RBC

Staff Engineer — Agentic AI

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21 days ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior / Staff+

Responsibilities

  • Build and implement agentic AI solutions, including production MCP servers, RAG pipelines, and agent orchestration.
  • Provide hands-on technical implementation, troubleshooting, and solution development for Lines of Business teams.
  • Collaborate with Principal Engineers on solution architecture and design decisions.
  • Contribute to knowledge transfer, enablement, reusable components, shared platforms, and repositories.
  • Participate in code reviews, technical documentation, and establishment of engineering best practices.
  • Support production deployments and post-deployment optimization activities.
  • Learn and apply Borealis platform capabilities to address business challenges.

Requirements

  • 5-8 years of software engineering experience building production systems.
  • 1-3 years of hands-on experience with agentic AI systems, LLMs, and/or modern AI/ML frameworks.
  • Working knowledge of agentic AI patterns and design approaches, including React, tool use, and agent orchestration.
  • Proficiency with LLMs, prompt engineering, and prompting techniques.
  • Experience building RAG systems and working with vector databases and embeddings.
  • Strong Python programming skills for clean, maintainable production code.
  • Familiarity with Model Context Protocol or similar integration frameworks.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and modern DevOps practices.
  • Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Understanding of security best practices, data governance, and compliance requirements.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills for working across technical and business teams and explaining technical concepts.
  • Ability to learn quickly in the evolving AI/ML landscape and work in Agile environments.

Benefits

  • Work on enterprise agentic AI technology with access to leading researchers, rich datasets, and significant computational resources.
  • Support high-visibility, high-value business initiatives across RBC.
  • Receive mentoring and career growth support from leaders and Principal Engineers.
  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses, flexible benefits, and stock options where applicable.
  • Full-time regular salaried role based in Toronto, Canada, with 37.5 work hours per week.
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10,000+ employees

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/

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