Senior Software Engineer (JAVA, Spring Boot)

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 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 5 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience

• Strong working experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, API development, OpenAPI, AJAX, SOAP, REST, middleware technologies, as well as web and web hosting technologies

• Strong SQL knowledge and experience

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

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:

• 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.

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].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

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

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