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Role Summary

The Application Operation Services & Quality Engineering (AOSQE) team is a part of the larger Digital Business & Technology Solutions team. Working better together. Our teams provide the services and technology our business partners need to help clients achieve lifetime financial security. We partner closely with groups and individuals throughout Sun Life Financial to provide products and services that deliver business value. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to continually find new and better ways to bring value to Sun Life.

AOSQE is looking for a Software Quality Engineer/Software Quality Engineering Specialist with functional, automation testing skills with DB experience to join the Mainframe and Data Testing Chapter .



The successful candidate acts as the Quality Advocate and is responsible to ensure the delivery of quality solutions to our clients through testing.

Main Accountabilities

- Contribute to designing and implementing effective QE testing strategies through analysis of complex business requirements
- Advocate for quality within the agile team and actively participate in ceremonies
- Design, develop detailed test cases to thoroughly test complex use cases and scenarios covering functional requirements
- Execute manual and/or automated test cases to validate business application logic and identify software defects
- Collaborate within cross-functional agile team on shift-left testing and automation reuse
- Document and track product defects, providing detailed reproduction steps, expected and actual results
- Contribute to the automation and quality engineering best practices within the Agile team
- Provide timely and effective communication to management, relating to quality, resource and project issues & concerns.
- Navigate effectively through complex challenges, involving others to solve problems and achieve goals

What You Need to Succeed

- 3-5 years of software QA/quality engineering experience
- Solid experience in creation and execution of both manual and automated test cases, ensuring thorough validation of business application logic against defined requirements
- Comfortable testing reports, including validating financial data calculation accuracy




- Solid experience in QE best practices and tools
- Experience in functional, non-functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing of Mainframe and front-end applications
- Hands on experience in test automation frameworks and tools like Tricentis Tosca, Cucumber, Selenium, Python
- Demonstrated understanding of Agile principles, DevOps, shift-left and in-sprint testing, CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jira/Confluence, qTest or equivalent Test Management tool
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and work collaboratively with cross functional team members to analyze and resolve issues
- Strong communications skills, able to convey complex technical concepts to business partners
- High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, quick learner and autonomous

Preferred Skills

- Insurance domain knowledge and finance/accounting a plus
- Experience with SQL queries, MongoDB, DB2, IMS
- Familiarity with Java, Python, C# or other programming languages
- Knowledge in BDD, TDD testing framework
- Demonstrated use in prompt engineering in generative AI chatbots and agentic AI for testing
- Enhanced Reliability Clearance is a plus

What's in it for you?

- A competitive salary and bonus program, based on market scale
- A versatile group insurance program starting on your first day of work to meet your needs and those of your family.
- Our Share Ownership Program gives you the opportunity to invest in Sun Life while benefiting from employer matching contributions.
- We are proud to be included in Great Place to Work's 2026 list of Canada's Best Workplaces.

Rôle

L'équipe Services d'opérations et ingénierie de la qualité des applications (SOIQA) fait partie des Opérations numériques et solutions technologiques, une

📌 Software Quality Engineering Specialist (London)
🏢 SunLife
📍 London