Senior Java Design Engineer

Description:

We’re in the 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 in 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.

The position can be located at the Sun Life office in Downtown Toronto, North York, or Waterloo, depending on where a suitable candidate is found.

What will you do?

Reporting to the Director, API Platform Engineering, the Solution Design Engineer is responsible for 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.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participate in the design, development, deployment, and rollout of components involved 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 provide effective solutions to resolve the same.
• Develop an understanding of project best practices around continuous integration and delivery.