Software Engineer, Java (Cloud & Microservices)
Manulife•Waterloo, ON
•Hybrid
About The Position
Join our Manulife Bank Technology Team! We’re looking for a Software Engineer with strong Java and cloud experience to help design, build, and support scalable business applications. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with product partners, designers, and engineers to deliver secure, high‑quality solutions that support meaningful platform initiatives. You’ll contribute across the full software development lifecycle—while continuing to grow your technical skills, influence, and impact within a collaborative engineering environment.
Requirements
- Strong experience building applications with Java and Spring (or similar frameworks)
- Hands‑on experience with SQL databases and microservices‑based architectures
- Experience developing applications in the cloud on Azure or another major public cloud platform
- Familiarity with API development, CI/CD practices, and secure coding principles
- Experience working collaboratively in agile, cross‑functional teams
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies
- Exposure to DevOps or DevSecOps practices and tooling
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain Java‑based applications using Spring and modern microservices architectures
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs, databases, and server‑side services, with a focus on performance, reliability, and security
- Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to translate business needs into well‑designed technical solutions
- Apply engineering best practices including clean code, peer reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and version control
- Conduct technical investigations to reduce delivery risk and validate design decisions
- Troubleshoot issues, resolve defects, and continuously improve application performance and efficiency
- Contribute to documentation related to design, deployment, maintenance, and operational support
- Participate in team ideation sessions, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement activities
Benefits
- 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
- retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- financial education and counseling resources
- paid holidays
- vacation
- personal days
- sick days
- full range of statutory leaves of absence
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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