City : North York

Category : Full-time

Industry : Finance

Employer : Sun Life Financial

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:

Digital Solutions is a team of skilled professionals who dedicate their careers to accelerating the growth of Sun Life’s digital platforms through technology-based solutions. We focus on looking for and seizing opportunities to leverage digital, data and analytics in new ways as we continue to help our Clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives and connect with us. Come join us as we continue to intensify the focus on our digital journey, helping our clients and transforming our business in exciting ways!

We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to participate in the technical design, development, support and analysis for large-scale applications and systems. The successful candidate is a team player with excellent technical and problem-solving skills, is aware of industry trends, questions the status quo and can identify and propose options.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with skilled Agile team members to understand user needs and design, develop and deliver high quality web applications that meet those needs

• Configure and design applications and workflows, using outside the box thinking, to create innovative ways to advance our client first strategy

• Use analytical skills to understand and assess the impact of infrastructure and technical changes within the environment

• Contribute to defining timelines and plans; analyze and estimate feasibility, cost, time and scope

• Ensure coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities are completed as required

• Participate in agile ceremonies

What you need to succeed:

• Minimum 7 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience

• Strong experience with Spring Boot, Microservices and API Development using MongoDB

• Containerization experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Strong working experience with Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, Unix/Linux, middleware technologies, web and web hosting technologies

• Proficient with Soap/XML, REST/JSON

• Advanced overall understanding of Web applications and server technologies

• Experience with Unit testing tools (e.g. Junit, Mockito, RESTAssured)

• Hands on experience using DevOps tools (BitBucket, CDD, Jenkins)

• Understanding of Javascript and JQuery

• React and Web Accessibility experience is a bonus.

Special Requirements:

• The candidate selected for this role is required to have special clearance from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. To see if you are eligible for this clearance, please review the Reliability status request process on the Federal Government site (https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/personnel/pdcf-rsrp-eng.html) ​

• Occasional travel between Sun Life locations (Toronto, Waterloo) may be required depending on work assignment

• Periodic weekend/after-hours work may be required to support project implementations and system upgrades.

What’s in it for you?

• A flexible work schedule, provided it includes core working hours

• Competitive salary

• Being part of our journey in developing the next greatest digital experience

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial

• Membership to a highly collaborative, supportive, and productive team

• An extensive support system for continual learning including company-run courses, access to online learning platforms

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.

Sun Life is committed to the health and safety of all those in our workplaces and our communities.  In accordance with Sun Life’s Vaccination Policy (Canada):

• Employees permitted to work remotely are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend a Sun Life office, Financial Centre or offsite location where activity related to Sun Life business occurs.

• Employees whose job duties require them to attend a Sun Life office, Financial Centre or offsite location for Sun Life business must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 effective May 1st. Employees in these roles may participate in Sun Life’s Rapid Screening Program as an alternative until April 30th.

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

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