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Job Description We''''re looking for an experienced Principal Engineer with deep expertise in agentic AI systems who will bring technical leadership, handson building capabilities, and strategic advisory guidance to accelerate agentic AI adoption across RBC. This is a unique opportunity to shape enterprise AI strategy, deliver productiongrade solutions, and build organizational capability in emerging agentic technologies. At RBC Borealis, you''''ll be joining a team that bridges Lines of Business with our cuttingedge Borealis agentic AI platform. You''''ll work directly with business stakeholders, platform engineers, and technical teams to deliver highimpact solutions while influencing platform evolution based on realworld deployment insights. Your responsibilities include: Conducting discovery with LoB stakeholders to translate business challenges into agentic AI use case specifications and solution architectures Developing endtoend agentic AI solutions including architecting system components, writing production code, designing RAG pipelines, implementing agent orchestration, and ensuring security/compliance Serving as a bidirectional advocate between Lines of Business and Borealis platform engineering to identify capability gaps and prioritize platform roadmap enhancements Designing and delivering technical enablement programs to build LoB team independence and organizational agentic AI capability Providing architectural guidance, code reviews, and mentoring to LoB engineering teams during collaborative solution development Leading production deployments, postdeployment optimization, and contributing reusable components back to shared platforms Participating in EA governance and community of practice to identify synergies and shape reference architectures You''''re our ideal candidate if you have: 12+ years of combined experience in software architecture, enterprise AI/ML systems, cloud platforms, and consulting roles; including 3-5 years handson with agentic AI systems, LLMs, and modern AI/ML frameworks Advanced expertise in agentic AI architecture, design patterns, and implementation (React, ReAct, Tool Use, multiagent orchestration) Proficiency in Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, finetuning, and advanced prompting techniques Advanced expertise in Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, vector databases, embeddings, and knowledge architectures Advanced Python programming skills with ability to write productiongrade, maintainable code Handson experience designing and implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and enterprise system integrations Knowledge of cloud platform architecture, deployment, and DevOps practices (AWS, Azure, GCP) Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code Knowledge of enterprise security, compliance, data governance, and secure coding practices Proven ability to drive technical strategy, influence stakeholders with competing interests, and facilitate crossfunctional alignment Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills with ability to understand business problems, communicate tradeoffs, and adapt technical approaches Demonstrated mentoring and enablement capability with strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills Comfort with ambiguity in the rapidly evolving AI/ML landscape and ability to work in Agile environments What''''s in it for you? Become part of a strategic team driving RBC''''s enterprise AI transformation and competitive positioning Work on cuttingedge agentic AI technology with access to leading researchers, rich datasets, and significant computational resources Immediate impact on highvisibility, highvalue business initiatives across the enterprise Leaders who support your development through mentoring and strategic career opportunities Ability to shape platform strategy and influence enterprisewide AI adoption Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses, flexible benefits, and stock options where applicable About RBC Borealis RBC Borealis is the driving force behind Royal Bank of Canadas AI and data innovation. As part of Canadas largest financial institution, we bring together a team of architects, engineers, scientists, and product experts on a mission to revolutionize finance through worldclass research, solutions, and a resilient data platform. With locations across Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver, were at the forefront of AI research and platform development. With a focus on cuttingedge research in areas like time series forecasting, causal machine learning, and responsible AI, we are seamlessly integrating AI research and data engineering, to solve critical challenges in the financial industry. We are building intelligent, and scalable, datadriven solutions that will help communities thrive and drive innovation for our customers across the bank. Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legallyprotected factors. Disabilityrelated accommodations during the application process are available upon request. Job Skills Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Database Development, Data Mining, Data Warehousing (DW), ETL Processing, Quality Management, Requirements Analysis, Software Product Management, Waterfall Model Additional Job Details Address: 401 GEORGIA ST W:VANCOUVER City: Vancouver Country: Canada Work hours/week: 37.5 Employment Type: Full time Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-02-24 Application Deadline: 2026-03-31 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above Join our Talent Community Stay intheknow 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. 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