We'relooking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join a high-performing, collaborative team that prides itself on delivering exceptional results while having fun along the way. In this role, you'lldesign, develop, test, and maintainscalable, modern software solutions across the full development lifecycle. Working with technologies such as Azure, Azure Databricks, and Azure Data Factory, you'llhelp build innovative digital experiences for advisors while leveragingautomation, APIs, CI/CD practices, and cloud-native solutions. You'llcollaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contribute to technical design and architecture discussions, and embrace emerging technologies—including AI-powered development tools—to drive continuous innovation. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, adopting new technologies, and making a meaningful impact within a forward-thinking engineering team.
Position Responsibilities:
- Designs, develops, tests, delivers, maintains, and improves business applications as a member of a team, working across full stack through the entire software development lifecycle.
- Designs end-user interfaces, databases, APIs and server-side logic while maintaining both front and back-end web applications’ components.
- Applies disciplined coding practices to enable agility and delivery of high-quality code.
- Applies design patterns, automation, and semantic versioning where and when available
- Uses development frameworks and third-party libraries
- Conducts a wide range of tests and analysis to ensure software applications meet or exceed standards, and end-user requirements.
- Develops detailed system design specifications to serve as a guide for system/program development.
- Assists in the development of automated test harnesses to ensure delivery of high-quality code.
- Performs various investigative "Spikes" to mitigate technical uncertainty and risk.
- Troubleshoot errors, help resolve bugs, and improve the overall efficiency of the software.
- Participates in ideation and brainstorming sessions to devise creative and disruptive digital solutions.
- Creates prototype design for products with a wide range of techniques.
- Completes any required documentation e.g., deployment, maintenance, support and business needs.
- Understands CI/CD methods, API development, DevSecOps, and database design.
- Performs peer reviews of code / deliverables and analysis for continuous learning and continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge in developing cloud-based applications
- Experience with back-end and front-end technologies and/or back-end and front-end frameworks
- Understand how to develop architectural designs for applications
- Understand cloud fundamentals
- Understand caching mechanisms and be familiar with measures to enhance system resilience. Understands how to find and reuse patterns and platforms in the organization’s ecosystem and the broader community
- Strong foundationin data structures, algorithms, and OO Design with solid programming skills
- Proficiencyin fundamental web technologies
- Proficiencyin programming and scripting languages
- Familiarity with testing frameworks and tools
- Provides professional advice – takes a lead role of process or program execution
- Is accountable for own work and contributes to setting standards through expertise in own job discipline that impact others’ deliverables
- Work is guided by cascade policies or business plans
- May lead medium to large size projects or work streams with moderate resource requirements, risk and/or complexity with multiple teams representing different interests
- 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.
Referenced Salary Location
Waterloo, Ontario
Hybrid
Salary range is expected to be between
$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD
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.
