Tech & Data Internship Program

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $576 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney. 

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance
  
  

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

At CPP Investments, we are committed to helping you develop your skillset and gain world-class experience. We have leaders who listen to every member of the team and trust them with meaningful work. This translates into immediate and unparalleled learning.

The Tech & Data Internship Program was developed for undergraduate students who are highly analytical, interested in business issues and curious about career opportunities in technology and data within the finance industry. The program provides you access to a virtual classroom and on the job training where you will learn how to leverage your problem solving and technical skills to help make critical business decisions. You will be assigned both a manager and a mentor to help support your learnings from the classroom to apply in the workplace setting.

The program begins with a week-long Intern Orientation session for you to engage with fellow interns and learn about the programs available to you. You will advance your knowledge and expertise through skills-based training and on-the-job assignments. You will participate in additional programming such as our Speaker Series where each session focuses on a different aspect of our culture including employee resource groups, inclusion, and diversity and much more. We encourage you to bring your authentic self to work and take every opportunity to excel in your role to build your career at CPP Investments.

What’s in It for Me?

You will join us as a Junior Engineer Intern for the Fall of 2024 in the Technology & Data Department for a 4-month or 8-month internship based on your availability. Upon completion of your term, you will be considered for a fulltime role.

As a Junior Engineer Intern, you will assist the team in:

• Designing, coding, testing, delivering, and supporting systems, applications, or solutions to meet the evolving needs of business teams following an Agile delivery approach.
• You’ll also have the opportunity to learn and apply Java, Python, Angular, AWS and low code code/no code solutions.
• You can consider the following roles:
• Software Engineering: business aligned engineering teams that build systems and applications for front and back-office teams.
• Data Engineering: are known as the institutional subject matter experts. The team is the center of data, technology, and business, assisting teams across the fund with data stacks, proof of concepts, logic, and analytics work bench.
• Cloud Engineering: enables foundational cloud & AI services and shared capabilities for software engineering and business teams, driving cloud maturity and compliance.
• Quality Engineering: are involved in the design and development of test automation in support of continuously monitoring application quality and to ensure rapid and reliable software delivery.
  

Qualifications

Who We’re Looking For

Candidates in an undergraduate program who are returning to school after their work term, are eligible to apply. We look for candidates with a strong track record of academic success while balancing extracurricular activities. You must have a strong interest in learning new technologies and finance, as well as possessing good communication, interpersonal and relationship-building skills. In addition, you will combine energy, enthusiasm, and intellectual curiosity, with a demonstrated interest in investing.

Additional Information

If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance, then you should consider a career in at CPP Investments.

To apply, please include a cover letter, resume, and transcripts (full unofficial version).

Deadline: Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 11:59pm EST

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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 (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.