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Added 17 days ago
Quality Assurance Engineer
Paymentus
Richmond Hill, ON
$70,000 to $100,000 CAD / year
Full-time
At Paymentus, the QA Engineer plays a key role in quality assurance and control of our products, services, and team delivery. The QA Engineer combines quality assurance, engineering, and…
Added 17 days ago
Golang Developer – Cybersecurity / HashiCorp Vault
Triveni IT
Montreal, QC
Contract
…Kubernetes, cloud technologies, and security automation. The engineer will design new security features, build tooling and automation, improve platform resiliency, and contribute to the…
Added 17 days ago
Intermediate Software Developer
March Networks
Ottawa, ON
Full-time
AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect)
Added 12 days ago
Lead Software Engineer (JAVA, API)
Sun Life
Toronto, ON · Waterloo, ON · Sun Life Toronto One York
Full-time
Lead AI-assisted development practices, leveraging GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools to accelerate development velocity and improve code quality
Added 17 days ago
Intermediate DevOps Engineer
Univerus
Burnaby, BC
Full-time
The DevOps Engineer sits within the Asset business unit and owns how Asset products are built, released, and run. The role is not part of the central Platform Engineering team; it works…
Added 13 days ago
Agentic SDET I
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, ON
Full-time
DevOps proficiency in CI/CD, GitHub Actions, JIRA, and qTest, with experience integrating AI model evaluation into deployment pipelines.
Added 12 days ago
Intermediate / Senior Test Engineer
Netskrt Systems Inc.
BC
$90,000 to $120,000 CAD / year
Full-time
Netskrt is looking for a talented, results-driven Intermediate/Senior Test Engineer to join the Netskrt team. We are a highly motivated team dedicated to delivering products and services…
Added 13 days ago
Agentic SDET I
RBC
Toronto, ON
Full-time
DevOps proficiency in CI/CD, GitHub Actions, JIRA, and qTest, with experience integrating AI model evaluation into deployment pipelines.
Added 13 days ago
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Manulife
Toronto, ON · Waterloo, ON
Full-time
5+ years Full Stack Software Engineer experience
Added 17 days ago
Cloud Engineer
HCLTech
Canada
Full-time
Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitOps practices, and help modernize tooling (including migrating pipelines from Azure DevOps to GitHub).
Added 17 days ago
Azure Kubernetes (AKS) Engineer
J&M Group
Toronto, ON
Full-time
Build and maintain CICD pipelines for containerized workloads using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
Added 17 days ago
DevOps Enablement Engineer & AI Adoption Specialist
EPAM Systems
Canada
Full-time
Join our team to bridge high-scale cloud platforms with our developer community, driving adoption of modern DevOps tooling and AI-powered workflows like GitHub Copilot. You'll blend…
Added 18 days ago
DevOps Engineer - CI/CD & Cloud (Azure/AWS)
Ampstek
Toronto, ON
Contract
Role : DevOps Engineer - CI/CD & Cloud (Azure/AWS)
Added 13 days ago
AI/ML Engineer
Katalyst Data Management
Calgary, AB
Full-time
Join the dynamic and collaborative team at Katalyst Data Management (KDM)! KDM is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to support the operation, optimization, and reliability of the infrastructure…
Added 18 days ago
AI Platform Engineer
PeoplePilot
Halifax, NS
$120,000 CAD / year
Full-time
We are looking for an experienced AI Platform Engineer to support application teams with their DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and deployment needs within a Capital Markets environment.
Added 14 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Stream
Remote, Canada
Full-time · Remote
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help rebuild the platform underneath Stream. Over the next year the infrastructure team is moving from AWS to GCP, moving onto Kubernetes, and…
Added 19 days ago
Cloud & DevOps Specialist
Montrium Inc
Montreal, QC
Full-time
Join Montrium as a Cloud & DevOps Specialist and help operate, automate, and continuously improve the cloud capabilities that support our established Connect platform. In this role, you…
Added 15 days ago
Senior Security Specialist - Attack Path Management (Global Security)
Royal Bank of Canada
Vancouver, BC · Toronto, ON
Full-time
Operate and continuously tune BloodHound Enterprise to map identity attack paths across on-prem AD, Entra/Azure, AWS, GCP, DevOps (e.g., GitHub), and PAM platforms (and more!).
Added 15 days ago
Senior Security Specialist - Attack Path Management (Global Security)
RBC
Vancouver, BC · Toronto, ON
Full-time
Operate and continuously tune BloodHound Enterprise to map identity attack paths across on-prem AD, Entra/Azure, AWS, GCP, DevOps (e.g., GitHub), and PAM platforms (and more!).
Added 18 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
Pacer Group
Toronto, ON
$60 to $62 CAD / hour
Contract
Experience with CI/CD, GitHub, DevOps practices, automated testing, and production deployments.
Added 18 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
TekRek
Canada
Full-time
Experience implementing CI/CD for Databricks workloads using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI, with the communication skills to present technical solutions directly…
Added 21 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
RBC
Vancouver, BC
Full-time
Demonstrable experience with DevOps tools/technologies, including continuous integration/delivery tools and technologies such as GitHub, Jenkins, Synk, JIRA, Confluence, Airflow
Added 21 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
RBC
Vancouver, BC
Full-time
Demonstrable experience with DevOps tools/technologies, including continuous integration/delivery tools and technologies such as GitHub, Jenkins, Synk, JIRA, Confluence, Airflow
Added 20 days ago
Lead Data and AI Quality Engineer
RBC
Toronto, ON
Full-time
Solid understanding of DevOps practices and containerization
Added 18 days ago
Staff Data Platform Engineer - Snowflake
RBC
Toronto, ON
Full-time
CI/CD & DevOps: Experience with GitHub Actions (or similar), container-based deployments (Docker, OpenShift/Kubernetes), progressive delivery strategies, and security scanning (SAST, SCA,…

Sun Life

Lead Software Engineer (JAVA, API)

Toronto, ON, Canada
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Sun Life Toronto One York, Canada

Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Sep 25, 2026
Experience: Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 9, 2026

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Original job description

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.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Lead Software Engineer - Squad Tech Lead

Our teams are dedicated to supporting, enhancing and discovering new ways to help our clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives and connect with us. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to deliver best-in-class technology solutions for our digital clients.

We are currently seeking a Squad Tech Lead to provide technical design, development, support and analysis for large-scale applications and systems in a new agile team within the Canadian IT Platforms and Engineering team. This permanent role combines hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities. The successful candidate is a team player with excellent technical and problem-solving skills, is aware of industry trends, questions the status quo and can identify and propose alternatives. Come join us as we continue to intensify the focus on our digital journey, building APIs and improving our client experience.

What will you do?

Collaborate with skilled Agile team members to understand user needs and design, develop and deliver high quality web applications that meet those needs
Configure and design applications and workflows, using outside the box thinking, to create innovative ways to advance our client first strategy
Lead AI-assisted development practices, leveraging GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools to accelerate development velocity and improve code quality
Design, develop, and integrate AI agents and conversational interfaces to enhance application capabilities and deliver intelligent automation solutions
Champion secure coding practices and lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and remediate application security vulnerabilities using SAST/DAST tools
Conduct security code reviews and ensure compliance with security standards and best practices throughout the development lifecycle
Coach, mentor and collaborate with members of the design and development team
Provide technical direction and guidance to projects, ensuring risks are mitigated and projects are implemented successfully
Establish coding standards and technical best practices across the squad
Conduct code reviews and mentor team members on technical excellence
Support developers in removing technical blockers and guide technical implementation of user stories and features
Communicate technical risks, dependencies, and constraints to stakeholders
Participate in planning and refinement sessions with technical perspective and collaborate with Product Owner on technical feasibility and estimates
Drive quality standards and testing practices; identify technical debt and propose solutions
Monitor system performance and reliability and champion continuous improvement initiatives
Contribute to defining timelines and plans; analyze and estimate feasibility, cost, time and scope
Ensure coding, testing, debugging, and implementation activities are completed as required
Participate in agile ceremonies and support on-call and incident response when needed
Represent the squad's technical interests in cross-squad discussions and collaborate with other Tech Leads across squads for consistency

What you need to succeed ?

Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring teams of developers
Proven experience with AI-assisted development tools, particularly GitHub Copilot, and ability to train teams on effective AI pair programming techniques
Hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying AI agents using agent orchestration platforms
Working knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and integrating AI APIs
Experience building conversational interfaces, chatbots, or intelligent automation solutions that enhance user experiences
Good application security knowledge with demonstrated experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, authentication/authorization flaws)
Hands-on experience with security scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk, Veracode) and implementing security fixes
Understanding of secure SDLC practices, threat modeling, and security testing methodologies
Expert-level knowledge of Java and Spring Boot
Strong experience with Microservices and API Development
Advanced understanding and hands-on experience with front-end development, particularly React and Web Accessibility
Containerization experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Advanced overall understanding of Web applications and server technologies
Working experience with middleware technologies, web and web hosting technologies
Experience with Kafka
Proficiency with SOAP/XML, REST/JSON
Experience with Unit testing tools (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, RESTAssured)
Hands-on experience using DevOps tools (BitBucket, CDD, Jenkins)
Understanding of JavaScript and JQuery
Ability and desire to lead with excellent communication skills

Special Requirements

Periodic weekend/after-hours work may be required to support project implementations and system upgrades

What’s in it for you?

We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.
Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office

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 factors. In 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 [email protected].

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.

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:

90,000/90 000 - 140,000/140 000

Job Category:

IT - Application Development

Posting End Date:

24/09/2026

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Responsibilities

The Squad Tech Lead will provide technical design, development, and analysis for large-scale applications while leading AI-assisted development practices. They will also mentor team members, ensure secure coding standards, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality digital solutions.

Requirements

Candidates must have 8 to 10 years of progressive IT experience with a strong background in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. Proficiency in AI-assisted development tools, application security, and leading technical teams is essential for this role.

Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Microservices
API Development
React
GitHub Copilot
AI Agents
Large Language Models
Docker
Kubernetes
Kafka
SQL
Web Accessibility
DevOps
Agile
Security Code Review

Benefits

Wellness programs
Mental health support
Physical health support
Financial health support
Career development opportunities
Networking opportunities

Visa sponsorship

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Keywords

Java
Spring Boot
Microservices
API
React
GitHub Copilot
AI Agents
LLM
Docker
Kubernetes
Kafka
DevOps
Agile
OWASP
SonarQube
Checkmarx
Snyk
Veracode
Web Accessibility
REST
SOAP
JUnit
Mockito
JavaScript
JQuery
Technical Leadership
Software Engineering
System Integration
Secure SDLC
Cloud

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