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Engineering Manager

Job in Toronto, Ontario, M5A, Canada
Listing for: Sun Life
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-20
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Project Mgr/ Lead
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job Description

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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 commitments
    with full accountability

  • Translate product requirements
    into clear, executable engineering work

  • Directly manage developers
    —hiring,own their performance, growth, engagement, and career development

  • Enforce engineering standards and code quality
    within your squad

  • Stay technically credible
    —you code when needed and lead technical discussions

  • Build andmaintaina healthy squad culture
    aligned with Accelerator principles

  • Remove blockers and manage dependencies
    with other squads, enterprise teams, and vendors

  • Own day-to-day delivery coordination
    with 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 people
    or current E
    ngineeringManager
    from 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 execution
    in an Agile environment

  • Comfortablehaving tough conversations
    about performance, growth, and accountability

  • Detail-oriented without losing sight of business outcomes

  • Able to context-switch
    between code reviews, 1:1s, and stakeholder management

  • Protective of your team's time and focus
    whilemaintaininghigh 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…

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