Specialist Development

One-line objective / purpose

Senior platform/product engineer required with a passion for making other engineers better and enhancing developer experiences.

Must‑have skills

• A broad understanding of DevOps tools, application and cloud software delivery and processes.
• Ability to write clean, efficient code and automation across the full lifecycle
• Design, code, test, debug, and document software, and enhance existing components to ensure that software meets business needs.
• Strong communication skills are needed to both gather requirements from the Sun Life communities and communicate the vision of the platform.

Experience scope (years, types of systems, examples)

• 5 years+ of production level software development experience with integrating CI/CD pipelines, automation, modern DevOps patterns.
• A problem-solving technologist with experience in software engineering e.g. building/integrating with internal platforms or the DevOps stack.
• Strong coding experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, and Node.js.
• Proven ability to partner with domain SMEs (Delivery Teams, Software Engineers, Security, Cloud/Infrastructure, etc) to analyze, design, and deliver powerful features and capabilities

Tech stack/tools

• Typescript/React
• NodeJS
• Java
• CI/CD
• Full DevOps stack (Git (Bitbucket/GitHub), Jenkins, Ansible
• AWS
• Security stack (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx)
• Restful APIs
• Markdown/Mkdocs

Preferred skills (nice‑to‑have)

• Backstage framework exposure is a plus. Any history of customizing Backstage - for example, plugins using React, Typescript and/or Node.js.
• Infrastructure as Code