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Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

$113.26k - $210.34k per year

Manulife

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Lead Full Stack Software Engineer - Hybrid

Canadian Retirement

Are you a passionate software engineering leader who enjoys building modern cloud-based solutions while mentoring and elevating development teams? Join our Canadian Retirement Technology team and play a key role in designing, delivering, and evolving digital capabilities that improve the experience of our customers and business partners.

As a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer , you will provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, partnering with product owners, architects, and engineering teams to build secure, scalable, and high-performing applications. You’ll influence engineering practices, drive architectural decisions, and help foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the design, development, and delivery of full-stack applications using Java (Spring Boot) and React .

  • Architect and build scalable cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure , leveraging services such as AKS, App Service, Azure SQL, and Service Bus.

  • Guide engineering teams through architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and implementation best practices.

  • Mentor and coach developers through code reviews, pair programming, and ongoing technical leadership.

  • Promote software quality through automated testing, observability, and modern engineering practices.

  • Partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into innovative technology solutions.

  • Drive DevOps adoption, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

  • Support production systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and lead efforts to improve reliability and performance.

  • Balance delivery priorities with long-term architectural health and technical debt management.

  • Contribute to hiring and talent development efforts to build a high-performing engineering organization.

What We're Looking For

Experience

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.

  • 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership, lead developer, or mentorship capacity.

Technical Expertise

  • Strong hands-on experience with Java (Spring Boot) and React .

  • Proven experience developing and operating cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure .

  • Strong understanding of microservices architecture , RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines , DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.

  • Expertise working with relational databases such as SQL Server and PostgreSQL .

  • Experience with Docker , Kubernetes , and modern container-based deployment strategies.

  • Strong understanding of software design principles, application security, and performance optimization.

Leadership & Collaboration

  • Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and fostering technical excellence.

  • Experience leading architecture discussions and evaluating technical trade-offs.

  • Ability to establish and maintain high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence.

  • Strong Agile delivery experience, including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Experience coordinating across multiple teams and managing cross-functional dependencies.

Mindset

  • Pragmatic and outcome-focused, with a balanced approach to technology adoption.

  • Passionate about continuous improvement, learning, and innovation.

  • Committed to quality-first engineering practices, including TDD and automation.

  • Values collaboration, transparency, accountability, and customer-centric thinking.

If you are applying to this role in Massachusetts, please note the salary range is $127300 - $236470 USD. Additionally, employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Why Join Us?

You’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of Canadian Retirement technology while working with modern cloud platforms, talented engineering teams, and business leaders committed to innovation. If you’re excited about leading technical strategy, mentoring others, and delivering solutions that make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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Manulife es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades

En Manulife/John Hancock, valoramos nuestra diversidad. Nos esforzamos por atraer, formar y retener una fuerza laboral tan diversa como los clientes a los que prestamos servicios, y para fomentar un entorno laboral inclusivo en el que se aprovechen las fortalezas de las culturas y las personas. Estamos comprometidos con la equidad en las contrataciones, la retención de talento, el ascenso y la remuneración, y administramos todas nuestras prácticas y programas sin discriminación por motivos de raza, ascendencia, lugar de origen, color, origen étnico, ciudadanía, religión o creencias religiosas, credo, sexo (incluyendo el embarazo y las afecciones relacionadas con este), orientación sexual, características genéticas, condición de veterano, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, estado civil, estatus familiar, discapacidad, o cualquier otro aspecto protegido por la ley vigente.

Nuestra prioridad es eliminar las barreras para garantizar la igualdad de acceso al empleo. Un representante de Recursos Humanos trabajará con los solicitantes que requieran una adaptación razonable durante el proceso de solicitud. Toda la información que se haya compartido durante el proceso de solicitud de adaptación se almacenará y utilizará de manera congruente con las leyes y las políticas de Manulife/John Hancock correspondientes. Para solicitar una adaptación razonable en el proceso de solicitud, envíenos un mensaje a View email address on clickmatrix.dev .

Referenced Salary Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Modalidades de Trabajo

Híbrido

Salary range is expected to be between

$113,260.00 CAD - $210,340.00 CAD

Los empleados también tienen la oportunidad de participar en programas de incentivos y recibir una compensación vinculada al rendimiento empresarial e individual. El salario real variará según las condiciones del mercado local, la geografía y factores relacionados con el puesto como conocimientos, habilidades, requerimientos, experiencia y educación/formación. Si solicitas este puesto fuera de tu ubicación principal, por favor escríbenos a View email address on clickmatrix.dev para conocer el rango salarial correspondiente a tu ubicación.

Manulife ofrece a los empleados aptos una amplia variedad de beneficios personalizables, entre ellos, beneficios de salud, odontológicos, de salud mental, oftalmológicos, por discapacidad a corto y a largo plazo, cobertura de seguro de vida y por muerte accidental y desmembramiento, adopción/subrogación y bienestar, y planes de asistencia al empleado/familiar. También ofrecemos a los empleados admisibles varios planes de ahorro para la jubilación (incluidos planes de pensiones y un plan mundial de propiedad de acciones con contribuciones equivalentes del empleador) y recursos de asesoramiento y educación financiera. Nuestro generoso programa de tiempo libre remunerado en Canadá incluye feriados, vacaciones, días personales y días por enfermedad, y ofrecemos la gama completa de ausencia laboral reglamentaria. Si se está postulando para este puesto en los EE. UU., póngase en contacto con View email address on clickmatrix.dev para obtener más información sobre las disposiciones relativas al tiempo libre remunerado específicas de EE. UU.

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