About the role#
This is a full-time internship for Winter 2027 within our Corporate IT team. You will work as a software engineer to build scalable, secure services while embedding security practices into the development lifecycle. You will join a cross-functional Agile Scrum team to support our enterprise cloud, API, and DevOps environments.
What you'll do#
- Contribute to the development, testing, and deployment of APIs.
- Assist in gathering functional requirements and developing technical specifications.
- Work within an Agile pod to enable ML, AI, and Gen AI use cases.
- Build core data and analytics platforms, applications, and self-service capabilities.
- Apply secure software development practices when coding and testing applications.
- Support security control testing by documenting results and identifying gaps.
- Align solutions with industry frameworks like NIST.
- Research emerging security technologies and evaluate new tools or engineering approaches.
- Maintain system and project documentation.
- Learn new technologies related to Gen AI, data integration, and warehousing.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
- Graduation date of April 2027 or later.
- Strong coding, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of an object-oriented language like C# or Java.
- Familiarity with Python.NET Core, or Java Springboot.
- Experience with SQL for relational or NoSQL databases.
- Demonstrated interest in cybersecurity and secure software engineering.
- Understanding of application, API, cloud, or DevOps security risks.
- Familiarity with security testing, vulnerability management, or threat modelling is an asset.
- Enthusiasm, professionalism, and a willingness to learn new technologies.
- Must obtain Reliability Status Clearance, which includes a law enforcement inquiry and credit check.
Location & details#
- This role is based in Toronto, Ontario.
- Work modality options include remote, on-site, or hybrid. Remote or hybrid work must be performed within the province of Ontario.
- This is a paid, full-time 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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