Lead AEM Software Engineer

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.

Job Description:

Digital Solutions is a team of skilled professionals who dedicate their careers to accelerating the growth of Sun Life’s digital platforms through technology-based solutions. We focus on looking for and seizing opportunities to leverage data in new ways as we continue to help our Clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives and connect with us. Come join us as we continue to intensify the focus on our digital journey, helping our clients and transforming our business in exciting ways!

We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer, proficient with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.5), to provide technical design, development, support and evaluation for large-scale Content management applications and systems. 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.

What will you do?

• Hands on development building enterprise applications using AEM 6.5 this will include developing templates, and components
• Hands on AEM 6.5 sites configuration and set-up
• Fine tuning AEM 6.5 site performance and responsiveness
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and direction to the design and development project team
• Provide technical guidance to projects ensuring risks are mitigated and projects are implemented successfully
• Contribute to defining timelines and plans; research and estimate feasibility, cost, time and scope
• Ensure coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities are completed as required

What do you need to succeed?

• 3+ years experience developing applications with AEM 6.5
• 3+ years experience with AEM 6.5 building blocks including templates, components, dialogs, widgets and bundles.
• Hands on development building OSGi services for systems integration, workflow, and batch processing
• Experience with Adobe’s latest maven archetype for building AEM projects - NPM, specifically webpack (https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack) to allow for the use of Sass for compiled css files (https://sass-lang.com/) a definite bonus to have.
• 5+ years of Web application development experience including REST, Java, J2EE, Javascript, jQuery, Bootstrap, AJAX, JSON, HTML5, CSS3
• 3+ years experience with Unix/Linux, web and web hosting technologies
• 3+ years experience using DevOps tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, BitBucket, Maven, CDD/Ansible) and also Adobe Cloud Manager

Preferred skills:

• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to align to changing priorities
• Adaptable to working on teams delivering in a Waterfall or agile style
• Customer obsession - customers are at the centre of all we do
• Self-directed and proactive
• Coaching and mentoring skills to help strengthen your team

Additional Notes:

• Periodic weekend/after-hours work may be required to support project implementations and system upgrades.
• Occasional travel between Sun Life locations (Toronto, Waterloo) may be required depending on work assignment
• You must be eligible for the enhanced reliability clearance

What’s in it for you:

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
• Great Place to Work® award for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork
• 2022 Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work
• 2021 Flexible hybrid work model including in-country work-from-home if you prefer.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security.

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.

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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