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Lead Engineer, Equities, Public Markets Technology Jobs in Toronto, Canada at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
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July 31, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
JR00611
** Purpose. Performance. People.
** Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians. With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide.
For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance. Here, you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success.
** Role
Summary:
** As a Lead Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, deployment, and support of technology solutions that enable investment capabilities for the Active Equities business. You will provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, driving engineering excellence, modern software development practices, and cloud-native solutions. You will partner closely with investment professionals, data teams, and technology colleagues to build scalable applications, analytical platforms, and data-driven products while fostering innovation through modern engineering and AI-assisted development practices.
** Accountabilities &
Qualifications:
**** Accountabilities
* ** Conceptualize, design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable end-to-end technology solutions that enable complex investment capabilities in an Agile environment.
* Lead technical design and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
* Develop modern full-stack applications using Python-based backend services, React or Plotly Dash front-end technologies, APIs, and data platforms to support portfolio management, research, and analytics.
* Drive engineering excellence by promoting clean code, automated testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), cloud-native development, and modern Dev Ops practices.
* Design and implement reliable data pipelines and analytical workflows while collaborating with data engineering and business intelligence teams to deliver high-quality data products.
* Apply emerging technologies, including Generative AI and AI-assisted development tools, to improve software design, development, testing, and engineering productivity.
* Facilitate root cause analysis across multiple teams and implement sustainable improvements that enhance platform reliability, performance, and operational resilience.
* Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship while fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.
* Build strong relationships with business partners, peer technology teams, and vendors to deliver technology solutions aligned with business objectives.
** Qualifications
* ** Undergraduate degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
* 8+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including leading complex technical initiatives.
* Extensive experience designing and developing enterprise applications using Python and…
Title: Lead Engineer, Equities, Public Markets Technology
Company: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Location: Toronto, Canada
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