RBC

API Platform Architect

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4 days ago
Toronto, Canada +2 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term enterprise API platform strategy and determine appropriate Apigee, MuleSoft, or hybrid approaches.
  • Establish API standards, governance frameworks, reusable patterns, shared libraries, and center-of-excellence practices.
  • Design large-scale integration architectures, migration paths, interoperability approaches, and platform technology roadmaps.
  • Define API security, compliance, audit, encryption, monitoring, disaster recovery, and operational strategies.
  • Optimize platform licensing, infrastructure, and resource allocation across Apigee and MuleSoft.
  • Present technical strategy, trade-offs, business impact, and ROI to C-suite stakeholders.
  • Manage Apigee and MuleSoft vendor relationships, support contracts, and platform roadmaps.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience at the Architect or Principal level in API or integration architecture.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Apigee, including shared flows, policies, analytics, developer portals, monetization, and hybrid or on-premises deployments.
  • Expert-level knowledge of MuleSoft, including Anypoint Platform, API-led connectivity, DataWeave, error handling, and governance.
  • Proficiency across multiple languages and frameworks, including .NET, Java, Python, and Node.js.
  • Experience with enterprise integration patterns, EAI, SOA, microservices, event-driven architecture, and saga patterns.
  • Deep multi-cloud experience with Azure, AWS, and GCP, plus Kubernetes, Docker, and serverless architectures.
  • Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, API gateway security, encryption, and HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOX compliance.
  • Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, event streaming, complex transformations, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tools.
  • Preferred qualifications include Apigee Certified API Architect, MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, Azure or AWS Solutions Architect certification, and TOGAF or another enterprise architecture framework.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards program including bonuses and flexible benefits, with competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
  • Development support through coaching, training, and management opportunities.
  • Opportunity to make a difference and create lasting impact in a collaborative, high-performing team.
  • World-class training program in financial services.
  • Flexible work/life balance options.
  • Full-time, regular salaried position with 37.5 work hours per week in Toronto, Canada.
RBC

About RBC

10,000+ employees

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) provides personal and commercial banking, payments, mortgages, investing, wealth management, insurance, and capital markets services to consumers, businesses, and institutions. The public company, headquartered in Toronto and founded in 1864, serves more than 17 million clients across Canada, the U.S., and other global markets. Revenue comes from interest income, fees, advisory, and trading across its diversified financial services businesses, and it is Canada’s largest bank by market capitalization.

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