Software Developer (Platform Engineering)

The Opportunity

As aSoftware Developer (Platform Engineering) you will design build and support internal platforms tooling and automation that enable development teams at Ontario Teachers Pension Plan to deliver software securely reliably and at scale.

This role is suited for an experiencedsoftware developerwho enjoys improving developer workflows building shared services and applying modern cloud-native and Infrastructure as Code practices.

Youll work on impactful initiatives supporting our Investments division while helping evolve our engineering platforms and standards.

This role issoftware developmentled. While you will work closely with cloud platforms CI/CD and infrastructure the focus is onbuilding software platforms and automation not on production operations 24/7 on-call rotations or site reliability ownership.

Our Flexible Travel Program also gives you the option to work abroad for a month in another region or country the choice is yours.

Who Youll Work With

Youll be part of thePlatform Engineering Teamwithin theTechnology Services Division working in a cross-functional team that builds and supports developer platforms delivery pipelines and analytics solutions for front-office teams in the Investments division.

Youll collaborate closely with application developers platform engineers security partners and product stakeholders.

What Youll Do

• Design and buildsoftware platforms and developer-facing services treating infrastructure and delivery workflows as code

• Develop and maintaininternal products and shared servicesused by multiple development teams

• Improve developer productivity and delivery reliability throughcode automation and well-designed APIs

• Enablerepeatable scalable application deliveryacross environments using modern engineering practices

• ApplyInfrastructure as Code and cloud-native patternsto support application deployment and lifecycle management

• Integratesecurity quality and compliance controlsinto software delivery workflows

• Partner with development teams to improvebuild test deployment and runtime experiences

• Participate inarchitecture discussions code reviews and technical design

• Continuously evaluate and adopt improvements todeveloper experience tooling and engineering standards

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers where appropriate

This role doesnothave primary responsibility for production incident management or site reliability ownership though you will collaborate with those teams as part of a shared delivery ecosystem.

What Youll Need

Required

• Degree inComputer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience

• Minimum 5 yearsof professional software development experience

• Strong experience as ahands-on software developer not solely operations-focused

• Demonstrated experience designing and maintainingproduction-quality software systems with an emphasis on clean APIs testing and long-term maintainability

• Proficiency inbackend development includingPython

• Working knowledge ofmodern UI frameworks such asReact

• Experience working withdatabases and data platforms includingSnowflake

• Strong experience withGit-based version controland collaborative development workflows

The following technical experience is required:

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions

• Practical experience working with Microsoft Azure in a production environment

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform

• Experience deploying operating and troubleshooting applications on Kubernetes

• Experience applying modern cloud-native delivery practices across environments

• Hands-on experience building user interfaces with React

• Hands-on experience developing and debugging Python services and/or scripts

• Experience using Redis in an application (e.g. caching sessions queues)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience withGitOps-based deployment models(e.g. ArgoCD)

• Experience integratingsecurity controlsinto build and deployment pipelines

• Familiarity withobservability and monitoringpractices

• Experience withdata analytics or data engineering workflows

• Experience working inAgileor product-oriented teams

• Exposure to service-oriented or event-driven architectures

• Experience usingAI and data tooling in the Azure ecosystem such as:

  • Azure AI Foundry

  • Databricks

  • Advanced Snowflake capabilities (e.g. Snowpark ML or integrations)

Who This Role Is For

• Senior software developers who enjoy buildinginternal platforms and tooling

• Engineers who want to work close to cloud and infrastructurethrough software

• Developers interested inDevX and DevSecOpswithout moving into a pure SRE role

Why This Role

• Opportunity to influence and scaledeveloper experience across teams

• Hands-on work withmodern cloud-native DevX and platform engineering practices

• Strong balance ofsoftware development and cross-team impact

• Work that directly supportsinvestment decision-making

• Flexible work model and global mobility options

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What were offering

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

• Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage

• Retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan

• The opportunity to invest back into the fund through our Deferred Incentive Program

• A flexible work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

• Competitive time off

• Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year

• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

At Ontario Teachers diversity is one of our core strengths. We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create reflect and embrace diversity of thought background and experience. Through our Diversity Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development networking & mentoring. We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected accepted and empowered to be themselves. To learn more about our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion check out Life at Teachers.

How to apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level Apply today! You may be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

Accommodations are available upon request () for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located.

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