AEM Front End Developer

The Global Wealth & Asset Management Digital Technologies group division is looking for a self-motivated, driven, and enthusiastic team member to support the Digital Technologies organization driving digital transformation and marketing automation. Our global team provides digital technology solutions to investors, advisors, and retail customers across the globe. We are looking for an intermediate level engineer to drive digital initiatives and help transform the group to have a digital first, customer centric mindset.

Position Responsibilities:

• Builds, codes, tests, and maintains high quality software.
• Participates in Agile sprints and ceremonies; supports rapid iteration and development.
• Translates user requirements into software requirements.
• Designs, develops, tests, delivers, maintains, and improves business applications as a member of a team, working across full stack through the entire software development lifecycle.
• Accepts and modifies specifications and standards.
• Manages portions of development projects.

Job Requirements:

• Front end development experience for at least 3 to 5 years with 3 or more years in a similar position.
• Solid hands-on experience in React, Node.js, Express, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and writing front end tests.
• Experience in designing solid React components with Redux, that are reusable, efficient, and easy to maintain; Knowledge of React server-side rendering.
• Solid CSS experience in building user interfaces with scalability and mobile responsiveness in mind.
• Experience in building digital products with accessibility in mind and conducting accessibility testing throughout the design and development processes.
• Familiarity with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features.
• Experience working/communicating with clients and stakeholders while being empathetic to their needs.
• Good verbal and written communication; effectively articulates technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes.

Nice to haves:

• Working knowledge or exposure to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) will be a HUGE plus.
• Cloud based development experience with Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) or similar platform.
• Exposure to PaaS and micro-service architectures.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins/Team City.
• Familiarity with GitHub actions.
• Knowledge in SonarQube, Fortify, and WebInspect.
• Developing junior engineers and a passion for growing staff within the organization.

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.

Primary Location: Waterloo, Ontario

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between: $74,270.00 CAD - $137,930.00 CAD

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. 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.

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.