Job Description

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, S\xc3\xa3o Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments\xe2\x80\x99 important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here\xe2\x80\x99s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.



You will work as a Lead Engineer in Alternative Investment Engineering division, responsible for building and evolving end-to-end technology solutions for the Alternative Investment business groups including Real Assets, Private Equity, and Credit Investments. The initial focus will be with the Private Equity engineering group focusing on implementing a deal pipeline and customer relationship management system along with enhancements of other Private Equity analytics and asset management systems.

Through close partnership with investment professionals and operations, you will see firsthand how your software is impacting trade activities and delivering long-term value to the CPP Fund for the benefit of 20 million CPP contributors and beneficiaries.

The Opportunity:

• Design and build robust, resilient, and scalable technical solutions by working closely with peer Technology & Data teams and our business partners.
• Collaborate with team members to conceptualize, design, and develop new software applications in Python, Angular and Java. Applications may be server-side enterprise solutions, GUI, data-driven reporting solutions, or highly customized solutions developed for the specific needs of a business partner.
• Effectively unit test and perform integration testing on software components.
• Prepare and document design and program specifications.
• Drive software delivery through prototyping exercises to solicit early user feedback and discover appropriate solutions.
• Manage timelines/deliverables towards the successful delivery of projects.
• Develop the right IT behaviors to enable building scalable solutions within predictable time frames.
• Provide knowledge transfer to team members and support staff through application demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.

Qualifications

If you possess the following, we\xe2\x80\x99d like to hear from you:

• University degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• 5+ years of experience as technology lead driving full stack development including front-end and backend (e.g., Angular, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Java, Tableau, databases) with strong mindsets in DevOps and Agile delivery approach.
• Knowledge of software development best practices and patterns.
• 2+ years of experiences in designing, building, and delivering cloud-based applications on AWS (Good to have).
• Experience in Angular is a bonus.
• Experience working with AWS is a bonus.
• Passion to expand your domain knowledge both on the job and through continued education.
• Commitment to CPP investments\xe2\x80\x99 guiding principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance.

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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.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

Mandatory Vaccine Policy

All employees in the Toronto, Sydney and Hong Kong offices will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations to this policy will be made for medical or other protected grounds. Please contact us to discuss any accommodation needs.

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