Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Manulife; Toronto; On-site; CAD 94,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international financial services provider in Toronto is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to design, develop, and maintain applications. The role demands strong front-end and back-end development skills with over 7 years of experience. The ideal candidate will mentor junior engineers and work collaboratively in a hybrid environment. Offering a competitive salary and customizable benefits, this position supports a team-focused culture.

Benefits

Customizable health and dental benefits

Vacation and paid time off

Retirement savings plans

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience as a Full Stack Engineer.
• Strong communication skills and teamwork spirit.
• Continuous learning mentality and advocate for positive change.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain clean, well-documented, efficient code for front-end and back-end.
• Mentor other engineers, providing guidance on their work.
• Design and build scalable and secure APIs.

Skills

Front-end development principles

Back-end development principles

Problem solving

Teamwork

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

React

Python

Java

Azure

Git

Jira

Job description

Join our Global Wealth Asset Management Platform Engineering team!

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will lead designing, development, and maintaining distributed applications that provide a reliable and scalable platform experience for application teams.

Collaboration with multi-functional teams is critical to delivering high quality, secure and performant software solutions.

Are you a self-starter who loves technical challenges and looking for your next step as a tech lead? Are you passionate about building high-quality, user-friendly solutions? If so, then we want to hear from you!

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain clean, well-documented, and efficient code for both the front-end (React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back-end (your preferred server-side language, Python, Java, NET/C#).

• Mentor other engineers, providing guidance on their work and progress.

• Own your work, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.

• Work with product managers and other engineers to define technical requirements.

• Collaborate with designers to curate an ideal user experience.

• Design and build scalable and secure APIs.

• Implement robust and efficient databases.

• Solve and debug complex technical issues.

• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality.

• Pair program with other engineers on the team.

• Stay up to date on the latest development technologies and trends.

• Use leading technologies such as GitHub Copilot to increase efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• Ability to lead technical solutioning and mentor other junior engineers.

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience as a Full Stack Engineer.

• Strong understanding of front-end and back-end development principles.

• Problem solving and debugging skills with collaborative approach to timely resolution and communication on after action.

• Strong communication and with a teamwork spirit.

• Ability to assess requirements and provide technical solutioning options and level of effort estimates.

• Continuous learning mentality and advocate for positive change.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Azure, AKS on Azure, or other cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP)

• Experience with DevOps principles and tools

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)

• Experience with project tracking software (e.g Jira)

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.

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

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 [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.