Global Engineering Leader, Multi-Asset Agency Solutions

Royal Bank of Canada seeks an experienced technology leader to oversee the global engineering function for our Multi-Asset Agency Solutions platform.

You will direct a team of 30+ engineers and QA professionals responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing mission-critical trading technologies that power equities, futures, rates, and FX algorithmic trading engines, smart order routing, order management systems, and flow internalization infrastructure.

This role combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, requiring you to bridge the gap between engineering teams and senior business stakeholders while driving innovation across our trading technology stack.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for all technical aspects of our multi-asset trading platform, ensuring robust performance, scalability, and reliability of systems handling billions in daily trading volume.
• Oversee the architecture and optimization of core trading engines across asset classes, manage the smart order router and order management systems that serve as the backbone of our execution capabilities, and lead initiatives around flow internalization and market microstructure innovation.
• Direct platform engineering efforts, system performance tuning, and infrastructure modernization to support rapid business evolution.
• Lead the architecture and buildout of a new low-latency electronic trading technology platform engineered to service our prime brokerage client base.
• Drive decisions around technology selection, infrastructure design, and API standardization to deliver a competitive advantage in the prime brokerage market while meeting the demanding performance and reliability expectations of sophisticated hedge funds and trading firms.
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor to senior business leaders, translating business requirements into technical roadmaps, and ensuring alignment between technology investments and business objectives.
• Partner closely with risk, compliance, and operations teams to ensure all systems meet regulatory requirements and operational standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience with demonstrated mastery in Java or C++ in Linux environments.
• Proficiency with kdb and the ability to optimize high-frequency, data-intensive systems.
• Progression from individual contributor to technical leadership, with proven ability to architect large-scale, distributed trading systems and mentor senior engineers.
• Knowledge of North American and European trading markets, including market structure, connectivity, and trading conventions across major exchanges and venues.
• Strong understanding of risk management principles, position monitoring, and control systems as they apply to multi-asset trading.
• Ability to combine strong technical depth with genuine business acumen, understanding market microstructure, execution quality metrics, and how technology decisions impact trading performance and profitability.
• Experience managing and scaling engineering teams of significant size.
• Experience with real-time systems, low-latency optimization, and DevOps practices.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $300,000 - $400,000 per year
• Discretionary bonus
• 401(k) program with company-matching contributions
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time-off plan