Senior API Platform Solutions Design 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\u2019ll work with dynamic colleagues who are experts in their fields and 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\u2019ll 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.

What will you do?

Reporting to the Director, API Platform Adoption, the Solution Design Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying and implementing the existing change data capture solution (CDC) to ensure real-time data replication, designing and implementing automation features, consulting with business delivery teams, and contributing to the design of delivery solutions. The role works closely with the Enterprise Architects (across domains and platforms), platform engineers, enterprise event hub engineers, operations team and the governance team. A key function of this role involves establishing and maintaining strong relationships with global business delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, deployment and rollout of enhancements on the API Platform, both in the cloud and on premise.
• Participate in the design of delivery solutions, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
• Design and implement automation features to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Consult on API standards and best practices with business delivery teams, including REST API practices.
• Leverage the construction, maintenance and continuous improvement of core infrastructure underlying platform development, including a gateway / service-mesh, runtimes, security, logging and exception handling.
• Utilize CI / CD pipelines for API platform enhancements.
• Identify defects in platform modules, debug issues and provide effective solutions.
• Participate in designing, running and interpreting performance and load-testing processes and implement required optimizations.
• Mentor and coach team members on build and deployment best practices.
• Ensure projects follow best practices around continuous integration and delivery.
• Work with business and technology partners to implement new technologies that support API governance and standardization across Sun Life.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for the CDC solution, including architecture diagrams, configuration guides and troubleshooting steps.
• Continuously identify and implement enhancements to improve the scalability and performance of the CDC solution.

What will you need to succeed?

Must Have

Competencies

What\u2019s 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, discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Some sales roles have sales incentive plans based on 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 flexibility to work from both the office and virtually, depending on business needs. Several work options are available and can be discussed during the selection process. We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, and scheduling. We thank all applicants for their 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 - Technology Services

Posting End Date : 19 / 02 / 2026

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