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:

We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and support technical solutions for our Group Benefits Underwriting business group. The successful candidate will be part of a team that uses latest UI and Business Analytics technologies to support a modernization project to improve our client experience. If you are a team player with strong technical and problem-solving skills, who shows initiative, and is accountable for results, read on!

What will you do?

• Collaborate with Agile team members to develop and deliver high quality applications
• Participate in Agile ceremonies
• Contribute to the estimation, planning and management of development tasks and provide regular updates on progress against those tasks
• Analyze and contribute ideas to production discussions, designs and decisions
• Complete coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities
• Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools

What you need to succeed:

You have 8+ years of professional, hands-on frontend and backend development experience, including:

• JavaScript/ES6, React.js, HTML, CSS/SCSS, XML/JSON
• Experience building single page applications
• Experience with web accessibility guidelines, accessibility tools, and assistive technologies
• .NET Core and C#
• PostgreSQL and SQLServer
• Experience using DevOps tools (BitBucket, CDD, Jenkins)
• Experience of SAFe Agile methodology

What is in it for you?

• 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
• Internal mobility is supported by leaders who are dedicated to fueling your professional growth
• Opportunities to own your career development with programs to continuously learn, build skills, grow through coaching and more
• Care Days available for self-care or care of others (i.e., family or others you may support) and Sick Days to support your well-being.

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

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 [email protected].

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:

03/10/2024