Back End Software Developer

The opportunity

The Backend Software Developer will design, build, and maintain backend services and data-driven applications, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.

Position Responsibilities:

• Monitoring/logging/alerting (ELK, Prometheus/Grafana) and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of data security and compliance (encryption, auditing, RBAC, data masking).
• Automated testing awareness (unit/integration/regression).
• Willingness to join on‑call rotations and incident response.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as application developer in IT projects
• Strong proficiency in writing database queries, stored procedures, and using SQL, including DML and DDL.
• Good in Python and C#/.NET.
• Familiar with CI/CD practices and source control (Git, Jira, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
• Able to use English effectively as a working language, including reading, writing, and participating in meeting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Insurance / compliance services experience is a plus
• Cloud experience (Azure or AWS) preferred.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife 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.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At 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.

It 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 [email protected].

Working Arrangement

Hybrid