Senior Data Science Engineer

The Opportunity

As a Senior Data Science Engineer, you will take a leading role in designing and delivering AI/Advanced Analytics solution in cloud-based production environments to business; be accountable for delivering business value with data by focusing on key corporate objectives, including portfolio optimization, expense efficiency, growth acceleration, digital customer leadership, fraud detection, and high-performance of the team. The ideal candidate would have experience in implementing Analytics solutions in finance, health and/or investment organizations.

Responsibilities

• Domain expert to leadership for technical guidance around data and AI/ML solution design and standard methodologies
• Design, develop and deploy of AI/ML solutions in cloud environment
• Integrate AI/ML solutions with enterprise applications and business processes
• Responsible for MLOps, DevOps toolchain and Continuous Development, Continuous Integration and Automated Testing using Jenkins
• Provide guidance on analytics concepts for broader advanced analytics group, and inspire adoption of advanced analytics, data engineering and data science across organization
• Present findings, share insights, and make recommendations that impact sales; and communicate results in written, oral and presentation formats
• Innovate ways to source and use data to support modeling efforts applying structured and unstructured data; and big data technologies
• Work with multi-functional distributed team members to identify and prioritize practical, high-impact insights across a variety of core business areas
  
  

What motivates you?

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
• You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Information system, Mathematic, Statistics, Economy, Finance, etc.)
• Advanced experience with PowerBI, Salesforce, MLFlow, GitHub (ideally with co-pilot)
• Familiar with distributed computing frameworks (e.g. Spark), cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, AzureML, Databricks), containerization, and analytics libraries (e.g. pandas, NumPy, matplotlib)
• Experienced with developing APIs or web application development
• Strong sense of ownership and superb problem-solving capability
  
  

Nice to Have

• Strong business acumen and finance knowledge, experienced in wealth asset management/ finance
  
  

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.
  
  

Our commitment to you

• Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
• Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
• Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
• Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.
  
  

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].

Primary Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$92,190.00 CAD - $171,210.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [email protected] for the salary range for your location. 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. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

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. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [email protected] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.