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About the Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will help shape solutions, advance strategic initiatives, strengthen our technology footprint and champion strong engineering practices within your team. You will deliver secure, reliable and user-centered solutions that support business objectives. As a senior member of the team, you will be accountable for outcomes, not only assigned tasks. This role calls for strong technical judgment, initiative and a genuine interest in coaching others and improving engineering quality.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deliver, maintain and continuously improve business applications across the full technology stack and throughout the software development lifecycle.
Design end-user interfaces, databases, APIs and server-side logic while maintaining front-end and back-end components.
Apply disciplined coding practices, established design patterns, automation and semantic versioning to support agility and high-quality delivery.
Develop detailed system design specifications that guide system and program development.
Build automated test harnesses and conduct analysis to ensure solutions meet or exceed quality standards and end-user requirements.
Conduct investigative spikes to reduce technical uncertainty and risk.
Resolve defects and improve software efficiency, reliability and maintainability.
Participate in ideation and prototyping to develop creative digital solutions.
Complete required deployment, maintenance, support and business documentation.
Participate in peer reviews of code and analysis to promote continuous learning and improvement.

Requirements

5–10 years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer, with demonstrated ownership of features from design through production support.
Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, C#, .NET and SQL.
React, micro-frontends, enterprise component or design libraries, CSS, Tailwind or SCSS, and React state management and data fetching.
Microservices, REST APIs, OpenAPI, Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) and Azure API Management.
Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB or MongoDB, Redis, and database migration tools such as Flyway.
Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes or AKS, Docker and container-based environments.
Maven or Gradle, npm or pnpm, Git, GitHub and GitHub Actions.
JUnit; Jest or Vitest; Playwright or Selenium for end-to-end testing; Bruno or REST Assured for API testing; and SonarQube.
OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, OWASP secure coding practices, dependency and CVE management tools such as Snyk, and the protection of personally identifiable information.
New Relic or Application Insights, structured logging and tracing.
GitHub Copilot or an equivalent tool, including prompt and context engineering.
Experience designing application architecture at the component and service levels and contributing to architectural decisions beyond your own codebase.
Understanding of Agile and DevOps principles, with development practices that prioritize testing, continuous integration and the rapid, safe release of new features.
A strong foundation in data structures, algorithms and object-oriented design.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical vision, options and outcomes to varied audiences.
Next.js and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
Spring Batch, Spring Cloud or Spring Integration, Azure Functions, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus and JMS.
Databricks or Spark, Azure Data Factory, ETL and data pipelines, Azure Storage including Blob Storage or ADLS, KQL and Azure Data Explorer.
Terraform, Helm or Kustomize, Flux or GitOps, Istio service mesh, Azure Key Vault, and Azure networking, DNS or WAF.
z/OS Connect for API enablement, DB2, batch files and SFTP.
Xray test management and performance or load testing.
Agentic development workflows and LLM application patterns.

Skills

Java
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
Python
C#
.NET
SQL
React
micro-frontends
enterprise component or design libraries
CSS
Tailwind
SCSS
React state management
React data fetching
Microservices
REST APIs
OpenAPI
Backend-for-Frontend (BFF)
Azure API Management
Microsoft SQL Server
Azure SQL
Azure Cosmos DB
MongoDB
Redis
Flyway
Microsoft Azure
Kubernetes
AKS
Docker
Maven
Gradle
npm
pnpm
Git
GitHub
GitHub Actions
JUnit
Jest
Vitest
Playwright
Selenium
Bruno
REST Assured
SonarQube
OAuth 2.0
OIDC
JWT
OWASP secure coding practices
Snyk
New Relic
Application Insights
structured logging
tracing
GitHub Copilot
prompt engineering
context engineering
Agile
DevOps
data structures
algorithms
object-oriented design
Next.js
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Spring Batch
Spring Cloud
Spring Integration
Azure Functions
Azure Event Hubs
Azure Service Bus
JMS
Databricks
Spark
Azure Data Factory
ETL
data pipelines
Azure Storage
Blob Storage
ADLS
KQL
Azure Data Explorer
Terraform
Helm
Kustomize
Flux
GitOps
Istio
Azure Key Vault
Azure networking
Azure DNS
Azure WAF
z/OS Connect
DB2
batch files
SFTP
Xray test management
performance testing
load testing
Agentic development workflows
LLM application patterns

Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
5–10 years

Salary/Compensations

$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD

Benefits

Opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
Health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage.
Adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits.
Employee/family assistance plans.
Retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions).
Financial education and counseling resources.
Holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days.
Full range of statutory leaves of absence.

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

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 hr@manulife.com.