Senior Android Engineer, Manulife Bank Technology

Join our Manulife Bank Technology team!

Manulifes strong track record as a trusted financial services provider has uniquely positioned us to help our customers with their most critical life choices and we do not take that responsibility lightly.

At Manulife we are dedicated to making decisions easier and lives better. You will be joining us at a pivotal moment as we transform our industry. We are looking to expand our team with product-minded engineers who are passionate curious and empathetic.

As a Senior Android Engineer you will join the small high-impact team responsible for building Canadas top-rated banking app for Android. You will take a leading role in developing world-class digital experiences that millions of Canadians rely on every day set the technical direction for how we build on the platform and mentor other engineers as we shape the future of mobile development at Manulife.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design build and maintain high-quality Android applications that deliver intuitive secure and reliable customer experiences.
• Take ownership of features from concept to delivery ensuring solutions are scalable maintainable and aligned with customer needs.
• Contribute to architecture and technical decisions that support long-term platform growth and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate closely with product managers designers backend engineers and other stakeholders to deliver valuable customer outcomes.
• Mentor and support engineers through code reviews technical guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Use feature flags experimentation and customer feedback to safely release and continuously improve mobile experiences.
• Explore emerging technologies and innovative approaches that enhance our products and development practices.
• Improve application reliability performance security monitoring and deployment automation.
• Contribute to shared tools frameworks and engineering practices that benefit mobile development teams across Manulife.
• Utilize tools such as GitHub GitHub Actions Jira Confluence and Microsoft Teams to collaborate and deliver effectively.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience building shipping and maintaining production Android applications using Kotlin and/or Java.
• Strong knowledge of modern Android development practices including application architecture patterns such as MVVM.
• Experience creating scalable maintainable and testable software solutions.
• Knowledge of modern dependency injection approaches and modular application design.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and collaborating with backend engineering teams.
• Understanding of secure authentication and authorization practices including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• A commitment to software quality through testing automation performance optimization and security best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Experience guiding technical decisions influencing engineering practices or mentoring other developers.
• Curiosity adaptability and a growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI frameworks.
• Reactive programming approaches such as Kotlin Flow or RxJava.
• Mobile accessibility inclusive design and accessibility testing practices.
• Mobile applications operating within regulated industries such as financial services healthcare or payments.
• Mobile authentication technologies such as biometrics passkeys and multi-factor authentication.
• Automated testing frameworks such as JUnit Espresso or Appium.
• Application monitoring observability and code quality tools such as New Relic SonarQube or Snyk.
• AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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 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 .

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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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