Join Manulife Travel Insurance, a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to delivering ground breaking solutions. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning. As one of the newer insurance offerings, working in Travel allows you to work on a modern tech stack in an environment that is constantly changing and is fast moving.

We are seeking a strong Intermediate Full Stack Engineer with a focus on backend development to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of both frontend and backend technologies, with a particular emphasis on backend development. Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and a passion for implementing standard processes in software development and code quality are essential. The candidate will be responsible for working with product partners and managers of engineering to take user stories and break them down into functional pieces of work to be delivered with quality. This position involves a combination of building new software and maintaining existing systems and overseeing occasional scheduled releases. Our team has a strong focus culture and this being a place you love to be at.

Position Responsibilities:

Designs, develops, tests, delivers, maintains, and improves business applications as a member of a team.

Builds, codes, tests, maintain high quality software.

Participates in the Agile ways of working.

Translates user requirements into software requirements.

Applies creative problem solving that bring software designs to life.

Completes and ensures completion of any required documentation required e.g. deployment, maintenance, support and business needs.

Please do not hesitate to apply even if you may not check off all the requirements. Our team is eager to mentor and help you grow in your career if you have the skills to learn new technology!

Required Qualifications:

5+ years Full Stack Development

Languages (Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, REACT, NodeJS, and/or similar languages)

API development and standard methodologies

DevOps (Jenkins, Snyk, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Azure, and SonarQub)

Relational & Non-Relational Data Management

Cloud platform (AKS)

Jira for task management, GitHub for source control

Preferred Qualifications:

Computer Science Graduate or equivalent professional experience.

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

Writes clear, readable, and maintainable code, takes ownership of the quality and usability of codes.

Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members, participate in code reviews, shares skills and methods.

Strong problem-solving ability, with an eagerness to be involved in solution and design

Strong communication skills.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our distributed team, we’ll 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 https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

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.

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If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com 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 recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.