Senior Manager, Software Engineering

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation; Victoria; On-site; CAD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental benefits

Defined benefit pension plan

Paid time off

Performance-based incentive plan

Job summary

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is seeking a senior software engineering leader for Investment Operations in Victoria. You will lead a small team, stay hands-on with code and architecture, and deliver scalable analytics platforms and data pipelines.

Based in our Victoria office with occasional remote work, you will partner with the Financial Engineering team, drive modernization and AI tooling, and coach engineers to build dependable software for institutional clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
• 8+ years in software engineering, including leading engineers while remaining an active technical contributor.
• Proven history of writing and shipping production-grade code and analytical tooling.
• Strong hands-on Python, SQL, MongoDB, and Git.
• CI/CD, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent).
• Experience with modern data platforms and AI/Gen AI tooling.
• Posit Connect, Jupyter Notebooks, MongoDB Atlas preferred.
• Knowledge of the investment management industry or financial services; enterprise integration patterns (e.g., MuleSoft).
• Advanced degree (MSc/PhD) or designation (CFA, FRM, CQF, MBA).

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Engineering & Delivery: writes production-grade code and participates in peer review.
• Prototypes emerging technology, including AI agent frameworks and LLM-enabled tooling.
• Partnership & Client Relationships: works with Financial Engineering and aligns with enterprise direction.
• Plans with the branch on extending models and apps; maintains ownership boundaries.
• Proactively proposes solutions and manages team capacity for value.
• Platform, Architecture & Risk: provides infra, data pipelines, and API/framework provisioning.
• Coordinates infrastructure support with wider Technology department.
• Drives modernization, automation, and vendor decisions; manages budget.
• Maintains data quality and mitigates deployment risk with urgency.
• Team Leadership: sets objectives and coaches performance.
• Builds capability through skill-gap analysis and development plans.
• Acts as a cultural role model and escalation point.

Skills

Python

SQL

MongoDB

Docker

Git / Bitbucket

CI/CD

AWS

AI tooling

Leadership

Active contributor

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

MSc/PhD or professional designation CFA/FRM/CQF/MBA

Tools

Posit Connect

Jupyter Notebooks

MongoDB Atlas

MuleSoft

Job description

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

The Opportunity

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.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Reporting 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 WORK

This 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 RANGE

The annualized salary range for this Victoria based role at the is CAD $135,000 - $160,000. BCI offers a competitive total rewards package, including a performance-based incentive plan, comprehensive health & dental benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, and paid time off.

At BCI, we welcome all qualified candidates who are legally authorized to work in the country where this job is located.

We welcome all qualified candidates who are legally authorized to work in the country where this job is located. If you do not have authorization, or if your work permit has restrictions or is due to expire within 12 months, please inform our recruitment team if shortlisted. If you require accommodations for the recruitment process, such as alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms, please contact us at [e-mail].

BCI offers a competitive total rewards package, including a performance-based incentive plan, comprehensive health & dental benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, and paid time off. We pay our people competitively in the markets in which we compete for talent and with consideration to internal equity and job structure. We aim for actual pay to be around the median of the market for target or expected levels of performance, and around the upper quartile of the market for excellent performance. The philosophy is principles-based and emphasizes pay-for-performance, long-term results, and meeting clients’ expectations. Our people help shape employee-focused initiatives and create the environment we work in each day – which further strengthens our culture. To learn more about our employee experience, visit our BCI Values in Action. There you will see how feedback from our employees was used to articulate our Employee Value Proposition (EVP), composed of three pillars: Performance with Purpose, Built on Collective Expertise, and Accelerating Innovation.