We are looking for self-motivated engineers who are obsessed with delivering value, think ahead, learn from both successes and failures, and are excited to see their products successfully launched and used in the real world. You are open to change, continuous improvement, and raising the bar for engineering excellence. You will work with modern technologies and tools such as GitHub, DevOps pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), Cloud (Azure Kubernetes Service), Spring Boot and Spring Cloud. Your backend services will power new features in our native Android and iOS apps and have a direct impact on the experience of millions of users.

Position Responsibilities:  
As a Back-End Software Engineer, you will:
Design and build APIs and backend services to expose new capabilities to our members.
Apply creative problem-solving to bring software designs and architecture to life.
Design, code, unit test, and integrate new features and functionality as defined by the Product Owner and the team.
Apply Agile principles and methodology in your day-to-day work.
Contribute to automated tests as needed to ensure delivery of high-quality, reliable code.
Update progress daily using Jira and Kanban boards.
Contribute to required documentation (deployment, maintenance, support, business needs, runbooks, etc.).

Required Qualifications:
3+ years Back-end development experience
Kotlin, Java (Spring Boot, Spring Security)
JavaScript (ReactJS, NodeJS, Redux)

Testing, CI/CD & quality
Unit and integration testing frameworks
BDD tools (Cucumber, etc.)

CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Cloud & platform
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Cloud Foundry

Terraform, Flux, ConfigMap and other components supporting a highly automated engineering platform

Architecture & integrations
SOAP, REST, GraphQL services
Microservices and event-driven architectures

Preferred Qualifications: 
Participating in ideation and brainstorming sessions to design creative, innovative, and sometimes disruptive digital solutions — we need and value fresh ideas.
Taking part in Agile ceremonies and weekly meetings to help the Product Owner refine the Product Backlog, including providing initial estimates and challenging requirements when appropriate.

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.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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Salary range is expected to be between

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. 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. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact for the salary range for your location.

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 for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.

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