Lead Engineer, Active Equities, Public Markets Technology

Lead Engineer, Active Equities, Public Markets Technology

• Full-time
• Function: Information Technology

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. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable 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 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
• 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.

The Active Equities Technology is a diverse and talented team of engineers and analysts that has the accountability for the development and implementation of innovative technological solutions and data-driven strategies to drive business growth and efficiency. The team collaborates with various teams, including investment professionals, operations, and technology experts.

Job Summary

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will guide and participate in building and supporting value-add technology solutions and products end-to-end. You will also demonstrate leadership and drive engineering excellence within your team and influence the same across the Technology & Data department.

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 leading 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.

Minimum Requirements

• 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 (Python, C++, Java, etc.).
• 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 standards.

At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.