Software Engineer, Manulife Bank Technology Team
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Job Summary
Join our Manulife Bank Technology Team!
We are reimagining digital banking in Canada through modern cloud technologies AI-assisted engineering and customer-focused innovation. Our mission is to deliver secure reliable and scalable platforms that support the everyday banking experiences of our customers and advisors.
We work with a cloud-first mindset Agile delivery practices and a shared commitment to engineering excellence continuous improvement and responsible innovation.
About the Team:
Our team develops and supports the foundational platforms and shared services that enable banking capabilities across Manulife Bank. Our work includes reusable APIs integration services notification capabilities event-driven solutions and operational tools that help technology teams deliver secure and dependable customer experiences more efficiently.
As part of the team you will contribute to technology that is used across the organization while gaining exposure to modern cloud platforms enterprise integration patterns and AI-assisted development practices.
Position Responsibilities:
We are looking for a Software Engineer to help design build and support the APIs integration services and cloud-native platforms that power digital banking experiences at Manulife Bank.
You will work with technologies such as Java Spring Boot Azure Kubernetes event-driven architecture and AI-assisted development tools. You will collaborate with engineers architects product partners cybersecurity professionals and operational teams to develop solutions that are secure resilient maintainable and designed around customer needs.
This opportunity is well suited to an engineer who enjoys solving technical problems learning new technologies contributing to collaborative design discussions and improving how software is built and operated.
Design develop test deploy and support modern software applications and platform services.
Build and maintain APIs integration services event-driven capabilities notification solutions and reusable platform components.
Write clean secure maintainable and well-tested code using modern software engineering practices.
Collaborate with product owners engineers architects cybersecurity teams and business partners to deliver customer-focused solutions.
Participate in backlog refinement sprint planning estimation retrospectives and other Agile delivery activities.
Contribute to technical design discussions and architecture reviews with senior engineers and technical leads.
Support production releases operational readiness activities and the ongoing health of banking platforms.
Investigate and resolve application or platform issues while improving system reliability security and performance.
Participate in peer code reviews and contribute constructive feedback that strengthens software quality and team learning.
Help advance automated testing CI/CD pipelines monitoring observability and DevSecOps practices.
Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity software quality and delivery outcomes.
Document technical solutions and share knowledge ideas and lessons learned with teammates.
Required Qualifications:
At least three years of experience developing software applications or services in an enterprise or similarly complex environment.
Experience developing backend applications using Java and Spring Boot or experience with comparable enterprise development frameworks and the ability to learn Java and Spring Boot.
Understanding of RESTful APIs microservices and distributed application design.
Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases and data integration solutions.
Familiarity with cloud technologies containerization or cloud-native application development.
Experience using Git-based source control and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical partners.
Experience contributing within an Agile or iterative software delivery environment.
A commitment to continuous learning knowledge sharing and high-quality engineering practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
The following qualifications would be valuable but you do not need to have experience in every area:
Experience with Microsoft Azure services.
Experience with Kubernetes or Azure Kubernetes Service also known as AKS.
Experience developing event-driven solutions or working with messaging and enterprise integration platforms.
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
Experience with API management platforms Azure Functions or Azure Service Bus.
Familiarity with automated testing application security or DevSecOps tools such as Snyk and SonarQube.
Experience with application monitoring observability incident troubleshooting or operational support.
Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot.
Familiarity with Model Context Protocol agentic development workflows or emerging AI engineering patterns.
Experience working in banking financial services or another regulated industry.
Technology Environment:
Depending on the project you may work with:
Java and Spring Boot
REST APIs and microservices
Microsoft Azure
Azure Kubernetes Service and Kubernetes
Azure Service Bus
Azure API Management
Azure Functions
Event-driven architectures and messaging platforms
Oracle SQL and NoSQL databases
Terraform and Docker
GitHub and CI/CD tooling
OpenAPI Springdoc and Bruno
New Relic and other monitoring or observability platforms
Snyk and SonarQube
Jira and Confluence
GitHub Copilot Model Context Protocol servers and AI-assisted development tools
The technology environment describes the tools used across the team. Candidates are not expected to have experience with every technology listed.
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 .
Referenced Salary Location
Waterloo OntarioWorking Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$86100.00 CAD - $136100.00 CADEmployees 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.
We use data and analytics technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automated processing tools to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information please refer to our personal information collection statement.
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About Company
Manulife is a leading financial services group. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.
