Engineering Manager

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

You are as unique as your background experience and point of view. Here youll be encouraged empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day youll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

The Role

Prospris Sun Lifes digital front door for Canadians startup velocity inside a Fortune 500.Wererevolutionizing how Canadians access insurance and wealth solutions by building a platform that lets people buy products the way they want to: online in minutes orvirtually viaa team of trusted licensed Advisors.

Werenot playing it safe.Werebuilding with AI and creating omnichannel experiencesat the speed customers now expect.Youleadthe squad. Yourteams success is your success.

As Engineering Manageryoureaccountable for a single squads delivery people development and execution quality. You balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership. You translate product requirements into executable work own sprint commitments and ensure your squad is healthy productive and shipping at startup velocity.

Youreaccountable for how work gets donesprint execution code quality team health and delivery commitments.Youllleadthesquad working closely with Product Directors to drive business outcomes.

Please note : For candidates with these preferred skills exceptions beyond the usual salary range below may be possible.

What Youll Do

Lead sprint execution and delivery commitmentswith full accountability

Translate product requirementsinto clear executable engineering work

Directly manage developershiringown their performance growth engagement and career development

Enforce engineering standards and code qualitywithin your squad

Stay technically credibleyou code when needed and lead technical discussions

Build andmaintaina healthy squad culturealigned with Accelerator principles

Remove blockers and manage dependencieswith other squads enterprise teams and vendors

Own day-to-day delivery coordinationwith Product Design and other squads

Balance technical debt with feature deliveryyou make the trade-offs

Operate with startup velocityfast iterations continuous deployment data-driven decisions

What Success Looks Like

Your squad delivers predictably and at high velocity. Engineers are growing and engaged. Code quality is consistently high. The team collaborates well. Product and stakeholders trust yourcommitments.Youreshipping features that drive business outcomeslead conversion advisor productivity straight-through processing rates.

Who You Are

Experienced engineer ready to lead peopleor current EngineeringManagerfrom a product-focused tech company

Startup mindsetyou know how to ship fast and iterate based on data

Comfortable balancing hands-on technical work with management

Strong at sprint planning estimation and executionin an Agile environment

Comfortablehaving tough conversationsabout performance growth and accountability

Detail-oriented without losing sight of business outcomes

Able to context-switchbetween code reviews 1:1s and stakeholder management

Protective of your teams time and focuswhilemaintaininghigh throughput

What You Bring

7 years of professional software engineering experience including 2 years in an Engineering Manager (or equivalent team leadership) role.

Experience leading a single squad/team end-to-end (delivery quality reliability and team health) with clear examples of outcomes.

Hands onexpertisewith Java React Salesforce and enterprise integrations

Demonstrated ability to run team-level execution rituals (planning sprint/flow management dependencies release coordination) and improve delivery predictability.

Experience hiring onboarding and developing engineers (coaching feedback performance conversations)

Technical credibility to guide design and implementation: comfortable with architecture discussions code/design reviews and raising the engineering quality bar.

Proven partnership with Product and Design to shape scope manage trade-offs and communicate progress/risks clearly.

Why This Role

High-Impact Work: Build products that directly shape Sun Lifes future with your code reaching real users quickly

Leadership Opportunity: Lead technical direction mentor others and shape the engineering culture of a growing team

Autonomy and Ownership: Make decisions drive solutions and see the direct impact of your work

Learn and Grow Fast: Exposure tonew technologies business problems and the full product lifecycle in a compressedtimeframe

Collaborative Innovative Culture: Work with passionate talented people who move fast and support eachother.

Flexible Workstyle: In office 2-3days per week hybrid the rest of the week

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other addition to Base Pay eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity 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 .

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing screening interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range:

90000/90 000 - 140000/140 000

Job Category:

IT - Application Development

Posting End Date:

19/04/2026

Required Experience:

Manager