Job Specifications
As a Senior Back-end Software Engineer within Group Functions Technology, you will be a key member building technology which supports our global operations. The ideal candidate has a curious mind, a thirst for knowledge, a desire to understand how technology works and a passion for high quality software engineering. You have solid software engineering fundamentals and understand the importance of implementing standard processes such as secure coding, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation. You enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed and develop new ones so you can make meaningful contributions to Manulife's success.
Position Responsibilities
Work in an Agile team to create, deliver and maintain high-quality, performant, and secure solutions.
Use a proactive approach to common challenges and continually research industry standard methodologies in software development.
Assess the target (future) state of the organization’s technology needs to achieve the business objectives.
Provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, ensuring architectural consistency and engineering excellence.
Lead the design and review of software systems, making high-level decisions on architecture and technology choices.
Build the solutions to close identified gaps and improve our systems.
Pair program with other software engineers or AI tools to learn, coach, and mentor.
Consume and contribute to open source and inner source projects.
Help us build up our performance and reliability story using tools like New Relic, Dynatrace, and Moogsoft for performance monitoring, end-to-end logging, and other telemetry data.
Learn and become proficient in various technologies as required.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. An advanced graduate degree or equivalent experience is preferred but not mandatory.
8+ years back end development, designing, implementing solutions in Databricks, Python, Azure Data Factory and SQL Server
5+ years of experience developing cloud-native solutions on Azure
5+ years working with solutions deployment via CI/CD using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies
Proven experience in designing software systems and documenting the design using tools such as UML
An approach dedicated to finding solutions, with the ability to make sound professional decisions
Ability to make complex information accessible and communicate easily within distributed teams
Familiarity with Java and Java Spring Boot is an asset
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Power BI is an asset.
Experience in the financial industry (a plus).
Proven track record of practical, thoughtful problem solving.
Experience with JavaScript, React, and/or NodeJS would be an asset.
When You Join Our Team
We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
As part of our distributed team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
About Manulife And John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com.
Referenced Salary Location
Toronto, Ontario
Working Arrangement
Hybrid
Salary range is expected to be between
$94,220.00 CAD - $174,980.00 CAD
If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. The
About the Company
Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We have more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents serving ~34 million customers worldwide, and over $1.3 trillion in assets under management and administration.
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