Sun Life
Sun Life
Sun Life is a global financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1865, it provides insurance, investment, financial advice, wealth, health, and asset management solutions for individuals, businesses, and institutions. Sun Life operates across North America, Asia, and Europe, combining financial services with health-focused offerings while emphasizing sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and community impact. Its broad business supports teams working across finance, healthcare, consulting, and related services.

Senior Software Engineer, Core Java and iOS

Build and support Java services, APIs, web applications, and native iOS apps for Sun Life’s financial security services. The role also covers production troubleshooting, incident recovery, and application reliability.

Description

  • Build, test, and support full-stack Java applications, services, and APIs.
  • Own applications through implementation and production support.
  • Develop and support native iOS applications.
  • Diagnose application issues in production and test environments.
  • Investigate incidents, restore service, identify root causes, and address vulnerabilities.
  • Work with software engineers, business systems analysts, and other partners to deliver quality solutions.
  • Keep application environments stable.
  • Support monitoring, change management, system upgrades, disaster recovery, and ongoing improvement initiatives.
  • Join a rotating team schedule for on-call and after-hours support.

Requirements

  • Bring at least 10 years of experience developing and supporting enterprise back-end Java applications.
  • Have strong command of core Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Spring MVC.
  • Have at least 4 years of front-end development experience with React, JavaScript, and modern web technologies.
  • Have at least 2 years of experience developing and supporting native iOS apps in an enterprise setting.
  • Know web services and APIs, including REST, SOAP, JSON, and Java APIs.
  • Have working knowledge of middleware and application servers such as WebSphere or WebLogic.
  • Be experienced in production troubleshooting and SQL databases such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.
  • Hold a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or have equivalent practical experience.
  • Obtain Reliability Security Clearance.
  • Complete applicable background checks satisfactorily before starting and during employment.
  • Provide, if requested by the Government of Canada, an account of activities during any period of living or travelling outside Canada for six consecutive months within the past five years.
  • Be able to join a rotating on-call and after-hours support schedule.
  • Bring strong analytical, debugging, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Additional assets include Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, iOS architecture patterns, third-party frameworks, Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket/Git, Gradle, Maven, CDD, Ansible, web security, multi-factor authentication, Kafka, proxy technologies, ITIL, the software development lifecycle, and Agile.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work with flexibility to work in the office or virtually according to business, client, and employee needs.
  • Eligible employees may participate in discretionary incentive plans, subject to individual and company performance.
  • Application accommodations and job postings in alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities.

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