Student, Associate Software Engineer (Winter 2027)

At Sun Life, we’re driven by our Purpose: helping our  Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.  

Our student and new graduate programs offer a chance to explore Sun Life from the inside. You’ll make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities, while building the skills and experience that allow you to grow in a meaningful and rewarding way.

Job Description:

For a journey this exciting and complex, we are looking for an energetic person with a strong appetite for learning and a commitment to teamwork.  In this role, you will work together with experienced software engineer, sub architects, business analysts, and testers to design, develop, and implement those solutions.  You will learn our software delivery methodology and good software development practice, and continuously grow your technical knowledge, communication skills, and leadership skills.

We operate in a world where time-to-market and evolving business priorities drive our plans.  The awesome person who fills this role will need to be resilient, a strong team member and equally effective in communicating and adapting to change as they champion good design and alignment with technical strategies.  

What will you do?

• Be a collaborative team member who continuously strives to improve the client experience, our team, and our processes

• Learn JCL, COBOL or PL1, IMS, DB2, Zowe, VS Code, GitHub Copilot and other mainframe programming skills

• Grow your problem solving and software development skills

• Demonstrate strong ownership of technical work

• Create/update team artifacts and deliver value to the client

What you will need to succeed?

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

• Demonstrate strong ownership of technical work.

• Keen appetite for learning relevant technologies and for continuous self-improvement

• This opportunity is available to students with an April 2027 or later graduation date

• Ideally, we’ll also get somebody with one or more of the following: 

  • Excellent communication and organization skills

  • Keen appetite for learning relevant technologies and for continuous self-improvement

  • Strong problem solving and analysis skills

  • Familiarity with Git, Bitbucket, and Jenkins is a plus

  • Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban would be an asset 

What’s in it for you?

• At Sun Life, you will be joining a purpose driven organization focused on helping Canadian’s achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

• As a student, you’ll make a real impact by contributing to meaningful work, gaining valuable experience and actively working towards your team’s goals.

• You’ll join our unique student culture, designed to help you grow both personally and professionally beyond your role. We offer professional development workshops, student awards, socials and many more exciting opportunities.

• We are honored to be recognized as Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates and Canada's Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work in 2025.

• Your student journey is just the beginning and we're proud to help many who choose Sun Life to transition into permanent roles after graduation.

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted for. The Base Pay which you will be considered for will vary depending on the Campus program you are selected for.

Eligible Sun Life employees for various Campus Graduate programs will also participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Category:

Temporary Employee

Posting End Date:

14/09/2026