youʼll use modern tooling throughout, whether thatʼs something currently part of our stack, or something new that you assess needs to be added to reliably deliver the desired user experience.

A snapshot of whatʼs currently in-use:

• Web client: React, Styled Components

• Web server: NodeJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Express

• DB: PostgreSQL

• Infrastructure: Heroku and AWS (services include: RabbitMQ, Redis, s3, etc.)

• CI/CD: CircleCI and Github Actions

• Testing frameworks: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress

What do you need to succeed?

•  You have have 1+ years experience using JavaScript to build real world applications, preferably public facing. You have a good understanding of development patterns and best practices and how they can impact your ability to be productive in a codebase and by extension, the maintainability of a platform.

•  You have some experience building, monitoring and maintaining software that is highly available, scalable, and resilient.

•  Youʼll take responsibility for finding opportunities to iteratively improve our technology in any feature you work on

•  Youʼll put in the work necessary to empathize with the softwareʼs users and understand their challenges, whether those users are fellow developers, immediate team members, or the entrepreneurs that rely on us to support their business.

•  Youʼre curious, and naturally invest energy into learning new technologies, techniques, and interpersonal skills that you feel help improve your own productivity and happiness, and the productivity and happiness of those around you.

•  You have excellent spoken and written communication, time management, and project management abilities. You behave proactively to set expectations and find support when you recognize that there are unforeseen challenges or complexity in projects.

•  You are comfortable asking questions and speaking up to help us continuously improve how we do things.

Whatʼs in it for you?

• We thrive on the challenge to be our best and work together to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. Here is what you can expect if you join our team:

• Work in an agile, collaborative and high-performing team

• The opportunity to do work that is challenging and take on progressively larger responsibilities

•  Leaders who support your development through regular coaching

•  A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses and flexible benefits

Job Skills

Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-06-11

Application Deadline:

2026-07-31

Note: 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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