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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.\nAs 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.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead the design, development, and delivery of full-stack applications using Java (Spring Boot) and React.\nArchitect and build scalable cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure, leveraging services such as AKS, App Service, Azure SQL, and Service Bus.\nGuide engineering teams through architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and implementation best practices.\nMentor and coach developers through code reviews, pair programming, and ongoing technical leadership.\nPromote software quality through automated testing, observability, and modern engineering practices.\nPartner closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into innovative technology solutions.\nDrive DevOps adoption, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices.\nSupport production systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and lead efforts to improve reliability and performance.\nBalance delivery priorities with long-term architectural health and technical debt management.\nContribute to hiring and talent development efforts to build a high-performing engineering organization.\nWhat We're Looking For\nExperience\n8+ years of professional software engineering experience.\n2+ years of experience in a technical leadership, lead developer, or mentorship capacity.\nTechnical Expertise\nStrong hands-on experience with Java (Spring Boot) and React.\nProven experience developing and operating cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure.\nStrong understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.\nExpertise working with relational databases such as SQL Server and PostgreSQL.\nExperience with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern container-based deployment strategies.\nStrong understanding of software design principles, application security, and performance optimization.\nLeadership & Collaboration\nDemonstrated success mentoring engineers and fostering technical excellence.\nExperience leading architecture discussions and evaluating technical trade-offs.\nAbility to establish and maintain high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence.\nStrong Agile delivery experience, including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.\nExcellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nExperience coordinating across multiple teams and managing cross-functional dependencies.\nMindset\nPragmatic and outcome-focused, with a balanced approach to technology adoption.\nPassionate about continuous improvement, learning, and innovation.\nCommitted to quality-first engineering practices, including TDD and automation.\nValues collaboration, transparency, accountability, and customer-centric thinking.\nIf 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.\nWhy Join Us?\nYou'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.\nThe role being advertised is an existing vacancy.\nAbout Manulife and John Hancock\nManulife 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.\nManulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nAt 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.\nIt 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 .\nReferenced Salary Location\nWaterloo, OntarioWorking Arrangement\nHybridSalary range is expected to be between\n$113,260.00 CAD - $210,340.00 CADEmployees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. 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. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact  for the salary range for your location.\nManulife 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.\nWe use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. 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