Hybrid Senior Lead Full-Stack Engineer & Tech Strategy

Manulife; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 113,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to shape technical direction for a broad area. You will lead large programs across multiple teams, establish standards, and deliver secure, scalable solutions aligned with business strategy.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions beyond your team, and own modernization and debt reduction initiatives while championing quality and reliability across the stack.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer, leading technical delivery across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated depth in multiple tech areas and ability to govern architecture decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and establishing engineering standards.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for design, development, testing, and delivery of full-stack applications.
• Lead end-to-end architecture including UI, APIs, databases, and server-side logic.
• Define automated testing strategies and quality gates for standards compliance.
• Review system design specifications across workstreams and teams.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex defects and drive improvements.
• Own modernization roadmap and secure investment for tech debt reduction.
• Mentor engineers and promote peer-review practices across the org.
• Represent technical position in architecture forums with governance bodies.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

Python

C#

.NET

SQL

React

REST APIs

Microservices

Cloud

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring Security

Spring Data JPA/Hibernate

NestJS

Express.js

React

Tailwind

SCSS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Manulife is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to shape technical direction for a broad area. You will lead large programs across multiple teams, establish standards, and deliver secure, scalable solutions aligned with business strategy.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions beyond your team, and own modernization and debt reduction initiatives while championing quality and reliability across the stack.