{"id":1147799,"url":"https://alion.io/job/manulife-senior-mobile-software-engineer","title":"Senior Mobile Software Engineer","company":{"id":6650,"name":"Manulife","domain":"manulife.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/manulife","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":65,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.4,"repost_share":0.015,"time_to_fill_p50_days":18,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Waterloo, Canada","Toronto, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":100000,"max_usd":212000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":343},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"Azure AKS","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Expo","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub Actions","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Nest.JS","optional":false},{"name":"New Relic","optional":false},{"name":"Node JS","optional":false},{"name":"React Native","optional":false},{"name":"React Query","optional":false},{"name":"Redis","optional":false},{"name":"State Management","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false},{"name":"Istio","optional":true},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true},{"name":"React.js","optional":true},{"name":"Service Mesh","optional":true},{"name":"Tailwind CSS","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T16:12:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T07:46:12Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"About the Role\nAs a Senior Mobile Software Engineer within our US Retirement technology organization, you will design, build, and deliver high-quality mobile and backend solutions for our Retirement customers. Working across the full stack, you will develop React Native applications and NestJS services, contribute to architectural decisions, and help elevate engineering standards. You will partner closely with Product Owners, UX Designers, architects, and engineers to deliver impactful digital experiences.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, develop, test, and maintain full-stack features across React Native mobile apps and Node.js backend services\nContribute to system architecture and technical design, including APIs, data models, caching strategies, and service decomposition\nWrite clean, well-tested, production-ready TypeScript across mobile and backend codebases\nBuild performant, accessible mobile experiences using React Native, Expo, React Query, and Uniwind\nDevelop and maintain backend services integrated with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Redis\nParticipate in architecture reviews, propose solutions, and document design decisions\nEnhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to support fast, reliable deployments\nImplement observability with New Relic to monitor and optimize application performance\nMentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing\nCollaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ years of experience in full-stack software development\nStrong proficiency in TypeScript across frontend and backend\nHands-on experience with React Native and Expo\nExperience with React Query (TanStack Query) for state management and data fetching\nBackend development experience with Node.js\nWorking knowledge of Redis (caching, queues, session management)\nExperience with Azure cloud services, including AKS\nFamiliarity with GitHub Actions for CI/CD\nExperience with New Relic or similar observability tools\nDemonstrated ability to make architectural decisions (API design, scalability, performance)\nStrong understanding of testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E)\nExcellent communication and ability to articulate technical trade-offs\nArchitecture & Technical Leadership\nContribute to and drive architectural decisions for mobile and backend systems\nDesign scalable APIs and services to support evolving business needs\nIdentify and address technical debt, performance issues, and reliability risks\nNice to Have\nExperience with Tailwind or Uniwind (utility-first CSS frameworks)\nKnowledge of mobile security and secure storage practices\nFamiliarity with Kubernetes networking, Istio, or service mesh patterns\nExperience with event-driven architectures or message queues\nContributions to open-source projects\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\nCAN, Ontario, Waterloo, 500 King Street NorthWorking Arrangement\nHybridSalary range is expected to be between\n$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 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. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6160,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Insurance coverage","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Financial Services","Insurance"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T16:12:30Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/manulife-senior-mobile-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/manulife-senior-mobile-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T09:33:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}