Software Engineer

Forum Asset Management – Software Engineer - Data

Location: 181 Bay Street, Toronto

In Office: 5 days per week

Overview Of Forum
Join us in delivering Extraordinary Outcomes through investment.

Forum is an investor, developer and asset manager operating across North America for over 28 years, focusing on real estate, private equity and infrastructure, with a strategic concentration in housing.

Our AUM exceeds $3 billion. We are committed to sustainability, responsible investing and creating value that benefits our stakeholders and the communities in which we invest, what we call our Extraordinary Outcomes.

In 2024, Forum completed the largest real estate transaction in Canada with the Alignvest acquisition, making us the largest owner of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in Canada through our $2.5B open ended Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (REIIF). Our national development pipeline now exceeds $3.5 billion, positioning Forum as the largest developer of PBSA in Canada, operating from coast to coast.

The Forum team is adaptable, agile, and dynamic, committed to sustainable and responsible investing. Our people bring diverse cultural backgrounds and professional experiences, fostering innovation and thought leadership. We uphold integrity, trust, and transparency as core values, knowing that to achieve Extraordinary Outcomes, we need to support and develop an Extraordinary team.

Position Overview
We're looking for a Software Engineer - Data to design, build, and evolve Forum's next-generation enterprise data platform using the Microsoft Fabric technology stack (or a suitable alternative). This role sits at the intersection of data engineering and software development; you'll build software that relies heavily on data. From ingesting and cleaning complex datasets to developing full-stack applications that surface insights, you'll architect the full data lifecycle: ingestion, transformation, modeling, analytics, and AI enablement.

You'll play a key role in creating scalable, production-grade systems that turn raw data into business intelligence, powering Forum's investment, real estate, and operational strategies. This is a rare greenfield opportunity to shape both the platform architecture and the suite of data-driven tools built on top of it.

This is a hands-on, in-office role with high visibility. You'll act as a trusted advisor and technical authority, collaborating with investment professionals, business leaders, analysts, and software developers to design enterprise-grade systems and AI-powered workflows that drive measurable business value. Your work will lay the foundation for our long-term data strategy and the future of decision-making at Forum.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Contribute to the end-to-end design and evolution of Forum's Lakehouse architecture Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, ADLS, and related Azure services.
• Lead large-scale data initiatives, migrations, and integrations across diverse internal and external systems.
• Design and optimize enterprise-grade ETL/ELT pipelines for high-volume, high-complexity data.
• Develop AI/ML-powered workflows using tools like Azure OpenAI, Document Intelligence, and Azure ML.
• Create internal APIs and tools to enable self-serve analytics and data access across departments.
• Partner with business teams across real estate, private equity, and operations to identify data opportunities and implement tailored solutions.
• Promote best practices in data governance, automation, and AI application across Forum's technology ecosystem.

Candidate Profile

• 2-3 years of progressive experience in software engineering, data engineering, and/or data science, with a proven record of designing and delivering enterprise-scale, data-driven software solutions.
• Experience within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse, ADLS Gen2, and Power BI.
• Proficient in Python for data engineering, automation, API integration, and full-stack development workflows.
• Strong grasp of data lifecycle management — from ingestion and cleaning of raw, unstructured datasets to modeling, transformation, and visualization for decision-making.
• Experience working with big data environments and optimizing pipelines for scale, performance, and reliability.
• Hands-on experience with web scraping and external data acquisition, transforming diverse public and private data sources into structured, usable datasets.
• Applied understanding of AI concepts and practical experience leveraging LLMs (e.g., Azure OpenAI, generative AI models, or document intelligence services) to automate data analysis, classification, or prediction tasks.
• Proven ability to evaluate, prototype, and deploy emerging AI/ML solutions that create measurable business value.
• Exceptional data presentation and storytelling skills, capable of conveying complex technical insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable operating in ambiguity and turning loosely defined problems into working, scalable solutions.
• Background in a private equity, real estate, asset management, and/or startup experience preferred.

At Forum, we encourage diversity. We are committed to an inclusive workplace that reflects our belief that diversity is central to building a high-performing team. Forum is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices. Should you require an accommodation during any phase of the recruitment process, please let the recruitment team know