Senior Android Engineer, Manulife Bank Technology

Manulife Insurance Malaysia; Toronto; On-site; CAD 113,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental plan

Mental health support

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Wellness benefits

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Manulife Bank is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to lead development of Canada's top-rated banking app for Android. You will define technical direction, own features end-to-end, and mentor teammates while delivering secure, scalable experiences.

You’ll collaborate across product, design, and backend teams to push engineering excellence and implement modern UI/architecture practices, including MVVM and modular design, in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building, shipping, and maintaining production Android apps using Kotlin and/or Java.
• Strong knowledge of modern Android development patterns including MVVM.
• Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and testable software solutions.
• Knowledge of DI approaches and modular app design.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and collaborating with backend teams.
• Understanding of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• Commitment to software quality through testing, automation, performance, and security.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Experience guiding technical decisions or mentoring developers.
• Curiosity and growth mindset with a passion for learning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-quality Android applications delivering secure, reliable experiences.
• Own features from concept to delivery; ensure scalability and maintainability.
• Contribute to architecture decisions supporting long-term platform growth.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with product, design, backend, and other stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• Improve reliability, performance, security, and deployment automation.

Skills

Android Development

Kotlin/Java

MVVM

REST APIs

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC

Testing & QA

Dependency Injection

Cross-functional teamwork

Mentoring

Growth mindset

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Join our Manulife Bank Technology team! Manulife's strong track record as a trusted financial services provider has uniquely positioned us to help our customers with their most critical life choices, and we do not take that responsibility lightly. At Manulife, we are dedicated to making decisions easier and lives better. You will be joining us at a pivotal moment as we transform our industry. We are looking to expand our team with product-minded engineers who are passionate, curious, and empathetic. As a Senior Android Engineer, you will join the small, high-impact team responsible for building Canada's top-rated banking app for Android. You will take a leading role in developing world-class digital experiences that millions of Canadians rely on every day, set the technical direction for how we build on the platform, and mentor other engineers as we shape the future of mobile development at Manulife.

Position Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain high-quality Android applications that deliver intuitive, secure, and reliable customer experiences. Take ownership of features from concept to delivery, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with customer needs. Contribute to architecture and technical decisions that support long-term platform growth and engineering excellence. Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver valuable customer outcomes. Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing. Use feature flags, experimentation, and customer feedback to safely release and continuously improve mobile experiences. Explore emerging technologies and innovative approaches that enhance our products and development practices. Improve application reliability, performance, security, monitoring, and deployment automation. Contribute to shared tools, frameworks, and engineering practices that benefit mobile development teams across Manulife. Utilize tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Teams to collaborate and deliver effectively.

Required Qualifications

• Experience building, shipping, and maintaining production Android applications using Kotlin and/or Java.
• Strong knowledge of modern Android development practices, including application architecture patterns such as MVVM.
• Experience creating scalable, maintainable, and testable software solutions.
• Knowledge of modern dependency injection approaches and modular application design.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and collaborating with backend engineering teams.
• Understanding of secure authentication and authorization practices, including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• A commitment to software quality through testing, automation, performance optimization, and security best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Experience guiding technical decisions, influencing engineering practices, or mentoring other developers.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI frameworks.
• Reactive programming approaches such as Kotlin Flow or RxJava.
• Mobile accessibility, inclusive design, and accessibility testing practices.
• Mobile applications operating within regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or payments.
• Mobile authentication technologies such as biometrics, passkeys, and multi-factor authentication.
• Automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Espresso, or Appium.
• Application monitoring, observability, and code quality tools such as New Relic, SonarQube, or Snyk.
• AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot.

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 global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see. Joining us means you’ll be empowered to learn and grow your career, and we’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. And as part of our global team, you’ll help shape the future you want to see – and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go.

About Manulife and John Hancock

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 [e-mail].

Referenced Salary Location Toronto, Ontario

Salary range is expected to be between $113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD.

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location.

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.

We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.

• 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

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.

We're Manulife. And we’re on a mission to make decisions easier and lives better. Better is what drives us. It’s what inspires us to find new ways to support customers and colleagues in living longer and healthier lives. It’s the reason we’re dedicated to investing in digital innovation and accelerating a sustainable and economically inclusive future.

Joining us means you’ll be empowered to learn and grow your career. We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. And as part of our global team, you’ll help shape the future you want to see – and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go.

We’re proud of our accomplishments and recognitions.

Recent awards include: 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner Manulife Named one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2023 Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2023 We’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024) Manulife included in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index.

Our ambition is to be the most digital, customer‑centric global company in our industry. Learn more at https://www.manulife.com/.