Jobs at Vanguard

Supports Vanguard’s modernization program by converting COBOL applications, batch jobs, and stored procedures to cloud-based Java solutions. Performs data integration, ETL support, code analysis, performance tuning, benchmarking, testing, production support, and SLA validation. Collaborates with application, database, infrastructure, and engineering teams to ensure functional equivalency, data synchronization, scalability, and performance parity. Provides technical expertise, participates in inspections, resolves complex issues, and mentors less-experienced staff.

Lead risk-based audit and consulting engagements across the investment lifecycle (front, middle, back office). Define scope, assess control and technology environments, analyze data to identify root causes, communicate findings and recommendations to senior management, and coach audit teams to improve controls and processes.

Own and mature Adobe Journey Optimizer within Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services marketing technology ecosystem. Lead onboarding, configuration, adoption, use-case development, operational standards, troubleshooting, and cross-functional consulting. Connect AJO with Marketo, Real-Time CDP, Target, tag management, Web SDK, and Customer Journey Analytics while helping marketers and engineering partners deliver measurable personalization, experimentation, and journey-orchestration outcomes.

Lead and develop a cloud engineering team responsible for building, managing, optimizing, and modernizing enterprise cloud platforms. Establish engineering standards, promote automation and AI-assisted solutions, improve reliability and operational excellence, and partner across technology teams on scalable cloud initiatives. Own performance metrics, roadmaps, process improvements, cloud maturity, and stakeholder alignment while mentoring employees and supporting continuous innovation.

Build and operate full-stack digital experiences using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Lit, Stencil, Node.js, Express, AWS, and Adobe Experience Manager. Develop reusable accessible components, backend services, integrations, event-driven solutions, automated testing, CI/CD, security, observability, and performance improvements. Contribute to architecture, code reviews, production support, mentoring, and engineering standards.

Build accessible, high-performance full-stack digital experiences using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Lit, Stencil, Node.js, AWS, and Adobe Experience Manager. Develop reusable UI components, backend services, APIs, event-driven integrations, AEM Sites solutions, automated tests, CI/CD pipelines, and observability capabilities. Contribute to architecture, security, performance optimization, production support, code reviews, mentoring, and engineering standards.

Serve as the office’s first point of contact by welcoming visitors, managing front-desk communications, coordinating meetings and hospitality, overseeing mail, couriers, supplies, and vendors, and maintaining an organized workplace. Provide administrative, scheduling, event, onboarding, safety, and project support while delivering professional client and employee service. Requires strong organization, communication, judgment, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Oversee daily, weekly, and monthly ETF fund operations, including basket validation, valuation, regulatory compliance monitoring, reporting, controls, and risk management. Analyze and resolve operational issues, recommend process improvements, maintain accuracy, and support operational excellence. The role also involves mentoring colleagues, providing training, managing stakeholder needs, and contributing to special projects in a regulated financial services environment.

Leads Adobe Target experimentation and personalization implementations, including A/B tests, multivariate tests, audience targeting, profile scripts, and front-end development. Builds JavaScript and TypeScript solutions, establishes QA and governance standards, troubleshoots delivery and analytics issues, mentors developers, and coordinates with product, design, analytics, AEM, MarTech, and business teams to deliver scalable, measurable experiences.

Provide intermediate provisioning, maintenance, and support for non-production Linux/Unix environments for Java applications: environment setup, deployments, CI/CD support, configuration management, troubleshooting, documentation, and performance optimization.

Manages reception operations as the first point of contact for visitors, clients, and employees. Responsibilities include visitor coordination, switchboard operation, meeting room and office support, mailbox and calendar monitoring, post processing, recordkeeping, administrative assistance, event support, and collaboration with Facilities, IT, Security, HR, and leadership teams. The role maintains professional service standards, confidentiality, security, health and safety, and a welcoming office environment.

Conduct independent quality control reviews across AML/KYC, CDD, EDD, source of wealth, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and investigations. Analyze errors, trends, root causes, control weaknesses, and emerging risks; produce findings and management information; coach operational teams; support control design, testing, audits, regulatory reviews, remediation, procedures, training, and process improvements. Serve as a financial crime subject matter expert and provide constructive challenge to strengthen compliance and decision quality.

Develops and supports moderately complex applications, databases, APIs, and backend systems. Responsibilities include coding, testing, deployment, production support, database and system performance optimization, data pipeline integration, documentation, and secure development. The role collaborates with business and frontend teams, follows Agile and software development standards, maintains CI/CD workflows, and troubleshoots AWS and legacy systems.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support mission-critical liquidity and cash management platforms. Build secure cloud-native applications, APIs, and automated tests; participate in code reviews and Agile development. Monitor production systems, troubleshoot incidents, support root-cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements. Collaborate with architects, technical leads, business stakeholders, and senior engineers while documenting solutions and expanding financial-domain expertise.

Lead backend system design, development, optimization, and integration. Build APIs, integrate data sources, ensure security and scalability, maintain documentation, support deployments, mentor developers, and participate in SDLC activities and cross-functional collaboration.

Provides platform engineering support for critical IT projects, including development, design, implementation, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and technical documentation. Collaborates with stakeholders, reviews code and designs, resolves technical issues, supports AWS and Kubernetes applications, promotes automation and observability, and contributes to continuous improvement. The role also involves mentoring team members and evaluating technical solutions throughout the product lifecycle.

Executes and oversees daily securities lending operations, resolves complex issues, maintains controls and management reporting, supports trading teams, and ensures compliance with policies and procedures. The role also coordinates with internal and external stakeholders, documents procedures, supports risk mitigation and contingency planning, contributes to product launches, and participates in program initiatives and special projects.

Lead and develop multiple engineering teams delivering cloud-native wealth management platforms. Provide strategic technical leadership, ensure delivery quality, security, resilience and scalability, drive modernization (DevSecOps, platform engineering, AI-enabled development), partner with Product/Data/Architecture, and mentor engineering leaders while maintaining regulatory and risk compliance.

Own escalated fraud cases from intake through resolution for high-value and workplace clients. Responsibilities include investigating account activity, assessing risk, conducting enhanced identity verification, applying restrictions or other controls, communicating with clients, maintaining audit-ready documentation, and identifying fraud trends. The specialist also supports primary fraud teams, provides typology expertise, and partners with investigation, prevention, product, and technology teams to improve case handling.

Leads complex, high-value institutional retirement plan relationships for Vanguard Workplace Solutions. Provides strategic consultation, recommends service and operational enhancements, resolves complex client issues, coordinates cross-functional solutions, and builds executive-level partnerships. Applies expertise in retirement plan recordkeeping, investments, products, and competitive positioning to strengthen client loyalty and support long-term growth. The role includes enterprise initiatives, special projects, regulatory licensing, and 25–50% travel.