About the role#
We are looking for a software engineering student to join our Data Engineering team for the Winter 2027 term. You will help provide data and analytics capabilities to our business. This position is full-time and operates in a hybrid format.
What you'll do#
- Collaborate within an Agile squad to build core data and analytics platforms, applications, and self-service capabilities.
- Develop data pipelines that integrate various sources to enable analytics in our Cloud environment.
- Work with data science partners and AWS service partners to deliver integration and delivery pipelines.
- Operate in a Shift-Left testing environment.
- Enhance the supportability of our services by creating documentation, monitoring and alert systems, and centralized logging.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Technology, or a related field.
- Experience with AWS services like S3, Lambda, and Glue.
- Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn Git, Bitbucket, and Python.
- Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Artifactory.
- Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn SQL databases like Postgres.
- Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn Large Language Models and ML pipelines in AWS.
- Interest in microservice architectures.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn Agile methodologies like Kanban or Scrum.
Location & details#
- Locations: Toronto, Ontario and Waterloo, Ontario.
- Term: Winter 2027.
- Employment Type: Full-time.
- Compensation: This is a paid position.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a financial services organization founded in 1865. It provides insurance and investment products to clients across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The company is based in Toronto and maintains a global workforce of more than 38,000 employees. It operates as a public company.
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