Senior Software Engineer (Salesforce)

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.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to express ideas, thoughts, and questions so that it can be understood by various audiences and meets the customers’ needs.
• Adept at working effectively on multi-site teams including offshore teams in India.
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills to break down high-level business requirements into more detail by questioning and probing for clarification.
• A strong appreciation of the quickly evolving digital technology landscape and its applicability to businesses and their clients.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Salesforce CoE team is growing and looking for a business-minded Salesforce Senior Software Engineer who can work with Salesforce technical lead for complex Salesforce implementations. The successful candidate will work closely with business partners and other IT teams to design, develop, and implement Enterprise scale and integrated Salesforce solutions.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Contribute to the design and development of Salesforce solutions, following internal guidelines and standard processes.
• Provide thought leadership and recommendations for how all aspects of the Salesforce platform can advance Sun Life’s digital transformation, presenting recommended solutions and estimates to stakeholders.
• Work closely with internal business partners as a functional consultant.
• Develop and demonstrate Proof of Concept (PoC) and prototype designs while developing a deep understanding of the business opportunity in order to come up with innovative solutions.
• Provide technical feasibility and effort estimate for proposed deliverables in Salesforce platform.
• Contribute to Salesforce technical governance framework, especially around DevOps practice in Salesforce platform, design, and development guideline.
• Perform post-implementation transition to application operational service team in Sun Life.
• Maintain and update the necessary system design documentation for applications built in Salesforce platform.