The Group Benefits team is looking for seasoned Intermediate Software engineer with an engineering mindset and a passion for designing, developing, improving, and supporting cool software products, particularly data interfaces between systems. You will initially join a development team to assist in the delivery of customer centric solutions. You would emerge knowing the people, processes, and technologies for both development and support / operations at our company. This will allow you to add immense value and grow your career!

About Us

We are growing our Group Benefits Technology team, with the mandate to power world-class customer and employee experiences through software and engineering skills.

The customer is at the focus of everything we do, and millions of end users rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering engineers with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of the business,

which is why we need you.

We are seeking a self-motivated Intermediate software engineer, who is obsessed with delivering value, is forward-thinking, and excited to see the successful implementation of the products.

Position Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product and engineering managers, software engineers, and operations engineers to uncover pain points and opportunities to deliver new business value through software

• Prototype and build new functionality to deliver on key product objectives

• Deliver an exceptional user experience to our customers, through the delivery of products and services with strong and extendable architectural design

• Contribute to application and technical architecture plans as they relate to the tools and systems in place within our organization.

• Maintain and support these services, with accountability for production reliability and usage, and the delivery of new functionality

• Be part or lead initiatives within Business Unit to develop and improve standards and methodologies.

• Influence and lead discussions with our strategic vendors to advance our platforms and deliver value sooner

• Work with Associate Engineers to collaborate with our Architecture team realizing the strategic vision of Manulife’s technology stack

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in IT for at least 5+ years with 2 or more years in a similar position

• Solid hands-on experience in nodeJs , C#, .NET Core, .NET Framework

• Experience with Azure SQL database platform

• Cloud based development experience with Azure or similar platform.

• Experience in distributed event streaming such as Event Hub, Kafka, or similar platform

• Developing junior engineers and a passion for growing staff within the organization

Bonus points for any of the following:

• Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube, Artifactory, JIRA, Confluence

• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as New Relic, Dynatrace etc.

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 recruitment@manulife.com .

Working Arrangement

Hybrid