Senior Java Design Engineer

Senior Java Design Engineer

Locations: Waterloo, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; North York, Ontario

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: Posted Today

Job Requisition ID: JR00103078

You are as unique as your background, experience, and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self. You'll 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, you'll 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.

Role Summary
We’re in need of an eager, self-motivated developer who is ready to use their education as a foundation to grow their skills into something more special. This role sits at the forefront of innovation at Sun Life and is focused on delivering APIs to market in a way no other insurer in Canada is doing it. You will be a developer and a key member of the team defining the next generation of delivery for the insurance industry.

What will you do?
Reporting to the Director, API Platform Engineering, the Solution Design Engineer is responsible for the design, development, deployment, and implementation of the Enterprise Event Hub Components.

The individual in this role will grow their own skill set by working very closely with a team of cutting-edge software engineers to introduce new innovations to Sun Life.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in the design, development, deployment, and rollout of components involved in our Enterprise Event Hub Platforms, on-premise and cloud.
• Participate in the construction, maintenance, and continuous improvement of core infrastructure that underlies event-driven development including Kafka Connect, Schema, logging, exception handling, etc.
• Utilizing the API Platform CI/CD Pipeline for event hub lifecycle.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for the Change Data Capture solution, including architecture diagrams, configuration guides, and troubleshooting steps.
• Continuously identify and implement enhancements to improve the scalability and performance of the CDC solution.
• Identifying defects in the platform modules, debugging issues being faced, and providing effective solutions to resolve the same.
• Develop an understanding of project best practices around continuous integration and delivery.

What will you need to succeed?

Must Have:

• 8+ years of experience with programming in Java.
• Work experience in REST APIs and Event Driven Solutions.
• Work experience in DevOps, Kubernetes, and AWS Cloud.
• Understanding of APIs, Event Driven Solutions, DevOps, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud.
• Self-starter with tenacious inquisitiveness and a desire to learn who will proactively find and explore solutions and provide recommendations.
• Exposure to modern event-based architectures and patterns (event sourcing, choreography-based SAGA Pattern).

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Apache or Confluent Kafka.
• Previous experience with programming in Python and/or JavaScript.
• Experience with scripting languages to automate operations tasks.
• Knowledge of solution development in AWS Serverless environment working with AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway.
• Awareness of how to deploy components on Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD solutions (like Jenkins, Groovy, CDD Continuous Delivery Director).
• Proficiency in building and deploying solutions with frameworks like Spring Boot, including secure coding practices, load-testing, and performance optimization.
• Awareness of modern event-based architectures and patterns (event sourcing, choreography-based SAGA Pattern).
• Exposure to building solutions using Apache Kafka or the Confluent Platform.
• Awareness of Financial Services and Insurance.

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to establish and maintain a good team environment, develop a culture of innovation, collaboration within the team.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills, a positive attitude coupled with the self-awareness to seek help when needed.
• Ability to effectively communicate both internally and externally.
• Mature, confident, and performance-oriented.
• Capable of developing strong relationships with peers.
• An excellent communicator, team player, and someone who is intellectually honest.
• Ability to adapt thinking and response to the geographic differences across our global operations.

What's in it for you?

• Augmenting your current studies with real and practical application of what you have learned to date.
• Working with one of the most cutting-edge and innovative teams within Sun Life.
• Being part of our journey in developing the next greatest digital experience.
• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2024 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work Canada.
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial.
• As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office.

Salary Range: 84,000 - 138,000

Job Category: IT - Application Development

Posting End Date: 24/10/2024