The Opportunity

As a Software 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 experienced software developer who enjoys improving developer workflows, building shared services, and applying modern cloud-native and Infrastructure as Code practices.

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

This role is software development–led. While you will work closely with cloud platforms, CI/CD, and infrastructure, the focus is on building 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 You’ll Work With

You’ll be part of the Platform Engineering Team within the Technology 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.

You’ll collaborate closely with application developers, platform engineers, security partners, and product stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build software platforms and developer-facing services, treating infrastructure and delivery workflows as code

• Develop and maintain internal products and shared services used by multiple development teams

• Improve developer productivity and delivery reliability through code, automation, and well-designed APIs

• Enable repeatable, scalable application delivery across environments using modern engineering practices

• Apply Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native patterns to support application deployment and lifecycle management

• Integrate security, quality, and compliance controls into software delivery workflows

• Partner with development teams to improve build, test, deployment, and runtime experiences

• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical design

• Continuously evaluate and adopt improvements to developer experience, tooling, and engineering standards

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers where appropriate

This role does not have 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 You’ll Need

Required

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience

• Strong experience as a hands-on software developer, not solely operations-focused

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

• Proficiency in backend development, including Python

• Working knowledge of modern UI frameworks, such as React

• Experience working with databases and data platforms, including Snowflake

• Strong experience with Git-based version control and 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 with GitOps-based deployment models (e.g., ArgoCD)

• Experience integrating security controls into build and deployment pipelines

• Familiarity with observability and monitoring practices

• Experience with data analytics or data engineering workflows

• Experience working in Agile or product-oriented teams

• Exposure to service-oriented or event-driven architectures

• Experience using AI 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 building internal platforms and tooling

• Engineers who want to work close to cloud and infrastructure through software

• Developers interested in DevX and DevSecOps without moving into a pure SRE role

Why This Role

• Opportunity to influence and scale developer experience across teams

• Hands-on work with modern cloud-native, DevX, and platform engineering practices

• Strong balance of software development and cross-team impact

• Work that directly supports investment decision-making

• Flexible work model and global mobility options

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What we’re offering


This position is eligible for base salary and annual incentive based on individual and enterprise performance. 

Base Salary starting at $100,300 to $107,200 with future opportunity of up to $116,400.

• 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 (peopleandculture@otpp.com) 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.

Ontario Teachers’ may use AI-based tools to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position. These tools may help us identify candidates whose skills and experience align with Ontario Teachers’ objectives by analyzing information provided in resumes and applications. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.

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Functional Areas:

Information Technology

Vacancy:

Current

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