Director, Market Data Engineer - COO Group
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Job Description What is the opportunity? The Market Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and supporting the enterprise market data platform that powers trading, pricing, risk, finance, regulatory reporting, and AI initiatives. This role develops scalable, high-performance data pipelines and APIs to deliver accurate, real-time and end-of-day market data across all Capital Markets businesses. What will you do? Design and develop scalable market data ingestion, transformation, and distribution platforms. Build real-time and batch pipelines for exchange, vendor, and internal market data feeds. Integrate market data from Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, ICE, FactSet, S&P Global, MSCI, and exchange sources. Develop APIs and data services for pricing, yield curves, volatility surfaces, benchmarks, and indices. Build cloud-native data solutions using Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, and Python. Implement automated monitoring, reconciliation, and data quality controls. Optimize latency, scalability, and resiliency of market data platforms. Support onboarding of new trading desks, products, and asset classes. Implement metadata, lineage, and catalog integration for market data assets. Partner with Trading, Risk, Finance, Quantitative Research, and Technology teams to deliver strategic market data capabilities. Support migration from legacy market data platforms to modern cloud architecture. Implement CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and automated testing. Resolve production incidents and perform root cause analysis. Ensure platform compliance with enterprise security and governance standards. Drive platform innovation using AI, automation, and cloud technologies. What do you need to succeed? Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field. 7–12 years of experience in data engineering within Capital Markets. Strong expertise in Python, SQL, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud platforms. Experience with Bloomberg, ICE, LSEG/Refinitiv, or other market data providers. Knowledge of Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Commodities, and Derivatives. Experience building high-volume, low-latency distributed systems. Familiarity with data governance, metadata, and lineage solutions. Must-Have Skills Strong engineering background in Capital Markets market data platforms. Expertise in distributed data processing and cloud-native technologies. Job Skills Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Detail-Oriented, Financial Engineering, Financial Statement Analysis, Investments Analysis, Personal Development, Personal Initiative, Teamwork Additional Job Details Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO City: Toronto Country: Canada Work hours/week: 37.5 Employment Type: Full time Platform: CAPITAL MARKETS Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-08-05 Application Deadline: 2026-09-15 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. Join our Talent Community
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Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com. RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
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La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
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Director, Market Data Engineer - COO Group
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Job Description What is the opportunity? The Market Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and supporting the enterprise market data platform that powers trading, pricing, risk, finance, regulatory reporting, and AI initiatives. This role develops scalable, high-performance data pipelines and APIs to deliver accurate, real-time and end-of-day market data across all Capital Markets businesses. What will you do? Design and develop scalable market data ingestion, transformation, and distribution platforms. Build real-time and batch pipelines for exchange, vendor, and internal market data feeds. Integrate market data from Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, ICE, FactSet, S&P Global, MSCI, and exchange sources. Develop APIs and data services for pricing, yield curves, volatility surfaces, benchmarks, and indices. Build cloud-native data solutions using Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, and Python. Implement automated monitoring, reconciliation, and data quality controls. Optimize latency, scalability, and resiliency of market data platforms. Support onboarding of new trading desks, products, and asset classes. Implement metadata, lineage, and catalog integration for market data assets. Partner with Trading, Risk, Finance, Quantitative Research, and Technology teams to deliver strategic market data capabilities. Support migration from legacy market data platforms to modern cloud architecture. Implement CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and automated testing. Resolve production incidents and perform root cause analysis. Ensure platform compliance with enterprise security and governance standards. Drive platform innovation using AI, automation, and cloud technologies. What do you need to succeed? Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field. 7–12 years of experience in data engineering within Capital Markets. Strong expertise in Python, SQL, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud platforms. Experience with Bloomberg, ICE, LSEG/Refinitiv, or other market data providers. Knowledge of Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Commodities, and Derivatives. Experience building high-volume, low-latency distributed systems. Familiarity with data governance, metadata, and lineage solutions. Must-Have Skills Strong engineering background in Capital Markets market data platforms. Expertise in distributed data processing and cloud-native technologies. Job Skills Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Detail-Oriented, Financial Engineering, Financial Statement Analysis, Investments Analysis, Personal Development, Personal Initiative, Teamwork Additional Job Details Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO City: Toronto Country: Canada Work hours/week: 37.5 Employment Type: Full time Platform: CAPITAL MARKETS Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-08-05 Application Deadline: 2026-09-15 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. Join our Talent Community
Stay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you.
Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com. RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
http://rbc.com/legalstuff.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
https://www.rbc.com/conditions-dutilisation/