Associate Backend Software Engineer (manulife)

Job Description

Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make decisions easier and lives better. Help shape the future you want to see — and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go.

JOB DESCRIPTION

People Leader Role: No

Individual Responsibilities:

• Executes scripts based on specifications and standards
• Documents and executes simple software components of larger architectures
• Contributes to portions of value stream codebase
• Builds, codes, tests, maintain high quality software
• Participates in Agile sprints and ceremonies; supports rapid iteration and development
• Translates user requirements into software requirements
• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, maintaining and improving application APIs as a member of a team, works across key data, orchestration, rules and transactional stacks through the entire application and system development life cycle

Job Requirements:

• Familiarity with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features
• Understanding of software development lifecycle
• Understanding of how technology supports Manulife business strategy
• Needs class room training
• Needs mentoring from competent colleagues
• Needs recipes for tasks
• Is pointed in the direction of relevant trainings by his or her colleagues
• Most interpersonal skills meet requirements
• Moderate working knowledge of key aspects of role
• Staying abreast of developments in your own technical discipline
• Occasionally participates in demos utilizing new tech.; control guidelines required
• Requires guidance to link each step
• Understands the informal structure
• Familiar with platform technologies
• Familiar with modern software architectures and API-driven development
• Familiar with scripting languages
• Familiar with technologies such as: API Gateways, Messaging, Data Event Streaming, REST, SOAP, Distributed Tracing, Relational and Document Database Interface/SQL
• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods
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• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion
• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next.
• Some positive impact to specific organizational entitles
• Works together in a small team with a common purpose, follows rules from team members

Decision Authorities:

• Most straightforward tasks completed to acceptable standard, requires some iteration
• Able to work well with close supervision
• Drives less than 15% of the time in paired programming
• Not yet capable of tackling new problems by him/herself, needs support with problem solving


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.

This job description is not a comprehensive listing of all job duties required for this role. We reserve the right to change these duties or assign additional duties at any time with or without notice

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 recruitment@manulife.com.