Full Stack Software Engineer

Manulife Financial; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to enhance client and advisor tools. In this role, you will collaborate with a diverse team to design and implement innovative digital solutions that improve user experience. Your skills in React, NodeJS, and Agile methodologies will be crucial as you contribute to high-quality software development. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment that values creativity and teamwork. Join us and be part of a culture that champions diversity and continuous innovation in the financial services sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits packages

Flexible work policies

Professional development opportunities

Strong work-life balance

Generous paid time off program

Retirement savings plans

Mental health benefits

Employee assistance plans

Qualifications

• 3+ years Full Stack experience in complex enterprise implementations.
• Hands-on experience with MERN Stack and Azure's Open AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, unit test, and integrate new features and functionality.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver new business value through software.

Skills

Full Stack Development

React

NodeJS

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

Agile Principles

DevOps

APIs Development

Test-Driven Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Equivalent Practical Experience

Tools

Azure

Jenkins

MERN Stack

TestNG

Selenium

Job description

The Individual Insurance Promises Delivered Team is a diverse and close-knit team. We are responsible for enhancing and maintaining our client and advisor facing tools. Our goal is to improve the advisor and client experience to ensure that our customers continue to have the tools they need to succeed.

We are looking to add a Full-Stack Software Engineer to our team who will be able to bring their outstanding ideas, viewpoints, and technical experience. You will have the ability to work on new features and have an active voice in our digital solutions and work within a collaborative and encouraging team structure where we ‘get it done together’ and ‘own it’ on a day-to-day basis.

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will:

• Participate in conceptualization and brainstorming sessions to devise creative and innovative digital solutions
• Design, code, unit test, and integrate new features and functionality
• Collaborate with product partners, software engineers, quality engineers, and business analysts to uncover problems and opportunities to deliver new business value through software
• Maintain and ensure high-quality software, with accountability for production reliability and usage
• Promote agile principles and methodology within the squad
• Familiarity with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features
• Complete documentation as part of the definition of done, e.g., deployment, maintenance, support, and for business needs
• Keep up-to-date on the latest test software and frameworks
• Drive software development process to quality-centric methodologies

Qualifications:

You will bring and continuously build upon the following skills:

• 3+ years Full Stack experience supporting technical initiatives for complex enterprise implementations
• Languages such as React, Redux, NodeJS, Express, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
• Experience with Azure's Open AI and Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Copilot, Dataverse, and Power Apps)
• Hands-on experience in MERN Stack (Mongo, Express, React, Node.Js)
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins
• Engineer and test high-quality APIs and services
• Experience in test frameworks such as TestNG, Selenium, etc., and knowledge of test-driven development
• Version control, performance optimization, and coding standard processes
• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods
• Continuously learn from both success and failure
• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion
• Good verbal and written communication; effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in computer science or technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 2 or more years’ experience supporting technical initiatives for complex enterprise implementations

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment:

Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.

Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.

Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.

Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.

Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.

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 our story.

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 [e-mail].

Primary Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$75,880.00 CAD - $140,920.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [e-mail] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.