Lead Engineer, Total Fund Management Technology

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC•Toronto, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a critical technical leadership role within the Total Fund Management (TFM) Portfolio Management Engineering team, designing, building, and evolving enterprise-grade technology solutions that support top-of-house portfolio management and fund management decision-making. You will lead technical design and delivery across complex initiatives, partner closely with product managers, investment professionals, and peer technology teams, and ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with CPP Investments’ long-term investment strategy. In addition to hands-on engineering, you will provide technical direction, mentorship, and coaching to engineers, driving engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery outcomes across the team. The Total Fund Management Technology team supports the enterprise-level investment structure and processes for managing CPP Investments’ Total Portfolio. The team collaborates across investment, risk, and operations groups to integrate and optimize portfolio management workflows using modern, cloud-native technologies. The TFM Engineering team builds platforms and analytical capabilities that enable portfolio construction, monitoring, and decision-making at scale, supporting the long-term objectives of the CPP Fund.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
8+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including leading complex technical initiatives
Strong experience designing and building enterprise-grade systems using languages such as Python, Java, C++, or SQL
Hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and support
Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS, and modern DevOps practices
Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (unit and integration), and Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Experience using AI-assisted development tools, including LLM-based coding assistants and agent-based or automated development workflows, to augment software design, development, and testing.

Nice To Haves

Experience building data-intensive or analytical platforms in an investment or capital markets context is an asset
Experience with frontend technologies such as Angular, React, or Dash is an asset
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform is an asset

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end software development lifecycle for complex initiatives, from problem framing and solution design through development, testing, deployment, and support
Own technical designs and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards
Drive delivery accountability for technical outcomes, proactively managing risks, dependencies, and trade-offs
Apply and promote engineering best practices, including clean code, automated testing, CI/CD, and cloud-native design patterns
Design, build, test, and support high-quality backend, data-centric, and user-facing solutions in an Agile environment
Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate complex portfolio management needs into effective technology solutions
Lead root-cause analysis of production issues and implement sustainable fixes to improve platform stability and reliability
Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to engineers, fostering a culture of learning, feedback, and continuous improvement
Influence technical direction beyond your immediate team through collaboration with peer engineering and data teams
Build strong, trusted relationships with investment professionals, business partners, and technology stakeholders
Act as a role model for CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance