Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform

4 days ago

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Sun Life Full time
About the Role

You will work with a dynamic team of 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. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities around the world.

This position is posted in several locations, and we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only, as the position reports to a unilingual English-speaking manager outside Quebec.

About the Team

The Sun Life Canadian Engineering group is a team of skilled professionals who dedicate their careers to supporting and enhancing Sun Life's technology-based solutions.

We focus on discovering new ways to help our clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives, and connect with us.

About the Job

We seek a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and development deliverables for the Group Retirement Services business.

The successful candidate will be an experienced IT professional who has a passion for solving business problems and creating world-class technical solutions, shows initiative, and is accountable for results.

You should be technically adaptable as you will be collaborating with various technical teams at Sun Life and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with the Group Retirement Services (GRS) Platform Owner and Enterprise Architecture to determine and perform solution design and operational plan activities for delivering platform capabilities/features roadmap.
  • Provide technical and design guidance to our Lead Software Engineers.
  • Understand the business functional requirements, the platform non-functional requirements, and translate them into System Design Specifications to be used by development engineers, testing, and implementation teams.
  • Create and update living technical design artifacts describing the applications' technical functionality, solution designs, data model, interfaces, and integrations.
  • Coach and provide leadership to build teams to ensure good design and development practices are applied, including Agile (Scrum) methodology.
  • Demonstrate strong understanding and ownership of the GRS roadmap and ensure design activities and work delivered aligns to the roadmap and overall architectural directions.
  • Work with build teams to plan and determine cost-effective and innovative technical designs to meet business objectives for the development and integration of applications, infrastructure, and environment strategies.
  • Remain up to date on technical and industry advancements, including Java, AI/ML, and API technologies, to determine how current and future systems can be leveraged to benefit the portfolio.
Requirements
  • BSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
  • Experience designing and implementing large-scale multi-tier distributed software systems, databases, and networks on-premises and in public Clouds (AWS or MS Azure).
  • 7+ years of experience in designing and delivering solutions that support investment market and wealth-based platforms, back-office systems, and integrate vendor technologies.
  • 3+ years of experience working with vendors and building solutions involving vendor applications.
  • Insurance and Group Retirement investment systems would be a strong asset.
  • Experience with REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, microservices, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines, containerization using Docker/Kubernetes, and system integrations.
  • Experience in developing and designing Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript applications, and integrating AI/ML and API technologies.
  • Ability to assess an audience to shape communications and clearly articulate thoughts and ideas across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Excellent soft skills, including the ability to lead and coach Agile (Scrum) teams.
About Sun Life

Sun Life is a Great Place to Work Certified company, recognized for its Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada and Best Workplaces for Women in Canada.

We offer a flexible hybrid work model, including in-country (Canada) work-from-home options, and a competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data.

Our company values diversity and inclusion, and we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work.

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