Lead Software Engineer, AI & Emerging Tech

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-flexible work environment

Global career development opportunities

Diverse and inspiring colleagues

Job summary

A global investment organization in New York is seeking a Lead Engineer for AI & Emerging Tech. This role focuses on driving the design and development of AI solutions that unlock business value. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience in engineering, with significant knowledge in Python, AWS, and emerging technologies. The position offers a hybrid work environment and emphasizes collaboration and innovation in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of engineering experience, including emerging tech or AI initiatives.
• Experience with Gen AI models and prompt engineering techniques.
• Knowledge of LLM fine tuning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI products and solutions.
• Design and architect scalable Gen AI solutions.
• Implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services.

Skills

Python programming

Cloud infrastructure

AI/ML techniques

Agile practices

Web application development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

AWS cloud services

Next.js

React

Terraform

Apache Airflow

Job description

Overview

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, 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.

Role Summary

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 code, 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.

Accountabilities & Qualifications

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.

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.

Core 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, Claude, Gemini, Copilot) and prompt engineering techniques
  • Agentic AI, MCP, and Graph/RAG architectures
  • Gen AI Framework (Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, PandsAI)
  • 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

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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, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer

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CPP Investments does not accept resumes from agencies not in a formal contract with us.