Senior API Platform Solutions Design Engineer (Kafka)

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:

You are as unique as your background, your experience, and your point of view. At Sun Life, you will be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best. You will 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 will 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.

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Job Description

We’re in the need of an eager, self-motivated developer who is ready to use their education as a foundation to grow their skills into something more special.  This role sits at the forefront of innovation at Sun Life and is focused in delivering APIs to market in a way no other insurer in Canada is doing it.  You will be a developer and a key member of the team defining the next generation of delivery for the insurance industry.

 
The position can be located at the Sun Life office in Downtown Toronto, North York, or Waterloo, depending on where a suitable candidate is found.

What will you do?

Reporting to the Director, API Platform Engineering, the Solution Design Engineer is responsible for design, development, deployment and implementation of the Enterprise Event Hub Components.

The individual in this role will grow their own skill set by working very closely with a team of cutting-edge software engineers to introduce new innovations to Sun Life.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
 

• Participate in the design, development, deployment, and rollout of components involved our Enterprise Event Hub Platforms, on premise and cloud.  
• Participate in the construction, maintenance and continuous improvement of core infrastructure that underlies event driven development including Kafka Connect, Schema, logging, exception handling, etc.
• Utilizing the API Platform CI/CD Pipeline for event hub lifecycle.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for the (Change Data Capture) solution, including architecture diagrams, configuration guides and troubleshooting steps.
• Continuously identify and implement enhancements to improve the scalability and performance of the CDC solution.
• Identifying defects in the platform modules, debugging issues being faced and provide effective solutions to resolve the same.
• Develop an understanding of project best practices around continuous integration and delivery.

What will you need to succeed?
 

Must Have

• 8+ years experience with programming in Java is required.
• 3+ years experience with Apache or Confluent Kafka.
• Experience with Apache Kafka Stream and Kafka connectors.
• Experience with distributed systems and data streaming.
• Work experience in REST APIs and Event Driven Solutions.
• Work experience in DevOps, Kubernetes and AWS Cloud.
• Self starter with tenacious inquisitiveness and a desire to learn who will proactively find and explore solutions and provide recommendations.
• Exposure to modern event-based architectures and patterns (event sourcing, choreography-based SAGA Pattern)

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kafka Infrastructure.
• Proficient in troubleshooting and optimizing Kafka clusters
• Previous experience with programming in Python and/or JavaScript are nice to have.
• Experience with scripting languages to automate operations tasks is a nice to have.
• Awareness of how to deploy components on Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD solutions (like Jenkins, Groovy, CDD Continuous Delivery Director).
• Proficiency in building and deploying solutions with frameworks like Spring Boot, including secure coding practices, load-testing and performance optimization.
• Awareness of modern event-based architectures and patterns (event sourcing, choreography-based SAGA Pattern).
• Exposure to building solutions using Apache Kafka or the Confluent Platform.
• Awareness of Financial Services and Insurance

Preferred Skills:
Ability to establish and maintain a good team environment, develop a culture of innovation, collaboration within the team.

• Demonstrated problem solving, communication and organizational skills, a positive attitude coupled with the self-awareness to seek help when needed
• Ability to effectively communicate both internally and externally.
• Mature, confident, and performance-oriented
• Capable of developing strong relationships with peers
• An excellent communicator, team player and someone who is intellectually honest.
• Ability to adapt thinking and response to the geographic differences across our global operations.

What's in it for you?
 

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2024 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®,  for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.
• We’re proud to be recognized as a company with a 2023 Most Trusted Executive team by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
• As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office

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.

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