Job Specifications
Company Description
Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization
When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.
CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.
CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:
Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
Accelerated exposure and responsibility
Global career development opportunities
Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives
If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here.
Job Description
As a Lead Software Engineer you will help develop and support the technical direction of technology and data initiatives within the organization. While ensuring strong collaboration and partnership with your business aligned Product Owner and Technology Area Lead, you will work with a diverse and talented team of engineers and analysts and have the end-to-end accountability for the development and implementation of innovative technological solutions and data-driven strategies to drive business growth and efficiency.
Team Summary
The Capital Markets & Factor Investing Technology team is divided into two groups, with the Systematic Strategies Group (SSG) Technology Team spearheading a multi-year modernization initiative. The SSG Technology Team is developing a new order entry, order management, and position management system that will be leveraged by multiple funds within CPP Investments. By adopting modern web application stacks and a cloud-first approach with AWS, and applying best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, the team is delivering scalable, resilient, and high-performance platforms that enhance trading efficiency and strengthen position oversight.
Accountabilities
Conceptualize, design, build, test and support technology solutions end-to-end, to enable complex business capabilities, in an Agile environment that includes business and T&D partner teams.
Drive engineering excellence and continuous improvement within the team and influence similar improvements across teams, providing technical leadership and coaching
Demonstrate and apply advanced understanding of technical landscape and the business capabilities it supports to guide others
Foster and enable agility and innovation through experimentation and early feedback ensuring responsiveness to evolving business needs
Succinctly frame problems, engage appropriately with colleagues to think deeply about broad problems and gain buy-in on well-reasoned recommendations
Facilitate root-cause-analysis involving multiple teams
Adhere to Agile SDLC and execute related duties as required.
Foster collaboration and mentorship promoting a culture of feedback, learning and professional growth
Maintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams and vendor partners
Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies by guiding daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to enhance team collaboration and communication.
Promote Agile values by advocating for agile principles to boost team productivity and improve product quality within the organization.
Collaborate with stakeholders by working closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure the backlog is well-groomed and prioritized.
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree or college diploma in related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science).
6+ years of relevant experience.
Extensive experience working with various programming languages:
Java - 5+ YOE
Spring Boot - 3+ YOE
Python - 3+ YOE
Experience with Cloud technologies, preferably AWS
Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge or Experience in Capital Markets or Investment Management Domains
Experience with software development concepts, including version control, testing methodologies, and agile development practices
Extensive experience writing clean, readable, and well-documented code, while paying attention to details and adhering to coding s
About the Company
CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization with a vital purpose: to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. To help maximize the CPP Fund for generations to come, we invest across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.
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