Systems Developer, Portfolio Management

Systems Developer, Portfolio Management (12-Month Contract)

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd.

Vancouver, BC

We are looking for a passionate, kind, and ambitious individual to join our Information Systems, Portfolio Management development team The team is a friendly, collaborative, tight knit group that work together to effectively apply technology to complex investment data and analytic problems that has been a key factor to the firm's success. The Portfolio Management Development team is responsible for the high-performance platform on which other teams build intelligent investment processes. Our high performance in-memory KDB systems track a large universe of over 50,000 potential investments and performs meaningful analytics on our assets.

This is a full-time, temporary contractor position for one year, with the potential to transition into a permanent role.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, and maintain solutions within our Microsoft Azure data analytics platform
• Collaborate with the team to innovate underlying infrastructure, processes, and systems
• Utilize and enhance large-scale high-performance time series KDB databases
• Maintain and oversee the software development life cycle

What You Bring

• Knowledge – You have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field.
• Experience – 2+ years of Microsoft Azure and data engineering experience. Experience with KDB+, Azure, and Python is an asset.
• Continuous Improvement – You love to make things better, whether it's a technical problem, business process enhancement, or improvement to a particular workflow.
• Collaborative Communication – You are collaborative, you like people as much as you like technology, you work well with others and communicate effectively.
• Problem Solving Skills – You possess an analytical mind, enjoy solving problems, and have an ability to perform deep thoughtful analysis to discover solutions.
• Tech Savvy – You are passionate about technology and eager to learn new technologies and languages.
• Operational Excellence – You have an approach and track record in achieving operational excellence where personal drive, high quality work, and getting things done are critical success factors.
• Interest in Investment Management – An interest in learning the details of a broad range of asset classes is an advantage to succeed in this role.

The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000. The salary range provided reflects the base salary range for this position as required by legislation. In addition, there is an annual performance bonus which contributes to the total compensation of this position. Further questions may be directed to the HR team during the interview process.

About Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group

At CC&L Financial Group, we understand the value of opportunity – for our clients and our team. Independent and employee-owned, we partner with investment professionals to grow successful asset management businesses, giving them the space to innovate and truly make an impact.

With more than 40 years of history and offices across Canada and in the US, the UK and India, CC&L Financial Group and our multi-boutique family of affiliate firms collectively manage over $167 billion in client assets, providing a diverse range of traditional and alternative investment products and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and retail clients.

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CC&L Financial Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or expression, disability, or age.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter as one PDF.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, but only those candidates shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls or recruitment agencies will be accepted.