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About the Role

As Director, Data Engineering for the Public Markets and Alternate Assets (PMAA) team, you will build and publish enterprise market data products that power investment strategies. You will lead a team of data engineers and analysts, owning the end-to-end lifecycle of PMAA data and setting the technical direction for a modern AWS data platform. Your focus will be on establishing semantic and knowledge graph foundations and ensuring data products meet high standards for timeliness, quality, and compliance.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the multi-year data engineering strategy and roadmap for PMAA market data products.
Own the target-state AWS data platform architecture across ingestion, storage, processing, orchestration, governance and consumption.
Lead the development and adoption of enterprise data products across public and private markets.
Establish semantic data capabilities, including RDF knowledge graphs on Amazon Neptune.
Ensure reliable, timely and secure data delivery through observability, automated quality controls, and incident management.
Lead agile roadmap delivery and engineering excellence, embedding CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automated testing.
Build, coach and develop an inclusive, high-performing engineering team.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field; a graduate degree is an asset.
10+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, data platforms or software engineering.
5+ years leading engineering teams.
Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-scale, cloud-native data platforms.
Experience leading complex agile programs.
Strong understanding of capital markets, investment management and market and reference data.
Experience with major data vendors, licensing, entitlements and usage controls.
Private markets experience is an asset.
Advanced AWS architecture expertise equivalent to Solutions Architect – Professional.
Hands-on technical depth in Apache Spark (PySpark or Scala), AWS Glue or EMR, Airflow/MWAA, AWS DMS and Amazon RDS/Aurora.
Expertise in enterprise data product design, AWS Lake Formation governance, data contracts, service levels and consumption patterns.
Expertise in RDF, SPARQL, ontology design, Amazon Neptune, MCP servers, agent skills and AI-assisted analytics using Amazon Quick.
Ability to guide engineering teams across cloud-native development, data quality, observability and delivery practices.
Experience with lakehouse technologies, Python, SQL, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, data cataloguing, financial ontologies, Amazon Bedrock or GraphRAG is an asset.
Relevant AWS certifications are also assets.
Inclusive people leadership, sound judgment and strong communication and relationship-building skills.
Ability to explain technical concepts to investment professionals and executives.
Ability to influence stakeholders and manage strategic vendor partnerships.

Skills

Data Engineering
Data Platforms
Software Engineering
AWS
Apache Spark
PySpark
Scala
AWS Glue
EMR
Airflow
MWAA
AWS DMS
Amazon RDS
Aurora
Enterprise Data Product Design
AWS Lake Formation
Data Contracts
Service Levels
RDF
SPARQL
Ontology Design
Amazon Neptune
MCP Servers
Agent Skills
AI-assisted Analytics
Amazon Quick
Cloud-native Development
Data Quality
Observability
Delivery Practices
Lakehouse Technologies
Python
SQL
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
Data Cataloguing
Financial Ontologies
Amazon Bedrock
GraphRAG
AWS Certifications

Location

Onsite

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

10+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, data platforms or software engineering
5+ years leading engineering teams

Education Level

Undergraduate degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
Graduate degree is an asset

Benefits

Cutting-edge AI tools
Dedicated learning time
Practical support to help them deliver with greater impact

About the Company

CPP Investments is one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors.
We have a long-term horizon and global reach, deploying 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.
CPP Investments invests across public and private markets, supported by technology and data capabilities that enable informed investment decisions and long-term value creation.

Equal Opportunity

CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives.
If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
CPP Investments may use AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications for relevant skills and experience.
These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.