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.

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.

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.

Experience 8+ years of skilled software engineering experience.

- 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership, lead developer, or mentorship capacity.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java (Spring Boot) and React.
- Proven experience developing and operating cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure.
- 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 up-to-date container-based deployment strategies.
- Strong understanding of software design principles, application security,



and performance optimization.
- 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.
- Robust Agile delivery experience, including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- 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.

Additionally, employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Salary range is expected to be between $113,260.00 CAD - $210,340.00 CAD.

Employees 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.

com for the salary range for your location.

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.

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.

We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools,



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It’s what inspires us to find new ways to support customers and colleagues in living longer and healthier lives. It’s the reason we’re dedicated to investing in digital innovation and industry-leading AI, and accelerating a sustainable and economically inclusive future.

We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. And as part of our global team, you’ll help shape the future you want to see – and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go.

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📌 Lead Full Stack Software Development Engineer (Ontario)
🏢 Manulife/John Hancock
📍 Ontario