Job Description

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.






Working Arrangement In Office

Job Summary: Build, code, test and maintain high quality software. Individual Accountabilities:

• Participates in Agile sprints and ceremonies; supports rapid iteration and development

• Translates user requirements into software requirements

• Designs, develops, tests, delivers, maintains and improves business applications as a member of a team, works across full-stack through entire software development lifecycle

• Accepts and modifies specifications and standards

• Builds and codes complex software

• Manages portions of development project

• Coaches teammates at lower levels

• Has positive impact to specific organizational entities & understands nature of impact

• Top contributor and often enables others to contribute as well

Job Requirements:

• Familiarity with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features

• Understanding of software development lifecycle

• Understanding of how technology supports Manulife business strategy

• Familiar with platform technologies

• Familiar with modern software architectures and API-driven development

• Familiar with scripting languages

• Prioritizes efficient code production by using open-source frameworks and patterns

• Multiple contexts and engineering languages

• Writes tutorials and gives training

• Demonstrates all core skills, and some interpersonal skills beyond requirements for role

• High level of discipline knowledge and understanding of area of practice

• Able to combine knowledge of discipline and the market, some perspective on customer requirements

• Participates in demos utilizing new tech.; self-directed controls

• Understands the overall 'picture' in most situations

• Understands the political landscape and informal hierarchy within the firm

• Strong knowledge of the business, some expertise

• Fit for purpose and usually refined quality

• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods

• Constantly learns from both success and failure

• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion

• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes

• Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next.

Decision Authorities:

• Able to achieve all tasks using own judgement

• Can lead agile squads where required

• Foresees problems instead of solving them, recognizes the needs for flexibility and diverse solutions

Technical Skills

• Java SpringBoot

• API development (Apigee or other API gateway solution)

• Cloud Native Application development (Pivotal Cloud Foundry or other PaaS solution)

• Strong SQL and NoSQL skills

• Angular 2+ or other front-end framework technologies (preferred)

Technical Experience

• 7+ years experience in driving the adoption of Microservices/API based architecture at scale

• 7+ years experience working in Lean and Agile frameworks (Scaled Agile/Scrum/Kanban)

• 7+ years experience with DevOps tools and Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD),

• 7+ years experience in Containerisation (eg. Docker) and Container Orchestration (eg. Kubernetes)

• 7+ years experience in RESTful/Swagger API development, hosting and management

Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in designing and developing integrated digital solutions.
• Extensive experience in building in Microservices and Cloud Native Applications
• Extensive experience in delivering user-centric front-end applications (web and/or mobile)
• Experience in delivering projects from inception through to post-implementation warranty using Agile DevSecOps project delivery methodologies.
• Experience in delivering projects involving stakeholders from multiple locations
• Solid understanding of software delivery processes and tools (i.e. distributed version control systems, CI/CD)
• Functional understanding of cloud services (Azure, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
• Recognize the importance of high quality code through non-negotiables like unit tests, integration/acceptance tests, performant, secure.
• Insurance industry knowledge is seen as advantageous

Software Engineering Leadership

• Ensure programming best practices & quality gates are followed
• Ability to drive new technology analysis & discussion
• Ability to deliver under high pressure
• Ensure application integrity as product roadmap & business requirements.
• Committed team player
• Proven track record of developing applications using Agile methodology.

Technical Skills

• Expert knowledge in Java frameworks (Spring) and libraries.
• Expert knowledge in Cloud Native Development using PaaS solutions and containerization
• Expert knowledge in API Driven Development
• Expert knowledge in modern front-end web technologies, including Single Page Applications, Web Components, Service Workers and micro-frontends.
• Expert knowledge in API Gateways, Messaging, Data Event Streaming, REST, Distributed Tracing, Relational and Document Database Interface/SQL
• Experience in the design, development and testing of microservices
• Delivery methodology Agile, TDD/BDD/DDD within DevSecOps environment
• Knowledge of Mobile Application Development
• Knowledge of Salesforce and/or Microsoft Dynamics
• Knowledge of Cloud Services, preferably Azure.

Every career at Manulife/John Hancock provides the opportunity to learn new skills and move your career forward. Ready to make an impact somewhere? What are you waiting for? Apply today. About John Hancock and Manulife John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife globally, including Canada, Asia and Europe. We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were CAD$1.3 trillion (US$1.1 trillion) as of June 30, 2021. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com . One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance , annuities , investments , 401(k) plans , and education savings plans . Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com . 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 .