Job Description
: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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