- Collaborate with skilled cross functional Agile team members to develop and deliver efficient, high-quality code
- Take ownership for completing coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities.
- Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools
- Provide input for the estimation, planning and management of development tasks and provide regular updates on progress against those tasks
- Participate in agile ceremonies
- 4-6 years of application development and systems integration experience
- Working experience with Java, Spring, APIs, middleware technologies, as well as web and web hosting technologies
- Hands on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Proficiency with Soap/XML, REST/JSON
- Strong overall understanding of web applications and server technologies
- Experience with SQL
- Understanding of Javascript and JQuery
- Experience with Continuous Integration/ DevOps processes and tools such as Jenkins, Artifactory, BitBucket, Gradle, Continuous Delivery Director, Ansible.
- Past experience working in the financial and insurance industries.
- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, light4j, Salesforce, Struts.
- React and Web Accessibility experience is a bonus.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence (nice to have)
- Customer obsession – customers are at the centre of all we do
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A continuous improvement mindset
- A penchant for creating re-usable components and identifying opportunities for re-use
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- 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
- 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.
- Great Place to Work Certified in Canada and the US.
- Named 2021 "Best Places to Work" by Glassdoor
- Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
- We're proud to be a by Great Place to Work Canada
- An environment of continuous learning and improvement
- Wide range of career growth opportunities within our team and the company
- Competitive salary structure in an outcome-based environment, influenced by market range data
- Flexible hours and periodic work from home options
Software Engineer - Waterloo, Canada - Sun Life
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:Our teams provide the services and technology that our business partners need to help customers achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to continually find new and better ways to bring value to Sun Life and our clients.
We are currently seeking a Software Engineer to join a new agile team that will develop, support, and analyze technical solutions within the Canadian IT Platforms and Engineering team. 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 alternatives. Come join us as we continue to intensify the focus on our digital journey, building APIs and improving our client experience.
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