Full Stack Software Engineer

Manulife • Waterloo, ON

2d • $90,160 - $167,440 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a market leader, Manulife / John Hancock is committed to providing an outstanding experience to our customers and end users. Technology is the most important enabler in our ability to provide that experience and generate business. The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer
• Must have C# or Java experience
• Must have Kubernetes experience
• Strong understanding of front-end and back-end development principles
• Excellent fixing and debugging skills with collaborative approach to timely resolution and communication on after action
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to assess requirements and provide technical solutioning options and level of effort estimates
• Continuous learning mentality and advocate for positive change

Nice To Haves

• 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)
• Mentoring experience

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, .NET/C#).
• Ability to lead initiatives, guide team of Junior Engineers, providing guidance on their work and progress.
• Be responsible for your work and the progress of your team, 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 specialists on the team.
• Stay up to date on the latest web development technologies and trends.
• Use leading technologies such as GitHub Copilot to increase efficiency.

Benefits

• 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 distributed team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
• 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.
• various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level