Software Engineering Manager

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:

We are currently seeking a Software Engineering Manager to manage a team of highly skilled and collaborative individuals across multiple geographies, to deliver on our Canadian digital strategy. This position will report to the Software Engineering Director for Canadian IT.

 

What you will do?

As a servant leader, manage structure and people within a team of Front End and Full Stack Developers

• Coach and mentor staff to develop a high performing, highly motivated and engaged team of professionals.
• Effectively hire and retain talent (full-time, offshore, third-party), with a long-term resourcing focus.
• Monitor and evaluate performance by providing timely and regular feedback on personal and team goals.
• Track and monitor financial information for key activities, as required.
• Develop and manage organizational expertise within the software engineering discipline.
• Work with delivery partners to evolve roadmaps with expected outcome.
• Guide and assist with technical and process initiatives to deliver on our client purpose.
• Collaborate with peers to define and evolve standards and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with those standards and best practices, including Web Accessibility WCAG 2.1.
• Develop and manage capabilities of team members through coaching, training, and mentoring
• Ensure teams have the necessary equipment and tools to successfully meet commitments
• Promote a learning environment to develop team member skills, aligning with industry trends and organization goals.

What you will need to succeed?

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Management – recruitment and selection, onboarding, coaching, performance management and development.
• Demonstrated management and expertise with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies in a distributed development environment.
• Software design knowledge and experience with application, data, security and infrastructure is a bonus.
• Strong technical and business acumen.
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position reports to a unilingual English-speaking manager outside Quebec.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and bonus structure.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security.
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement.
• Flexible hours and work from home options.

Travel may occasionally be required to Montreal, Toronto and/or Waterloo.

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:

100,000/100 000 - 143,000/143 000

Job Category:

IT - Application Development

Posting End Date:

30/10/2026