Lead Engineer, AI & Emerging Tech at CPP Investments

Toronto, Ontario, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, AWS, AI, Gen AI, Cloud Infrastructure, React, Agile, DevSecOps, ETL, Containerization, Data Science, Web Development, Infrastructure as Code, Automated Testing, Financial Markets, BI Tools

Industry

Financial Services

Description

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. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability 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 $3.6 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 Lead Engineer for AI & Emerging Tech, you will drive the design, development, and deployment of next-generation tech and AI-powered solutions that unlock business value across the organization. This is a hands-on, coding-intensive leadership role, where you will architect, pilot and build robust solutions, mentor engineers, and push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI, AWS cloud, and emerging technologies. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to identify high-impact use cases, lead agile engineering sprints, and ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with organizational goals. The ideal candidate is a senior engineer passionate about coding, with deep expertise in python, emerging tech, cloud infrastructure, and AI/ML —and thrives in a fast-paced, exploratory environment. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will guide and participate in building and supporting value-add technology solutions and products end-to-end. You will also demonstrate leadership and drive engineering excellence within your team and influence the same across the Technology & Data department. Major Accountabilities: Lead and actively contribute to the development of AI products, pilots and solutions, with a focus on clean, maintainable code using Python, React, and AWS tools. Design, architect and build scalable Gen AI solutions, including LLM pipelines, Agentic, MCP, Graph/RAG architectures, and prompt-based applications and emerging tech. Implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as EKS, Lambda, Fargate, Glue, and Athena. Optimize performance of AI products, Drive continuous learning and experimentation with cutting-edge Gen AI methods, frameworks, APIs, and toolchains. Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and domain experts to define technical solutions aligned with business needs. Act as a subject matter expert (SME) on Gen AI technologies and help shape the organization's AI roadmap. Own end-to-end delivery of Gen AI solutions. Manage timelines, deliverables, and project milestones using Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban). Monitor operational metrics and incident data to drive continuous improvement and reliability. Ensure adherence to governance, DevSecOps protocols. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; advanced degrees or certifications are an asset. 6+ years of progressive experience in engineering roles, including at least 1-2 years leading emerging tech or AI initiatives. Experience in: Gen AI models (GPT-4o, Claude, LLaMA) and prompt engineering techniques Agentic AI, MCP, and Graph/RAG architectures Gen AI Framework (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Amazon Bedrock) Web application development using Next.js, React, TypeScript/JavaScript AWS cloud services (EC2, ELB/GLB/NLB, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, Athena, Glue, Lake Formation) Infrastructure as Code (Puppet, Terraform, Docker) and containerized deployments ETL orchestration using Apache Airflow/DAGs Vector/Graph databases (Weaviate, Milvus, PGVector, Neo4J, Neptune) and query optimization Python programming (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Boto3) Automated testing frameworks (Ragas, Playwright, Zephyr, Selenium,) Familiarity with SDLC best practices, DevSecOps, Agile Scrum/Kanban, and work management tools (JIRA, Confluence, JIRA Align). Knowledge of LLM fine tuning techniques Experience in BI tools like QuickSight, Tableau Knowledge of financial markets and enterprise data systems Additional Information Visit our LinkedIn Career Page or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-KE1 #LI-Onsite 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.

Responsibilities

As a Lead Engineer for AI & Emerging Tech, you will drive the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered solutions that unlock business value. You will lead engineering sprints, mentor engineers, and ensure solutions are secure and scalable.