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Working Arrangement

Job Description

The Opportunity  

Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you. 

At Manulife IT Delivery Center, we are looking for a emerging star Backend Software Engineer, who is excited to see the successful implementation of the products they deliver. You will have experience in designing, developing, testing, maintaining and improving software applications as a member of an Agile squad.

We are looking for someone with:  

Minimum of 3 years of software engineering experience

Experience in Backend technologies such as  JavaScript, Node, and Java

Experience in working with RDMBS and NoSQL Database

Experience in Framework and API / Service Layer such as Spring Boot (Rest Template, Feign Client, Zuul, Sleuth/Zipkin, Hystrix and Maven), Swagger, Node/Express. 

Experience in Monitoring / Logging tools such as New Relic, Devo, and Kibana.

You will stand out if you have:  

Experience in grasping and explaining high level solution architecture 

Experience in SonarQube, Fortify and WebInspect

Experience in Test Driven Technologies such as Jasmine, JEST, Mocha, Junit, Mockito (Java)

Experience in Cloud PaaS and microservice architectures in PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) & Kubernetes

Experience in Agile scrum methodologies and experience of working in an Agile team

Experience in establishing best practices for development, testing and delivery

On the job you will:  

Refactor existing code to improve reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Research, evaluate, and prototype emerging technologies

Conduct a Proof of Technology to innovate and incorporate new technology

Have opportunities to mentor intern students  and associate engineers

Collaborate closely with Product Owners and other stakeholders in an Agile environment

Work closely with other squads to drive innovative solutions to meet business needs

Work closely with software engineers to establish best practices for development, testing, and delivery

What motivates you?  

You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit

You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile mindset and enable business outcomes

You thrive in teams, and enjoy getting things done together

You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters

You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up

You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone  

Our commitment to you  

 Our mission; to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better 

A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success 

A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry

Our best. Every day.  

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife 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 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.