Senior Manager, Software Engineering

British Columbia Investment Corporation; Victoria; Hybrid; CAD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering in Victoria, BC. You will lead a small team of software engineers, stay hands-on with production-grade code, and partner with the Financial Engineering group to extend the investment technology platform.

The role covers platform and data pipelines, AI-enabled tooling, CI/CD, Docker, and cloud deployments (AWS or equivalent).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering with hands-on coding.
• Proven track record shipping production-grade code and tooling.
• Strong Python, SQL, MongoDB, Git/Bitbucket, CI/CD, Docker, and cloud experience.
• Experience with AI/Gen AI tooling in production settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering and delivery of analytics platforms and data pipelines.
• Prototype AI agent frameworks and promote clean code and testing.
• Collaborate with Financial Engineering and Investment Operations to align priorities.
• Plan with the branch on model and application extensions and manage delivery KPIs.
• Provide platform, integration, and risk management across the technology stack.

Skills

Python

SQL

MongoDB

Git/Bitbucket

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Posit Connect

Jupyter Notebooks

MongoDB Atlas

MuleSoft

Job description

## Senior Manager, Software EngineeringApply: Victoria, BC: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR101623**About Us:**With $313.7 billion of gross assets under management, as of March 31, 2026, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is the provider of investment management services for British Columbia’s public sector and one of the largest asset managers in Canada. BCI seeks investment opportunities around the world and across a range of asset classes that convert savings into productive capital. Our investment returns play a significant role in helping our institutional clients build a financially secure future for their beneficiaries. Headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, and with teams spanning Vancouver, New York, London, and Mumbai. BCI integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into all investment decisions to meet clients' risk and return requirements. Our people shape employee-focused initiatives, creating a strong culture. To learn more about our culture and values, visit our **BCI Values in Action** page. **POSTING CLOSE DATE: October 15, 2026** You will lead a small, senior team extending the software and data platforms that BCI's Investment Operations department runs on, and you will be expected to stay in the codebase and the architecture yourself. ## THE OPPORTUNITYYour clients are the Investment Operations department in full: Derivatives, Collateral, Cash, Trade Management, Settlements, Business Solutions, and Financial Engineering. Your closest partner in serving them is the Financial Engineering branch, a specialist quantitative modeling and development group embedded within Investment Operations. Financial Engineering owns its models, applications, architecture and analytical toolchain, and every member of that team, including its senior leadership, is hands-on in development and deployment. The mandate of this role is to support and as required extend that codebase and application suite so that it supports all aspects of Investment Operation mandate both now and in the future. Your team supplies the engineering depth to make that possible: platform and pipeline engineering, data engineering, integration, AI-enabled tooling, and production-grade delivery. Given the size of the team, the person in this seat is a builder as much as a leader. ## WHO YOU WILL WORK WITHReporting to Vice President, Investment Technology within the Technology department, you will lead a team of up to three software engineers. Your closest partner is the Senior Principal, Financial Engineering; much of the team's work is shaped and directed in concert with them, and your credibility rests on being someone they treat as a technical peer. Investment Operations are your clients, and you are Technology's single point of contact for them. ## WHAT YOU BRING* Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)* 8+ years in software engineering, including leading engineers while remaining an active technical contributor* A proven history of personally writing and shipping production-grade code and analytical tooling, not solely in an oversight capacity* Strong hands-on Python (R an asset); solid SQL, non-relational databases (for example MongoDB), and version control (Git / Bitbucket)* Practical experience with CI/CD and release engineering, containerisation (Docker), and cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent)* Experience with modern data platforms and with AI / Gen AI tooling; deploying AI agents or LLM-enabled tooling in an operational setting is preferred ## HELPFUL / PREFERRED* Posit Connect, Jupyter Notebooks, MongoDB Atlas, or similar analytical publishing platforms* Knowledge of the investment management industry or financial services* Enterprise integration patterns, microservices, or iPaaS platforms (for example MuleSoft)* Advanced degree (MSc, PhD) or designation (CFA, FRM, CQF, MBA) ## WHAT YOU WILL DO## Hands-On Engineering & Delivery* Writes production-quality code and participates in peer review, contributing directly to analytical platforms, data pipelines, and business-facing applications* Prototypes emerging technology, including AI agent frameworks and LLM-enabled tooling, and champions clean code, automated testing, and documentation by example ## Partnership & Client Relationships* Works in close partnership with the Financial Engineering team, taking direction on priorities while bringing forward engineering options and enterprise alignment* Plans jointly with the branch on where its models and applications should be extended next, and keeps a workable line between what the branch owns and what this team owns* Proactively proposes solutions to business problems, tracks delivery KPIs, and allocates a small team's capacity where it produces the most value ## Platform, Architecture & Risk* Provides infrastructure and platform engineering support, including microservices deployment, data integration pipelines, and API/framework provisioning* Coordinates infrastructure support and enterprise systems alignment with the wider Technology department* Drives modernization, rationalization, automation, and self-service to remove friction; shapes vendor decisions and manages the allocated budget* Maintains operational and data quality frameworks, and identifies, mitigates, and escalates technical and deployment risk with appropriate urgency ## Team Leadership* Sets clear objectives, coaches performance, and manages workload across concurrent projects without compromising quality* Builds capability through skill-gap analysis, stretch assignments, and individual development plans, developing domain fluency alongside technical skill* Acts as a cultural role model and senior escalation point: collaborative, inclusive, intellectually honest, and quick to remove barriers ## WHERE YOU WILL WORKThis role is based in our downtown Victoria, BC office. BCI is an in-person, collaborative organization with the flexibility to work remotely up to one day per week. ## SALARY RANGEThe annualized salary range for this Victoria based role at the is CAD $135,000 - $160,000.