Senior Software Engineer – Full Stack (React and .NET)

at  Sun Life

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:

The Platforms and 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 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!

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A continuous improvement mindset
• A penchant for creating re-usable components and identifying opportunities for re-use.

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.

• 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