Software Engineer - API Development

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:

Our teams provide the services and technology that our business partners need to help customers achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to continually find new and better ways to bring value to Sun Life and our clients.

We are currently seeking a Software Engineer to join a new agile team that will develop, support, and analyze technical solutions within the Canadian IT Platforms and Engineering team. 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 alternatives. Come join us as we continue to intensify the focus on our digital journey, building APIs and improving our client experience.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with skilled cross functional Agile team members to develop and deliver efficient, high-quality code
• Take ownership for completing coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities.
• Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools
• Provide input for the estimation, planning and management of development tasks and provide regular updates on progress against those tasks
• Participate in agile ceremonies

What you need to succeed:

• 4-6 years of application development and systems integration experience
• Working experience with Java, Spring, APIs, middleware technologies, as well as web and web hosting technologies
• Hands on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Proficiency with Soap/XML, REST/JSON
• Strong overall understanding of web applications and server technologies
• Experience with SQL
• Understanding of Javascript and JQuery
• Experience with Continuous Integration/ DevOps processes and tools such as Jenkins, Artifactory, BitBucket, Gradle, Continuous Delivery Director, Ansible.

Assets:

• Past experience working in the financial and insurance industries.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, light4j, Salesforce, Struts.
• React and Web Accessibility experience is a bonus.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence (nice to have)

Individual skills:

• Customer obsession – customers are at the centre of all we do
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A continuous improvement mindset
• A penchant for creating re-usable components and identifying opportunities for re-use

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team

What is in it for you?

• Challenging work, a fun environment, and the opportunity to grow your career.
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• Flexible workstyle (Office, Virtual or Hybrid) depending on your role
• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Flexible benefits and vacation

Special Requirements:

• 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

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US.
• Named 2021 “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• We’re proud to be a Best Workplace for Hybrid Work by Great Place to Work® Canada
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement
• Wide range of career growth opportunities within our team and the company
• Competitive salary structure in an outcome-based environment, influenced by market range data
• Flexible hours and periodic work from home options

#LI-Hybrid

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.

Salary Range:

82,000/82 000 - 135,000/135 000

Job Category:

IT - Application Development

Posting End Date:

02/05/2024