Job Description Prospr is Sun Life's digital front door for Canadians — startup velocity inside a Fortune 500. We're revolutionizing how Canadians access insurance and wealth solutions by building a platform that lets people buy products the way they want to: online in minutes or virtually via a team of trusted, licensed Advisors.We move fast. We test ideas in production. We use AI to cut friction and ship the experience customers expect.The Role You are the fixer. The unblocker. The engineer people pull in when things get messy.As Staff Engineer on Prospr you take on the hardest problems and get them shipped. You turn fuzzy ideas into working software. You bridge architecture and production. You set the bar for quality and pace across squads by prototyping fast, diagnosing incidents, managing technical debt and making tough calls.What You’ll DoShip fast with guardrails that keep quality high, tech debt low, and systems upDesign the path for big bets and land them in productionAdvise Engineering and Product leaders with options trade‑offs and recommendationsCollaborate with Architects—make sure designs actually work in production, not just on whiteboardsRapid prototyping—validate approaches before squads commit sprint cyclesCoach senior engineers and raise the bar across the teamUnblock squads—when they're stuck on hard problems (security, integrations, performance, architecture)Influence technical direction to cut rework,



speed up decisions and keep releases movingBridge architecture and reality—ensure designs survive contact with productionWhat Success Looks Like Teams ship faster because you kill friction. Big bets land because you prove the approach early. Engineers level up because you coach in the trenches. Leaders trust you to make the call when it is noisy.Who You AreSenior engineer from a tech startup or digital product companyDeep technical expert who can jump across backend, frontend, integrations, data and AI and keep learningHands‑on builder who can whip up prototypes and debug production systemsStrong technical communicator who can explain complex concepts to Product, Architects, and leadershipComfortable with ambiguity and able to turn emerging requirements into shippable plansStartup mindset you ship fast without breaking the basicsComfortable influencing without authorityContinuous learner in an ever‑changing technology landscapeWhat You Bring8+ years of professional software engineering experience with senior level ownership and cross team influenceHands on expertise with Java, React, Salesforce, and enterprise integrationsTechnical breadth and credibility to challenge architecture, guide technical strategy and set standards for quality,



reliability and maintainabilityProven success owning end‑to‑end delivery for customer‑facing digital products from planning to build to release to operate with measurable outcomesExperience setting and running an engineering operating cadence across prioritization, planning, execution, dependencies, quality and incident learningsExperience partnering with Product, Design, and senior stakeholders to navigate trade‑offs, risk and timelines in a complex environmentStrong track record developing talent through mentoring, pairing and raising the technical bar across squadsWhy This RoleHigh‑Impact Work: Build products that directly shape Sun Life's future, with your code reaching real users quicklyLeadership Opportunity: Lead technical direction, mentor others, and shape the engineering culture of a growing teamLearn and Grow Fast: Exposure to new technologies, business problems, and the full product lifecycle in a compressed timeframeCollaborative, Innovative Culture: Work with passionate, talented people who move rapid and support each otherFlexible Workstyle: In office 2‑3 days per week, hybrid the rest of the weekSalary Range:125,000 – 195,000Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e‑mail a request to #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Staff Engineer - C$125,000 - C$195,000 A Year (Toronto)
🏢 Sun Life
📍 Toronto