Senior Software Engineer

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

The Canadian IT, Platforms and Engineering (PnE) team is responsible for delivering best-in-class technology solutions for our digital clients, by collaborating with Architecture, Operations, Journey, and Platform teams. Our goal is to continuously grow and improve the engineering culture and discover new ways to help our clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives, and connect with us.

We seek a Senior Software Engineer to join an agile team and develop, support, and analyze large-scale applications and systems. The successful candidate would be a team player with strong technical and problem-solving skills, who shows initiative, and is accountable for results.

What will you do?

Collaborate with business stakeholder, system architects and Agile team members to develop and deliver high quality solutions.

Contribute to the estimation, planning and management of development tasks and provide regular updates on progress against those tasks.

Ensure designs follow approved architecture and information security standards.

Learn and incorporate emerging technologies into solutions.

Write both unit and integration tests and develop automation tools.

Participate in all Agile ceremonies; stand-ups, retrospectives, quarterly planning, etc., to mature the Agile team practice.

Contribute to the ongoing support, stability and performance of production systems, including problem analysis and resolution.

What you will need to succeed:

A minimum of 5 years working experience with multiple languages/technologies; Java, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, API development, OpenAPI, AJAX, SOAP, and REST.

Strong understanding of web applications and platforms including Windows Server, Linux, as well as middleware technologies and web hosting technologies.

Database experience including SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB.

Good understanding of DevOps tools (e.g. BitBucket, CDD, Jenkins, Gradle).

Release Management and production support experience.

Assets:

Past experience working in the financial and insurance industries.

C#, ASP.NET is an asset, but not required.

Any experience with Websphere / Websphere Liberty would be an asset, but not required.

Knowledge of AWS, Docker and Kubernetes.

*We would prefer that you are eligible to obtain Reliability Clearance status. To be eligible, a candidate must have been a legal Canadian resident for the last 5 years or more.

What’s in it for you?

• Great Place to Work Certified for Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada – 2024
• Great Place to Work Certified for Best Workplaces in Ontario - 2023
• Great Place to Work Certified in Canada in Financial Services and Insurance – 2023
• Great Place to Work Certified in Canada for Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada - 2023
• Great Place to Work Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork – 2022
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada – 2022
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces in Canada – 2022
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor – 2021 and 2023
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• Flexible hybrid work model including in-country (Canada) work-from-home. #LI-Hybrid.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• A common sense dress code, where you decide how you dress based on your day
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results. 

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com .

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Sun Life, you can be your most brilliant self. Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you – and your career – can thrive. Whatever your aspirations, collaborative leaders and colleagues are ready to help you learn, grow, and succeed.

We’re a global company with a passion for people. Our purpose is to help Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. As a team of 30,000 across 26 countries, our impact is far-reaching, and locally relevant There’s power in numbers. As part of Sun Life’s growing team, you have an impact on people in your community and around the world.

Shape the future

With an optimistic eye on a brighter future, we drive to innovate. Be part of leading change, push boundaries and try new ways of working. Use data to drive bold actions. Be agile and pivot as we test and learn. At Sun Life, we’re driving transformation, sustainability and innovation for our Clients, employees, partners, and communities. Join us. Together, we can make the future brighter.