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Sun Life Financial, Inc.

Principal Engineer

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In-Office
4 Locations
128K-192K Annually
Senior level
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4 Locations
128K-192K Annually
Senior level
The Principal Engineer will lead technical strategy, mentor junior engineers, oversee infrastructure projects, and ensure solutions align with business goals in a DevOps environment.
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Sun Life U.S. is one of the largest providers of employee and government benefits, helping approximately 50 million Americans access the care and coverage they need. Through employers, industry partners and government programs, Sun Life U.S. offers a portfolio of benefits and services, including dental, vision, disability, absence management, life, supplemental health, medical stop-loss insurance, and healthcare navigation. We have more than 6,400 employees and associates in our partner dental practices and operate nationwide.

Visit our website to discover how Sun Life is making life brighter for our customers, partners and communities.  

Job Description:

We are looking for a passionate and highly experienced Principal Engineer to augment our team. As a Principal Engineer on the Infrastructure team you will be a technical leader within the organization and will be responsible for guiding technical strategy, driving innovation, and mentoring junior engineers. You will be overseeing projects, making high-level design decisions, and ensuring technical solutions align with business goals.  

 

Infrastructure engineers work closely with engineering teams to build and operate the services that make up various product platforms at Sun Life. Here are the key duties that our Engineers perform:   

  • Monitoring and updating our infrastructure in Kubernetes and AWS 

  • Identifying security gaps and looking for ways to remediate 

  • Writing and reviewing Terraform code to manage infrastructure 

  • Creating new dashboards and helping teams understand their services 

through monitoring 

  • Documenting everything you discover in our docs repo in GitHub 

  • Taking on new backlog items in our agile process of two-week 

development iterations 

  • Mentoring engineers on operational best practices for their owner- 

operated services 

  • Experience with AWS Workspaces a plus 

 

Technology we use(not exhaustive): 

Amazon Web Services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, etc), Terraform, CI/CD Tooling, 

and other modern DevOps Technologies. 

Python, goLang, MySQL, OpenSearch, Redis 

 

 

Requirements 

 

7+ Years of experience in a software engineering discipline 

 

Experience debugging infrastructure issues and improving reliability and 

performance 

 

Experience working in operations or infrastructure in a DevOps or SRE 

environment 

 

Willingness to participate in On-Call rotations 

 

Experience working with various AWS Technologies 

 

Proficiency with at least one language (Python, Ruby, Bash, Go, whatever 

works!) 

 

Proficiency with Linux 

 

Handling of security issues, with a background in the field a plus 

 

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or equivalent experience 

Salary Range: $127,900 - $191,900
At our company, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The salary range for this role is competitive nationwide, and we strive to ensure that compensation is fair and equitable. Your actual base salary will be determined based on your unique skills, qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location. In addition to your base salary, this position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award based on your individual performance as well as the overall performance of the business. We are dedicated to creating a work environment where everyone is rewarded for their contributions.

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We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees feel they belong, are supported and empowered to thrive.  We are dedicated to building teams with varied experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and ideas that benefit our colleagues, clients, and the communities where we operate.  We encourage applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Life is brighter when you work at Sun Life

At Sun Life, we prioritize your well-being with comprehensive benefits, including generous vacation and sick time, market-leading paid family, parental and adoption leave, medical coverage, company paid life and AD&D insurance, disability programs and a partially paid sabbatical program.  Plan for your future with our 401(k) employer match, stock purchase options and an employer-funded retirement account.  Enjoy a flexible, inclusive and collaborative work environment that supports career growth.  We’re proud to be recognized in our communities as a top employer.  Proudly Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the U.S., we’ve also been recognized as a "Top 10" employer by the Boston Globe's "Top Places to Work" for two years in a row.  Visit our website to learn more about our benefits and recognition within our communities.

We will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise-qualified individuals with disabilities or special disabled veterans, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please email [email protected] to request an accommodation.

For applicants residing in California, please read our employee California Privacy Policy and Notice.

We do not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.

Sun Life will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including applicable fair chance ordinances.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Category:

IT - Application Development

Posting End Date:

23/12/2025

Top Skills

Amazon Web Services
Ci/Cd Tooling
Go
MySQL
Opensearch
Python
Redis
Terraform

Sun Life Financial, Inc. Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA Office

One Sun Life Park, Wellesley Hills, MA , United States, 02481

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