Senior Principal Software Engineer

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.

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Applicants must have lived continuously in Canada for the last 5 years or more in order to be eligible for Reliability Status level security clearance. No exceptions please.

• As this position is posted in several locations, 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.

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. Come join us as we continue to intensify our journey in helping our clients and transforming our business in exciting ways!

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.

What will you do?

• 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.
• Collaborate with the enterprise architecture team to determine future vision/roadmaps of the portfolio.
• 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.
• Build strong relationships with partners across the organization to identify and deliver experiences that delight clients and advisors.
• 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.

What do you need to succeed?

• BSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience designing and implementing (on code and infrastructure levels) of 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.
• Experience in the Financial Service industries. 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.
• Understanding of security concepts (SAML, JWT, Single Sign-on).
• 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.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to define and present solutions to challenging problems.
• Excellent soft skills, including the ability to lead and coach Agile (Scrum) teams.

What’s in it for you?

• Great Place to Work® Certified for Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada - 2024 and 2023
• Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces in Canada - 2024 and 2022
• Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces for Women in Canada - 2024
• Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces in Ontario - 2023
• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada in Financial Services and Insurance - 2023
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork - 2022
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada - 2022
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021 and 2023
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• Flexible hybrid work model including in-country (Canada) work-from-home if you prefer. #LI-Remote, or #LI-Hybrid.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• A common sense dress code, where you decide how you dress based on your day
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

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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