Senior Specialist Development Full Stack
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:
Senior Platform/Product Engineer
Position Overview
Were seeking a passionate Senior Platform/Product Engineer dedicated to elevating
developer experiences and empowering engineering teams across Sun Life.
Must-Have Skills
Core Technical Expertise
7 years of production-level software development experience
Strong backend development proficiency:
o (required)
o TypeScript (required)
o Java (required)
Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines automation and modern DevOps
patterns
Ability to write clean efficient code and automation across the full software
lifecycle
Design code test debug and document software solutions that meet business
needs
Collaboration & Communication
Strong communication skills to gather requirements from Sun Life communities
and articulate platform vision
Proven ability to partner with domain SMEs (Delivery Teams Software
Engineers Security Cloud/Infrastructure teams)
Problem-solving mindset with a focus on analyzing designing and delivering
powerful features
Nice-to-Have Skills
DevOps & Infrastructure
Full DevOps tooling expertise:
o Git (Bitbucket/GitHub)
o Jenkins
o Ansible
AWS cloud experience
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Security stack familiarity (SonarQube Snyk Checkmarx)
Developer Experience Platforms (highly appealing but not mandatory)
framework experience
Internal Developer Portal development or customization
Building/integrating internal platforms
Backstage plugin development using TypeScript (React a bonus)
Frontend Development (Bonus)
JavaScript/ experience
UI/UX sensibilities
Additional Skills
RESTful API design and implementation
Markdown/MkDocs documentation
Agile practises
What Makes You Stand Out
Passion for improving developer experience and making engineers more
productive
History of building or contributing to internal developer platforms
Experience enhancing developer tooling and workflows
Broad understanding of DevOps tools and cloud software delivery processes
What Youll Do
Enhance developer experiences through innovative platform solutions
Build and maintain tools that streamline software delivery
Collaborate across teams to understand needs and deliver impactful capabilities
Drive adoption of best practices and modern development patterns
Contribute to the evolution of Sun Lifes engineering ecosystem
Job Category:
IT - Digital DevelopmentPosting End Date:
16/04/2026Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Sun Life is a financial services company providing financial planning, life insurance, health insurance, investments and more.