Software Engineer, Banking Technology

Job title: Software Engineer, Banking Technology

Company: Manulife

Job description: We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.Working ArrangementHybridJob DescriptionJoin our Banking Technology Team!Reporting into our Engineering Manager of the Banking Technology squad, you will contribute to the build of our web application.Are you a collaborative, motivated engineer with experience building web applications? You are a strong communicator, meticulous, and able to present ideas clearly with strong problem solving and solution oriented approach!As a Software Engineer you will be:

• Applying creative problem solving that bring software designs to life.
• Collaborate with product owners, software engineers, quality engineers and IT business analysts to uncover opportunities to deliver new business value through software.
• Designing, coding, unit testing and integrating new features and functionality as defined by the Product Partner and team.
• Maintain and ensure high quality software by writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that adheres to industry practices and coding standards, with accountability for production reliability and usage.
• Promoting and applying agile (SAFe) principles and methodology.
• Assisting in the development of automated tests to ensure delivery of high-quality code.
• Updating progress daily through the tracking tool (Jira) and Kanban board.
• Performing various investigative “Spikes” to mitigate technical uncertainty and risk.
• Assisting with required documentation e.g. deployment, maintenance, support, and business needs.
• Assisting with production support and releases.

You will bring and continuously build upon the following skills:

• Participating in ideation and brainstorming sessions to devise creative and exciting digital solutions. We need and value fresh ideas.
• Participating in the weekly meetings to assist the Product Partner to refine the Product Backlog including providing initial estimates.
• Mentoring other engineers on the team.
• Building interpersonal relationships by working closely with the Engineering Manager, Product Partner, Quality Engineers, and Analysts in a globally distributed environment.

Technical Skills and Preferred experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years Development experience
• Languages such as Java – (Springboot), Node, Typescript, React
• Azure/AKS cloud
• REST
• Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Core Spring frameworks
• SQL for databases
• GitHub for source control
• Jira and Confluence for task and content management
• Jenkins, Maven, Snyk, and SonarQube for DevOps pipelines

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment:Values-first cultureWe lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.Boundless opportunityWe create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.Continuous innovationWe invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionWe foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.Championing Corporate CitizenshipWe build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.About Manulife and John HancockManulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.Manulife is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAt 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 .Salary & BenefitsThe annual base salary for this role is listed below.Primary Location Waterloo, OntarioSalary range is expected to be between $74,270.00 CAD – $137,930.00 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.

Expected salary:

Location: Waterloo, ON

Job date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:01:43 GMT

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