Java API Developer

Location: Gurugram, India

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

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.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

**Job Description:**

**Are you ready to shine?**

*At Sunlife, we empower you to be your most brilliant self.*

**Who we are?**

**Sunlife** is a leading financial services company with 160 years of history that helps our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

We serve millions in Canada, the U.S., Asia, the U.K., and other parts of the world. We have a network of Sunlife advisors, third-party partners, and other distributors. Through them, we’re helping set our clients free to live their lives their way, from now through retirement. We’re working hard to support their wellness and health management goals, too. That way, they can enjoy what matters most to them. And that’s anything from running a marathon to helping their grandchildren learn to ride a bike.

To do this, we offer a broad range of protection and wealth products and services to individuals, businesses, and institutions, including:

• **Insurance.** Life, health, wellness, disability, critical illness, stop-loss, and long-term care insurance
• **Investments.** Mutual funds, segregated funds, annuities, and guaranteed investment products
• **Advice.** Financial planning and retirement planning services
• **Asset management.** Pooled funds, institutional portfolios, and pension funds

With innovative technology, a strong distribution network and long-standing relationships with some of the world’s largest employers, we are today providing financial security to millions of people globally.

Sunlife is a leading financial services company that helps our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives, with strong insurance, asset management, investments, and financial advice portfolios. At Sunlife, our asset management business draws on the talent and experience of professionals from around the globe.

**Sunlife Global Solutions (SLGS)** provides Technology and Business Services to Sunlife businesses globally. Started in 2006, since then SLGS has achieved scale, growth, and operational maturity. We’ve also institutionalized Sunlife's global standards by integrating closely with their corporate functions. Sunlife today has more than 1100 Engineers, 200+ AWS professionals, and a group of Certified Actuaries. They deliver various complex business solutions. The current workforce comprises of 75% Gen Y. We’re proud to be a young, bustling organization.

The SLGS’s core digital competencies are cloud, mobile, data analyt­ics, visualization, and RPA. In the past three years, we have launched over 20 digital assets, including the Sunlife Mobile Application, Conversational AI bots and many cutting-edge solutions. We’ve evolved our capability in information technology, business processing, investment research, and enterprise infrastructure to Sunlife businesses around the globe. Digital transformation, for us, is not just about technology advancement and application, but also about enabling business strategy. It's about building new business models, en­hancing operational and value-chain ef­ficiency, and creating best-in-class ex­periences. It’s also about building a digital culture and mindset. We enable all this with the latest technologies, data-driven insights, skillsets, talent and change frame­works.

We are constantly **expanding** our **strength in Information technology** and are looking for fresh talents who can bring ideas and values aligning with our Digital strategy.

Our Client Impact strategy is motivated by the need to create an inclusive culture, empowered by highly engaged people. We are entering a new world that focuses on doing purpose driven work. The kind that fills your day with excitement and determination, because when you love what you do, it never feels like work. We want to create an environment where you feel empowered to take action and are surrounded by people who challenge you, support you and inspire you to become the best version of yourself. As an employer, we not only want to attract top talent, but we want you to have the best Sunlife Experience.

We strive to Shine Together, Make Life Brighter & Shape the Future!

## **What will you do**

• Design and develop innovative digital solutions that enhance the Advisor experience in the Retail wealth application domain, delivering cost-effective and supportable technology implementations
• Build new APIs from the ground up and maintain existing dealer-space APIs, ensuring scalability and optimal performance across the platform
• Lead the implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines to streamline API lifecycle management and deployment processes
• Mentor and guide team members on build and deployment best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
• Identify platform defects, troubleshoot complex issues, and deliver effective solutions that meet technical specifications and enterprise architectural guidelines
• Collaborate with business and API teams to design, develop, and demonstrate the strategic value of AI-based API solutions that accelerate development cycles
• Implement robust Integration Design and Security Design for web services, microservices, and enterprise components
• Conduct comprehensive code reviews and oversee prototype development to ensure quality standards and adherence to design requirements
• Create solution prototypes and provide strategic guidance for enhancing and improving existing systems
• Take ownership of development schedules while maintaining alignment with technical specifications and enterprise standards

## **What you should possess (Expertise)**

• Proficiency in API architecture frameworks, design patterns, security protocols, and delivery methodologies
• Familiarity with AI/ML model integration patterns and best practices for embedding AI capabilities within API.
• Proven expertise in continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) implementation and optimization
• Strong command of REST API design standards, including Open API Specification and RAML
• Demonstrated knowledge of authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth, OpenID) for REST APIs
• Practical experience deploying containerized solutions using Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Kustomize, and K8s operators
• Hands-on expertise with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Ansible, and Continuous Delivery Director
• Proficiency with Spring Boot and modern Java frameworks, including secure coding practices, performance optimization, and load testing
• Good understanding of non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, and user experience optimization
• Comprehensive knowledge of SDLC processes, IT application architecture, and multi-platform design methodologies
• Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and critical reasoning capabilities
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience working effectively in Agile and Waterfall environments
• Familiarity with emerging technology trends and their practical business applications

## **What you must bring (Experience)**

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• Minimum 5-8 years of progressive IT experience spanning full application development lifecycle and systems integration
• Extensive expertise designing and developing large-scale web applications using J2EE, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, SOAP/REST Web Services, JSON, XML, and Enterprise Service Bus technologies
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI/ML services and third-party AI platforms into enterprise applications
• Hands-on experience with enterprise databases including SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2, plus NoSQL solutions like MongoDB
• Proven track record with containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Tomcat, JBoss)
• Proficiency with development tools including Git, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Snyk, Checkmarx, and SonarQube
• Hands-on experience with AI development frameworks, tools, and platforms
• UI development experience with modern frameworks (ReactJS, Angular, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Node.js)
• Cloud computing experience with AWS or similar platforms
• Experience implementing AI-powered features such as intelligent automation, predictive analytics, or generative AI capabilities
• Strong DevOps and container orchestration knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka)
• Exposure to AI model deployment, monitoring, and optimization in production environments.

**Primary Location:** Gurugram

**Schedule:** Full-time

**Job Category:**

IT - Digital Development

**Posting End Date:**

15/11/2026

**Shine together**

At Sunlife, you can be your most brilliant self. Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you – and your career – can thrive. Whatever your aspirations, collaborative leaders and colleagues are ready to help you learn, grow, and succeed.

**Make life brighter**

We’re a global company with a passion for people. Our purpose is to help Clients build lifetime financial security and lead healthier lives. As a team of 68,000 across 28 markets, our impact is far-reaching, and locally relevant. There’s power in numbers. As part of Sunlife’s growing team, you have an impact on people in your community and around the world.

**Shape the future**

With an optimistic eye on a brighter future, we drive to innovate. Be part of leading change, push boundaries and try new ways of working. Use data to drive bold actions. Be agile and pivot as we test and learn. At Sunlife, we’re driving transformation, sustainability and innovation for our Clients, employees, partners, and communities. Join us. Together, we can make the future brighter.

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