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.
The Role
Prospris Sun Life's digital front door for Canadians — startup velocity inside a Fortune 500.We'rerevolutionizing how Canadians access insurance and wealth solutions by building a platform that lets people buy products the way they want to: online in minutes orvirtually viaa team of trusted, licensed Advisors.
We'renot playing it safe.We'rebuilding with AI and creating omnichannel experiences — at the speed customers now expect. Youleadthe squad. Yourteam's success is your success.
As Engineering Manager,you'reaccountable for a single squad's delivery, people development, and execution quality. You balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership. You translate product requirements into executable work, own sprint commitments, and ensure your squad is healthy, productive, and shipping at startup velocity.
You'reaccountable for how work gets done—sprint execution, code quality, team health, and delivery commitments.You'llleadthesquad, working closely with Product Directors to drive business outcomes.
What You'll Do
Lead sprint execution and delivery commitmentswith full accountability
Translate product requirementsinto clear, executable engineering work
Directly manage developers—hiring,own their performance, growth, engagement, and career development
Enforce engineering standards and code qualitywithin your squad
Stay technically credible—you code when needed and lead technical discussions
Build andmaintaina healthy squad culturealigned with Accelerator principles
Remove blockers and manage dependencieswith other squads, enterprise teams, and vendors
Own day-to-day delivery coordinationwith Product, Design, and other squads
Balance technical debt with feature delivery—you make the trade-offs
Operate with startup velocity—fast iterations, continuous deployment, data-driven decisions
What Success Looks Like
Your squad delivers predictably and at high velocity. Engineers are growing and engaged. Code quality is consistently high. The team collaborates well. Product and stakeholders trust yourcommitments.You'reshipping features that drive business outcomes—lead conversion, advisor productivity, straight-through processing rates.
Who You Are
Experienced engineer ready to lead peopleor current EngineeringManagerfrom a product-focused tech company
Startup mindset—you know how to ship fast and iterate based on data
Comfortable balancing hands-on technical work with management
Strong at sprint planning, estimation, and executionin an Agile environment
Comfortablehaving tough conversationsabout performance, growth, and accountability
Detail-oriented without losing sight of business outcomes
Able to context-switchbetween code reviews, 1:1s, and stakeholder management
Protective of your team's time and focuswhile maintaininghigh throughput
What You Bring
7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in an Engineering Manager (or equivalent team leadership) role.
Experience leading a single squad/team end-to-end (delivery, quality, reliability, and team health), with clear examples of outcomes.
Hands-onexpertisewith Java, React (or other similar modern Javascript) and enterprise integrations. Experience with Salesforce is an asset.
Demonstrated ability to run team-level execution rituals (planning, sprint/flow management, dependencies, release coordination) and improve delivery predictability.
Experience hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers (coaching, feedback, performance conversations)
Technical credibility to guide design and implementation: comfortable with architecture discussions, code/design reviews, and raising the engineering quality bar.
Proven partnership with Product and Design to shape scope, manage trade-offs, and communicate progress/risks clearly.
Why This Role
High-Impact Work: Build products that directly shape Sun Life's future, with your code reaching real users quickly
Leadership Opportunity: Lead technical direction, mentor others, and shape the engineering culture of a growing team
Autonomy and Ownership: Make decisions, drive solutions, and see the direct impact of your work
Learn and Grow Fast: Exposure tonew technologies, business problems, and the full product lifecycle in a compressedtimeframe
Collaborative, Innovative Culture: Work with passionate, talented people who move fast and support eachother.
Flexible Workstyle: In office 2-3days per week, hybrid the rest of the week
What’s in it for you?
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 thebrightside@sunlife.com
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! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
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:
07/06/2026
Sun Life is a leading financial services organization dedicated to helping people achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
We provide a wide range of insurance and investment products and services in key markets around the world including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia. At Sun Life, we have more than 34,000 employees and 112,900 advisors worldwide.
Websites:
Canada www.sunlife.ca/en/
US www.sunlife.com/us/en/
Vietnam www.sunlife.com.vn
Hong Kong www.sunlife.com.hk
Indonesia www.sunlife.co.id
Malaysia www.sunlife.com.my
Philippines www.sunlife.com.ph
