Lead Engineer, Simcorp, Risk & Tfm Technology

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, São 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:

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

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

Reporting to the Director SimCorp, Risk &TFM Technology, the Lead Engineer will build, evolve, and support technology solutions that enable Finance and Operations departments. You will partner with business and technology departments to deliver on strategic priorities and business outcomes using agile methodologies. The Lead Engineer will see the unique engineering challenges faced by one of the largest global institutional investors and apply cutting-edge technologies to inform very large investment decisions.

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.

Major accountabilities:

• Provide knowledge transfer to team members and support staff through application demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.
• Design and build robust, resilient, and scalable technical solutions by working closely with peer Technology & Data teams and our business partners
• Lead technical deliverables; continuously improve upon governance, partner with a end-user to build a deep understanding of their investment and operational processes to identify opportunities to enhance technology experience of departments.
• Drive software delivery through prototyping exercises to solicit early user feedback and discover appropriate solutions
• Provide on-going operational and system support to Accounting and Performance Book of Record (SimCorp Dimension). Engage in production issue resolution, root cause analysis and implementation of controls to prevent reoccurrence. Provide post-implementation support to measure and ensure business benefits were realized.
• Effectively unit test and perform integration testing on software components.
• Lead the software development life cycle from analysis, development, to testing, and apply architectural best practices to solve complex problems while driving continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Exemplifies CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance.
• Ability to quickly understand the technology needs of business groups and quickly translate complex business needs to technology solutions
• Experience in designing, building, and delivering cloud-based solutions on AWS preferred
• Ability to build strong relationships, influence and communicate effectively with a diverse set of stakeholders, including business leaders, operational teams, and technical engineers
• SimCorp Dimension experience or equivalent accounting and performance measurement system
• Agent of change and continuous improvement in business processes and solutions
• Collaborative team player with a willingness to “get it done together” sharing practices and ideas across functions
• 5+ years of experience as technology lead driving full stack development including front-end and backend (e.g., Python, Angular, TypeScript/JavaScript, Tableau, SQL, Java) with strong mindsets in DevOps and Agile delivery approach
• University degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred
• Demonstrate understanding of issues relevant to the broad organization and business strategic goals

Additional 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.