Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Manulife

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer designing and building secure software solutions at Manulife. Collaborating across technology stacks and providing technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeWaterloo • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$113,000 - CA$163,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudDockerJavaScriptKubernetesMongoDBNode.jsNoSQLReactSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end features across front-end, back-end, APIs, and infrastructure
Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product, design, engineering) to define requirements and deliver solutions
Contribute to architectural and technical design decisions with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and reliability
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code following established engineering best practices
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
Troubleshoot and resolve complex, cross-stack issues by identifying root causes and implementing sustainable fixes
Participate in code reviews and contribute to shared engineering standards and documentation
Support and mentor other engineers through knowledge-sharing and constructive feedback
Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to the product ecosystem

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years experience full stack software development
Professional experience as a full-stack or software engineer delivering production systems
Experience building front-end applications using modern frameworks such as React
Back-end development experience with Node.js, Express, or similar technologies
Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and working with domain-driven models
Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., SQL, MongoDB)
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, such as Azure
Experience using container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
Understanding of performance, accessibility, and responsive design principles
Experience providing technical guidance, mentorship, or leadership within a team

Benefits

Comp & perks

health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage
adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
employee/family assistance plans
various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
financial education and counseling resources
generous paid time off program including holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
full range of statutory leaves of absence

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Hard Skills & Tools

full stack software developmentfront-end developmentback-end developmentReactNode.jsExpressRESTful APIsSQLMongoDBcloud platforms

Soft Skills

collaborationmentorshipknowledge-sharingconstructive feedbackproblem-solvingtechnical guidancecommunicationleadershipscalability focusperformance focus