Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Manulife Financial Corporation; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife is looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Global Technology team in Manila. You will own solution design and hands-on engineering across the Python backend, Angular frontend, and data/analytic components to unify the NetworkGuardian platform.

You will lead architecture discussions, mentor engineers, collaborate with risk, security, product, and operations across regions to deliver secure, scalable software in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading design, development and production support of full-stack apps.
• Strong Python backend, APIs, integration patterns, and design.
• Strong Angular/TypeScript web development, security, testing.
• MongoDB data modeling, queries, indexing, performance tuning.
• Experience with Power BI dashboards and data modeling.
• Azure AI services, AKS, CI/CD and secure software practices.
• Excellent English, able to lead discussions and document decisions.
• Collaborates effectively in a global, cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on development for the NetworkGuardian unification roadmap.
• Design, build, review, and maintain end-to-end capabilities across the stack.
• Promote engineering standards for secure, scalable architecture and APIs.
• Lead code reviews and guide engineering decisions balancing speed and quality.
• Develop automated tests and integrate quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor developers and communicate options and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

Angular

TypeScript

REST APIs

CI/CD

Testing

Team leadership

Communication

English

Tools

MongoDB

Azure

AKS

Power BI

Azure VM

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Global Technology team at MGS and provide technical leadership for the global unification of NetworkGuardian, which is a home-grown tool for automating a series of network security related processes. This role will own solution design and hands-on engineering across the application stack, helping consolidate regional implementations into a secure, reliable, maintainable, and scalable global platform.

The successful candidate will combine senior full stack engineering expertise with strong technical leadership, clear communication, and a pragmatic delivery mindset. The role requires close collaboration with engineering, information risk management, network security, product, operations, and business stakeholders across regions.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on development for the NetworkGuardian unification roadmap, from architecture and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Design, build, review, and maintain end-to-end capabilities across the Python backend, Angular web application, MongoDB data layer, Power BI dashboards, Azure AI services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure virtual machines.
• Define and promote engineering standards for modular architecture, secure coding, API design, data handling, observability, performance, source control, documentation, and release management.
• Lead code reviews and guide engineering decisions, balancing delivery speed, technical debt, operational resilience, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Develop and execute automated tests, including unit, integration, API, UI, regression, and deployment validation, and integrate quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
• Use approved AI-assisted coding tools responsibly to accelerate development, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and code review while protecting confidential information and maintaining human accountability for code quality and security.
• Partner with regional teams and stakeholders to assess existing implementations, identify gaps and dependencies, and support migration toward a unified global solution.
• Troubleshoot complex application and infrastructure issues across the full stack and coordinate timely resolution with platform, cloud, security, and operations teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture decisions, runbooks, support procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Mentor developers, share engineering practices, and communicate technical options, risks, status, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience leading the technical design, development, and production support of full-stack applications, while maintaining a hands-on role in software development.
• Strong Python development experience, including backend services, APIs, integration patterns, error handling, and maintainable application design.
• Strong Angular and modern web-development experience, including TypeScript, component-based design, state management, web security, performance, and test automation.
• Practical experience with MongoDB data modeling, queries, indexing, performance tuning, reliability, and secure access patterns.
• Experience building or integrating Power BI dashboards, including data preparation, data models, access control, refresh considerations, and stakeholder-focused reporting.
• Experience with Azure AI services and responsible integration of AI capabilities into enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure virtual machines, including containers, configuration, secrets, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Strong automated-testing capability and experience establishing repeatable quality validation within CI/CD workflows.
• Experience working with AI-assisted coding tools and applying appropriate review, security, privacy, and intellectual-property controls to generated code. Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to lead technical discussions and produce clear engineering documentation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a global, cross-functional environment and influence engineering outcomes without relying solely on formal authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of computer networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, network security groups, ports and protocols, proxies, TLS, and cloud connectivity patterns.
• Knowledge of information risk management, cybersecurity governance, secure software development, control assessment, vulnerability management, audit, or related disciplines.
• Experience with global platform consolidation, application modernization, cloud migration, or unification of regionally operated solutions.
• Experience mentoring engineers or acting as a technical lead across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, infrastructure as code, container security, software supply-chain controls, and Azure monitoring services.

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].

Working Arrangement

Hybrid