Senior Full-stack Software Engineer

The Opportunity

This job description does not represent a comprehensive listing of job duties that are required of the employee performing this role. We reserve the right to change duties or assign additional duties at any time with or without notice.

Work Location: Boston – USA (location of preference) or Toronto-Canada

Work arrangement: Hybrid (3 days from nearest Office, 2 days from Home); Working remotely is not available.

Are you a self-starter who loves technical challenges?

Are you passionate about building high quality, user-friendly solutions?

If so, then we want to hear from you! We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will be responsible for the entire development lifecycle of our web applications, from front-end design and development to back-end engineering and database management.

John Hancock’s Engineering team is working on delivering business and technical capabilities to enhance customer and user experience. Our company’s mission of “Decisions Made Easier, Lives Made Better” is directly supported by the work we do. John Hancock continues to transform towards becoming a more digital, customer- centric organization. As a part of this ongoing transformation, we are building digital solutions based on the latest technologies.  

The customer is the focus of everything we do, and millions of customers rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering our team members with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of the business, which is why we need you. We are seeking a self-motivated, forward-thinking Engineer who is obsessed with delivering value to

What work would I Be doing?

• Develop and maintain clean, well-documented, and efficient code for both the front-end (React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back-end (your preferred server-side language .NET/C#)

• Work with product managers and other engineers to define technical requirements

• Collaborate with designers to curate an idea user experience

• Design and build scalable and secure APIs

• Implement robust and efficient databases

• Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues

• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality

• Pair program with other engineers on the team

• Stay up-to-date on the latest web development technologies and trends

• Use leading technologies such as GitHub CoPilot to increase efficiency

Am I Right for This Job?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent …