Senior Principal Software Engineer

at  Sun Life

Toronto, ON, Canada -

Start DateExpiry DateSalaryPosted OnExperienceSkillsTelecommuteSponsor Visa
Immediate29 Nov, 2024USD 110000 Annual02 Sep, 20243 year(s) or aboveGood communication skillsNoNo
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Description:

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:

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.

Responsibilities:

  • 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.


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:3.0Max:7.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

IT Software - Application Programming / Maintenance

Software Engineering

BSc

Computer Science, Engineering

Proficient

1

Toronto, ON, Canada