Lead Software Engineer (JAVA, API) (Toronto)

Lead Software Engineer (JAVA, API) (Toronto)

17 Sep
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Sun Life
|
Toronto

17 Sep

Sun Life

Toronto

Vous êtes aussi unique que votre parcours, votre expérience et votre point de vue. Ici, vous serez encouragé, habilité et défié à être à votre meilleur. Vous travaillerez avec des collègues dynamiques – des experts dans leurs domaines – qui sont désireux de partager leurs connaissances avec vous. Vos leaders vous inspireront et vous aideront à atteindre votre potentiel et à vous envoler vers de nouveaux horizons. Chaque jour, vous aurez de nouvelles et passionnantes occasions de rendre la vie plus brillante pour nos Clients – qui sont au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons.

Chez Sun Life, nous sommes guidés par notre Raison d'être : aider nos Clients à réaliser la sécurité financière à vie et à vivre une vie plus saine. Nos valeurs façonnent notre façon de travailler : bienveillance, authenticité, audace, inspiration et impact.

Quand vous vous joignez à Sun Life, vous travaillez avec des collègues passionnés et des leaders habilitants qui soutiennent votre croissance et célèbrent vos contributions, afin que vous puissiez faire une différence significative dans la vie de nos Clients.

Découvrez comment vous pouvez faire une différence dans la vie des personnes, des familles et des communautés du monde entier.

Description de poste:

Lead Software Engineer - Squad Tech Lead

Our teams are dedicated to supporting, enhancing and discovering new ways to help our clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives and connect with us. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to deliver best-in-class technology solutions for our digital clients.

We are currently seeking a Squad Tech Lead to provide technical design, development, support and analysis for large-scale applications and systems in a new agile team within the Canadian IT Platforms and Engineering team. This permanent role combines hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities. 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.

What will you do?

- Collaborate with skilled Agile team members to understand user needs and design, develop and deliver high quality web applications that meet those needs
- Configure and design applications and workflows, using outside the box thinking, to create creative ways to advance our client first strategy
- Lead AI-assisted development practices, leveraging GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools to accelerate development velocity and improve code quality
- Design, develop, and integrate AI agents and conversational interfaces to enhance application capabilities and deliver intelligent automation solutions
- Champion secure coding practices and lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and remediate application security vulnerabilities using SAST/DAST tools




- Conduct security code reviews and ensure compliance with security standards and best practices throughout the development lifecycle
- Coach, mentor and collaborate with members of the design and development team
- Provide technical direction and guidance to projects, ensuring risks are mitigated and projects are implemented successfully
- Establish coding standards and technical best practices across the squad
- Conduct code reviews and mentor team members on technical excellence
- Support developers in removing technical blockers and guide technical implementation of user stories and features
- Communicate technical risks, dependencies, and constraints to stakeholders
- Participate in planning and refinement sessions with technical perspective and collaborate with Product Owner on technical feasibility and estimates
- Drive quality standards and testing practices; identify technical debt and propose solutions
- Monitor system performance and reliability and champion continuous improvement initiatives
- Contribute to defining timelines and plans; analyze and estimate feasibility, cost, time and scope
- Ensure coding, testing, debugging, and implementation activities are completed as required
- Participate in agile ceremonies and support on-call and incident response when needed
- Represent the squad's technical interests in cross-squad discussions and collaborate with other Tech Leads across squads for consistency

What you need to succeed ?

- Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring teams of developers
- Proven experience with AI-assisted development tools, particularly GitHub Copilot, and ability to train teams on effective AI pair programming techniques
- Hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying AI agents using agent orchestration platforms
- Working knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and integrating AI APIs
- Experience building conversational interfaces, chatbots, or intelligent automation solutions that enhance user experiences
- Good application security knowledge with demonstrated experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, authentication/authorization flaws)
- Hands-on experience with security scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk, Veracode) and implementing security fixes
- Understanding of secure SDLC practices, threat modeling, and security testing methodologies
- Expert-level knowledge of Java and Spring Boot
- Strong experience with Microservices and API Development
- Advanced understanding and hands-on experience with front-end development, particularly React and Web Accessibility




- Containerization experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Advanced overall understanding of Web applications and server technologies
- Working experience with middleware technologies, web and web hosting technologies
- Experience with Kafka
- Proficiency with SOAP/XML, REST/JSON
- Experience with Unit testing tools (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, RESTAssured)
- Hands-on experience using DevOps tools (BitBucket, CDD, Jenkins)
- Understanding of JavaScript and JQuery
- Ability and desire to lead with excellent communication skills

Special Requirements

- Periodic weekend/after-hours work may be required to support project implementations and system upgrades

What’s in it for you?

- We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work® , for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.

- Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial

- The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.

- As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office

L'étendue du salaire de base s'applique au lieu principal pour lequel l'emploi est affiché. Elle peut varier en fonction du lieu de travail du candidat retenu ou d'autres facteurs. En plus du salaire de base, les employés admissibles de Sun Life participent à divers régimes d'encouragement dont le paiement est discrétionnaire et assujetti au rendement individuel et à celui de l'entreprise. Certains rôles axés sur les ventes comportent des régimes d'encouragement à la vente basés sur les résultats des ventes individuelles ou de groupe.

La diversité et l'inclusion ont toujours été au cœur de nos valeurs chez Sun Life. Une main-d'œuvre diversifiée avec des perspectives variées et des idées créatives profite à nos Clients, aux communautés où nous opérons et à nous tous comme collègues. Nous accueillons les demandes de personnes qualifiées de tous les milieux.

Les personnes handicapées qui ont besoin d'accommodements dans le processus de demande ou celles qui ont besoin d'offres d'emploi dans un format différent peuvent envoyer une demande par courriel à [email protected] .

Nous sommes fiers d'être une organisation hybride qui offre à nos employés le choix et la flexibilité de travailler à la fois au bureau et virtuellement en fonction des besoins de l'entreprise, de nos Clients et de vous.

Nous pouvons utiliser l'intelligence artificielle pour soutenir la recherche de candidats, le filtrage et la planification des entrevues.

Nous remercions tous les candidats d'avoir manifesté de l'intérêt pour ce poste. Seuls les candidats sélectionnés pour une entrevue seront contactés.

Échelle salariale :

90,000/90 000 - 140,000/140 000

Catégorie d'emploi :

Développement d'applications - TI

Fin de l'affichage :

24/09/2026

📌 Lead Software Engineer (JAVA, API) (Toronto)
🏢 Sun Life
📍 Toronto

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