Senior Software Development Engineer

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One of Canada's Most Trusted Investment Brands.

At Picton Mahoney Asset Management (PICTON Investments), being alternative isn’t just what we do—it’s who we are.

Founded by industry pioneer David Picton, we’ve spent 20 years challenging conventional wisdom and redefining the investing landscape. As one of Canada’s most trusted investment brands, we are proudly independent—privately run, 100% employee-owned, and deeply committed to delivering results for our clients.

Thinking Alternatively is in Our DNA. 

With a team of 203 bold thinkers—one-third dedicated solely to investment management—we are specialists, not generalists. Managing $16.5 billion for institutional and retail clients, we navigate markets with conviction, resilience, and a forward-thinking approach.

We’re more than investors — we’re innovators. We challenge traditional investment mindsets, constantly pushing the boundaries to achieve our mission: To bring greater certainty to investors. 

Our success is built on four guiding principles:

• Treat investors’ money like our own.
• Redefine the way investors invest.
• Be human—always approachable.
• Succeed together, one investment at a time.

These aren’t just words—they define how we think, how we invest, and how we work. 

Now, we’re entering our next chapter. We’re transforming our brand and reshaping the way the world invests. If you think alternatively, embrace an entrepreneurial spirit, and thrive in a dynamic, bureaucracy-free environment, join us and be part of what’s next.

Thriving in Our Entrepreneurial Culture

At PICTON Investments, you’ll thrive in our creative and dynamic workplace, where collaboration and support are at the core of everything we do. At our firm, you’ll have the opportunity to take on significant responsibilities, work in a flexible environment, and tackle challenging projects from the outset. Our culture is designed for ambitious professionals who want to make an immediate impact while continuing to push boundaries and achieve our greater mission. You’ll be empowered with a high level of responsibility, trust, and flexibility, providing an exciting and creative space for you to help reshape how the world views alternative investments. With competitive total rewards, performance-based bonuses, and a clear path for career growth, you’ll have everything you need to develop both now and over the longer term.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Development Engineer (SDE) to join our team. In this role, you will design, develop, and modernize applications while contributing to both front-end solutions and our evolving data and platform engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate is curious, adaptable, and passionate about delivering impactful solutions that put our clients first.

You’ll have the opportunity to learn and lead

• Contribute to the modernization of portfolio management and risk applications, helping evolve legacy systems into cloud-native, data-driven platforms.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications and APIs that support financial analytics, portfolio insights, and reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to re-architect legacy workflows for improved performance, maintainability, and integration with modern data systems.
• Build or enhance front-end experiences for investment and risk tools using modern frameworks and design principles.
• Partner with data and platform teams to ensure seamless connectivity between applications, data warehouses, and analytical pipelines.
• Help define modern engineering practices, improving automation, CI/CD, observability, and deployment pipelines.
• Conduct code reviews, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure robust, compliant, and performant solutions.
• Participate in shaping the technology roadmap, influencing architecture and modernization strategies.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in software development, ideally within financial services or data-intensive domains.
• Proven ability to design and implement APIs, microservices, and data integrations supporting analytics or portfolio workflows.
• Experience working with cloud environments (Azure preferred) for application hosting, storage, and data integration.
• Familiarity with data warehouse or lakehouse architectures (e.g., Azure Synapse, Databricks, Snowflake) and how they support analytics and reporting.
• Strong understanding of software design principles (modularity, scalability, SOLID, clean architecture).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment tooling (Azure DevOps or similar).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Preferred Experience

• Development experience in .NET and/or Node.js environments.
• Exposure to portfolio management, trading, or risk analytics systems.
• Experience modernizing or migrating legacy applications into modern, service-oriented architectures.
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React or Next.js.
• Experience with WPF for desktop or client-side financial tools.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures (Event Grid, Event Hubs, Kafka, etc.).
• Experience with containerization and infrastructure as code (Docker, Terraform, Azure Container Apps).
• Understanding of identity and access management (OAuth2, Azure AD, JWT).

Our Commitment to Employees

At PICTON Investments, we take pride in enhancing our employees' experiences through a comprehensive suite of exceptional perks and programs. Our benefits include corporate fitness reimbursement and discounts, VersaFi memberships (formerly Women in Capital Markets), Picton investment counseling and portfolio management services, volunteer and charitable donation matching, maternity and parental leave top-up, recognition awards, semi-annual performance bonuses, a generous annual vacation entitlement (minimum of 15 days per year), training and development reimbursement, extensive health and dental benefits, a healthcare spending account, and more.

These offerings are designed to support your career growth, well-being, and overall success. Join us and thrive in an environment that values and invests in you!

PICTON Investments is committed to providing an equitable and fair work environment for everyone and all hiring and other personnel actions will be taken without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, sex, disability, gender identity, gender expression, family status, age, language or national origin. If you require an accommodation at any point in time throughout the application and hiring process, please contact Human Resources at (416) 955-4108 or at [email protected].

PICTON Investments does not accept unsolicited resumes, emails, calls, or any other form of communication from third-party recruitment agencies. Any unsolicited outreach, including commercial electronic messages, will neither be acknowledged nor considered.