Principal Platform Engineering
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Job Summary
Were looking for a Principal Platform Engineering to lead the evolution of our core platform services and shape the future of developer this role youll define technical strategy drive innovation and mentor engineering teams to deliver scalable secure and high-performing solutions across financial and insurance applications.
Position Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain high-performance fault-tolerant secure and scalable platforms.
- Design build and maintain platform features and infrastructure including hardware software and network components.
- Build and complete consolidation cluster strategy for the segment.
- Monitor and evaluate platforms to identify potential issues and implement proactive solutions.
- Resolve persistent platform issues such as bottlenecks connectivity problems and system failures.
- Ensure compliance and regulatory requirements throughout the platform lifecycle; implement security measures including access controls and vulnerability assessments.
- Partner with architects and business leaders to design robust platforms across data orchestration and presentation layers.
- Drive storage layer and API roadmap; think through long-term impacts of design decisions and failure scenarios.
- Investigate new platform solutions to enhance service delivery experience.
- Perform peer reviews of code and work for continuous learning and improvement.
Required Qualifications:
- 12 years in software engineering with a focus on platform/infrastructure.
- Expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Strong skills in Kubernetes Docker CI/CD and automation frameworks.
- Understanding of financial and insurance applications.
- Deep knowledge of backend technologies and experience with data-intensive systems.
- Programming experience in Python Scala or similar languages.
- Proficient in DevOps principles Infrastructure as Code and containerization technologies.
- Experience with open-source technologies and distributed cloud platforms.
- Lead highly visible multi-disciplinary projects and provide thought leadership.
- Influence business direction and strategy for platform engineering.
- Establish implementation strategies and operational standards.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cloud Computing
- Application Security & Authentication
- Automated Testing & Automation
- Cluster Management Networking Concepts Performance Optimization
- Configuration Management
- Infrastructure as Code
- DevOps
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 distributed team well 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 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
$126600.00 CAD - $235300.00 CADIf you are applying for this role outside of the primary location please contact for the salary range for your location. 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. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Classroom Experience
- Dayforce
- Go
- Cloud Computing
- AWS
- Teaching
- Administrative Experience
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- SAS
- Data Analysis Skills
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.
