Co-op Software Engineer — AI/ML, Cloud & Security

Sun Life; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Sun Life invites students to join its Corporate IT team as a software engineer co-op, contributing to secure API design, cloud and DevOps, and data analytics. You’ll work under seasoned engineers within an Agile pod, delivering scalable platforms and Gen AI-driven use cases.

You’ll gain hands-on experience across API development, testing, deployment, security testing, and documentation, with hybrid work options within the province and a strong emphasis on learning and professional growth

Qualifications

• Pursuing a master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity or a related technology discipline.
• Enthusiasm, professionalism, and willingness to learn.
• Fast learner with a keen interest in picking up new technologies.
• Strong coding, debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as C# or Java.
• Familiarity of Python, Microsoft .Net core, .Net, Java Springboot framework.
• Familiarity with SQL for relational or NoSQL databases.
• Demonstrated interest in cybersecurity and secure software engineering, with an understanding of common application, API, cloud or DevOps security risks.
• A graduation date of April 2027 or later.

Responsibilities

• Under the guidance of a Senior Engineer, contribute to the development, testing and deployment of APIs.
• May assist in gathering functional requirements, developing technical specifications and test plans with internal team members and external partners.
• Work within an Agile pod to enable ML/AI/Gen AI Use Cases and experiments, build core data and analytics platforms, applications and self-service capabilities.
• Apply secure software development practices when designing, coding, testing and deploying APIs and applications, including identifying and helping remediate security vulnerabilities.
• Support security control testing by documenting results, identifying gaps and helping align solutions with recognized industry practices and frameworks such as NIST.
• Research emerging security technologies and contribute to the evaluation of security tools, processes and engineering approaches for cloud, API, DevOps, data and AI solutions.
• Support in system or project documentation
• Work in a cross-functional Agile Scrum team
• Learn new technologies and tools related to Gen AI, ML/AI, data integration and warehousing

Skills

Object-oriented

C# or Java

Python

SQL

Security awareness

Agile/Scrum

Learning mindset

Education

Master's degree pursuit in CS/SE/Cybersecurity

Tools

Azure DevOps

MongoDB

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Gen AI/ML

Job description

Sun Life invites students to join its Corporate IT team as a software engineer co-op, contributing to secure API design, cloud and DevOps, and data analytics. You’ll work under seasoned engineers within an Agile pod, delivering scalable platforms and Gen AI-driven use cases.

You’ll gain hands-on experience across API development, testing, deployment, security testing, and documentation, with hybrid work options within the province and a strong emphasis on learning and professional growth