Staff Engineer - Web

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

Houseful is an RBC company working to make home ownership more accessible so that anyone can experience the financial, social, and emotional haven that home ownership provides. A new fintech category for home ownership, Houseful brings technology, industry expertise, and tech-enabled operations together with the consumer relationships, mortgage offerings, and expansive vision of RBC. Houseful has tools and expert advice for every stage of the journey, helping Canadians feel at home in home ownership. Working at Houseful is a rare combo of the resources and security of a large bank (RBC Canada), while maintaining the small team, fast movement, and high autonomy of a tech startup

At Houseful Engineering, we highly value a thirst for learning, the ability to collaborate, and passion for our customers. We are seeking someone who is excited about working on a team with am mission to build one of the top 3 real estate search portals in Canada. This is an opportunity to meet millions of customers every month.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Ship high quality, impactful, features for a growing and dynamic set of customers

• Leverage the the data and technical resources of Canada’s biggest bank to build a first in class experience

• Be a key member of an agile scrum team coordinating with product and design counterparts to create and test new features to best serve our consumers needs and wants

• Continuously advocate and build robust products to capitalize on dynamic business opportunities

• Be thoughtful and advocate for our customers at every opportunity

• Work with counterparts to establish and uphold an engineering culture of autonomy, creativity, and open feedback to allow continuous improvement

• Mentor and be mentored by everyone around you to maintain a modern software environment

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have:

• 8+ years of strong experience with frontend technologies such as Typescript and React.js, and reusable components, responsive styles, single page apps, javascript, CSS, HTML

• Some experience with backend technologies such as node.js, API design, relational databases, caching, messaging queues

• Some experience with cloud infrastructure, continuous deployments such as containers (Docker), aws

• Demonstrated ability to work closely with development and product teams to drive the brainstorming, design, and implementation new features

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and direct more junior developers in complex technical areas

Nice-to-have:

• Ability to facilitate between and influence key decision makers

• Excellent and empathetic English written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, java, or kotlin

• Experience with application security

• Experience with SEO and SEM optimization

RBC is committed to supporting flexible work arrangements when and where available. Details to be discussed with the Hiring Manager.

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.

• 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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