Senior Technical Lead

Permanent Full Time 

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Canada Life is seeking a hands‑on Technical Lead to support delivery and modernization of key actuarial and financial reporting applications. These systems support valuation, capital reporting, regulatory compliance, and actuarial analytics across a mix of legacy and modern platforms including SAP HANA, cloud‑based analytics, .NET, web applications, and SQL Server.

This role is ideal for a technically strong developer or engineer who enjoys guiding others, coordinating delivery, and contributing directly to solution design. You will collaborate with senior engineers, business partners, architects, and vendors to advance platform stability and modernization initiatives.

What will you do:

• Provide day‑to‑day technical leadership to developers across actuarial and financial reporting applications
• Support code reviews, design discussions, and technical troubleshooting.
• Promote good engineering practices including performance tuning, testing, and secure development.
• Support enhancement and maintenance of custom actuarial and reporting systems used for valuation, capital calculation, data aggregation, and analytics.
• Troubleshoot production issues, support stability, and ensure data integrity.
• Collaborate with platform teams on deployments, environment management, and operational processes.
• Participate in modernization initiatives such as cloud integrations, re‑platforming, and automation improvements.
• Work with architects to review designs and help implement target-state patterns.
• Help introduce CI/CD improvements, DevOps tooling, and engineering best practices.
• Coordinate with actuarial and finance stakeholders to understand functional needs and translate them into actionable technical work.
• Support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and estimation.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, support materials, and operational runbooks.
• Ensure solutions comply with audit, security, and governance standards.
• Contribute to functional, integration, and regression testing strategies.
• Support automated test frameworks where applicable.
• Assist with defect resolution and post‑release validation.

What will you bring:

• 6 - 8 years of experience in application development, engineering, or technical delivery.
• 1 - 3 years of informal team leadership experience (e.g., mentoring developers, coordinating offshore teams, or acting as a technical lead).
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise application development stacks, using one or more of the following:

  • JavaScript/Node.js or comparable backend frameworks

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    .NET (C#) or similar object‑oriented languages

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    SQL‑based databases (e.g., SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle)

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    Enterprise data or analytics platforms (e.g., SAP HANA, Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent technologies)

• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, secure development, and modern engineering practices.
• Strong communication and ability to collaborate with both technical and business partners.
• Experience with actuarial, financial reporting, or regulatory systems.
• Familiarity with Azure or SAP Business Technology Platform.
• Experience working in environments subject to SOX, ICOFR, or similar audit controls.
• Exposure to cloud migration or application modernization projects.

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The base salary for this position is between $102,000 - $152,000 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Grow with Canada Life 

We’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the financial, physical and mental well-being of Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.  

We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers, communities and each other. Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for themselves and others, and who delivers with impact? Then we want to hear from you! 

What we offer:  

We’re committed to supporting our employees through every stage of their career. Here’s what you can expect as a full-time or part-time permanent team member: 

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement. 

• Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being. 

• Time Off: In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.  

• Financial Security: Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options. 

• Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!  
• Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.  

Learn more about Canada Life.  

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact  talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com. All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.  

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. 

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