Full-Stack Developer

Josh Cowan

Building @ RBC Direct Investing One project, too many browser tabs Building things I wish existed Photographing the world

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01 - Work

Work

Royal Bank of Canada - Direct Investing

Full-Stack Software Developer

July 2025 - Present

Led the frontend rebuild of the Account Open SPA using React, TypeScript, and Formik to support real-time account opening for over 1 million RBC Direct Investing clients.
Built page-level validation, regulatory data lookups, PDF-generation API requests, final submission flows, and Google Analytics reporting.
Partnered with backend and downstream teams to move Account Open from next-day processing toward real-time scaffolding and review, contributing to 80% straight-through processing and 70,000+ accounts opened.

React TypeScript Formik C# .NET Core REST APIs Google Analytics

Royal Bank of Canada

Fullstack Software Developer Intern

Summer 2022, 2023, 2024

Completed the frontend development of a modernized Transfer Stock page to allow clients to transfer between accounts.
Mentored high school interns by answering technical questions and helping them onboard smoothly onto the Direct Investing team.
Refactored the Direct Investing notification page from a fullstack perspective to utilize modern technologies (React.js & C# .NET Core) to improve the user experience for all clients.
Provided essential maintenance and support for the Account Open flow, including a significant overhaul of the joint account form in order to on board RBC clients.
Demoed in-progress and finished projects to key business stakeholders.

Javascript + Typescript HTML/CSS React.js C# .NET Core

Queen's University

Teaching Assistant

September 2023 - May 2025

Served as a Teaching Assistant for CISC102 (Discrete Math) for one term and CISC322 (Software Architecture) for two terms.
Provided educational support through office hours, review sessions, and one-on-one sessions, aiding students in understanding complicated course material.
Conducted timely and consistent grading of assignments and exams, delivering feedback for student growth.

02 - Build

Build

Featured project

Uniqlo Price Tracker

Tracks price changes across the Canadian Uniqlo online store, with automated scraping, a Go API, and a live React dashboard.

React · TypeScript · Go · Python · PostgreSQL

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Borg

A Discord bot for Canadian university students featuring admissions decision tracking, course lookups, and community tools for 2,000+ users.

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Google Tasks MCP

Manage Google Tasks from MCP-compatible AI clients.

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03 - Community

Community

Computing Student's Association

Vice President of Operations

Oversaw a $50,000+ annual budget and provided high-level operational leadership across a 100+ person organization, managing 4 direct reports and coordinating students across operations.

Queen's Web Development Club

Education Executive

Led a team of four to create lessons, starter code, and assignments for HTML, CSS, React.js, and Node.js, presenting weekly lectures to 20-30 students.

04 — Notes