IT Engineer Summer Intern
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:
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Digital IT Engineer Summer Intern to join our application development team. This role combines hands-on application development workflow automation and enterprise system integration in a fast-paced technology environment. You will gain real-world experience building internal and client-facing solutions that streamline business processes moving beyond general support to drive technical innovation.
What the Role Entails
- Application Development: Participate in the development of digital applications and automation platforms supporting initiatives that enhance the insurance customer experience.
- Application Development: Participate in the development of digital applications and automation platforms supporting initiatives that enhance the insurance customer experience.
- System Integration: Assist in integrating enterprise systems and APIs to enable automated digital workflows and system-to-system interactions.
- Engineering Excellence: Contribute to testing CI/CD pipelines and performance optimization for platforms and services to ensure production-grade reliability.
Who We Are Looking For
- Academic Background: Undergraduate or Masters students majoring in Computer Science Information Systems IT or related technical disciplines.
- Technical Aptitude: Proficiency in at least one backend programming language or technology stack such as Python or Java.
- Modern Tooling: Eager to learn and apply modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React) and familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL) and Git-based development workflows.
- Motivation: Strong interest in application development and process optimization with a motivation to apply technology to solve complex business problems.
- Mindset: Ability to work on real production systems and collaborate effectively within a professional IT environment.
Why Join Us
- Production Exposure: Hands-on exposure to enterprise-scale IT systems and applicationsyou will work on real projects not toy assignments.
- Technical Growth: A strong learning curve across application engineering automation and modern cloud-native toolchains.
- Mentorship: Opportunity to collaborate with and learn from senior engineering leaders in a leading multinational insurance environment.
Job Category:
Temporary EmployeePosting End Date:
29/06/2026Required Experience:
Intern
About Company
Sun Life is a financial services company providing financial planning, life insurance, health insurance, investments and more.