Senior Engineer, Data Platforms

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. 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
• 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 Senior Engineer you will design, build, test and support value-add technology solutions and products. You will also work in close partnership with business and technology teams and will acquire sufficient understanding of business and technology to apply critical thought to business and technology requests.

Role Specific Accountabilities

• Design, build, test and support medium complexity technology solutions or enhancements with independence, to enable business capabilities, in an Agile environment that includes business and T&D partner teams.
• Apply advanced understanding of engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement across the team through coaching and influencing
• Demonstrate a sufficient understanding of the technical landscape and the business capabilities it supports to apply critical thought to business requests
• 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 of operational incidents impacting the products you support
• Demonstrate ability to independently research and master new complex technologies
• 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

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma in related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science).
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong Experience working with various programming languages (Python, C++, Java, etc.)
• Expertise in AWS services (EMR, Glue, Airflow, Lake formation, Iceberg, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, S3, Data Zone, IAM & Security, VPC & Networking)
• Experience in API development and integration.
• Experience with front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular) is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and tools is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with software development concepts, including version control, testing methodologies, and agile development practices
• Ability to write clean, readable, and well-documented code, while paying attention to details and adhering to coding standards

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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.

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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
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