About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.
Vanguard’s India Office
Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.
Role Summary
We are seeking an Application Engineer with strong software development experience in Python, TypeScript, and API development to support emerging Agentic AI initiatives. Candidates having experience in UI Path and UI path agent is good to have. The role involves working closely with business and technology teams to understand problem statements, evaluate suitable AI tools, and guide solution design across a platform-agnostic environment. The ideal candidate should have exposure to LLMs, agent development, prompt engineering, AI workflows, automation, AWS, and data concepts. Experience with UiPath Agent Builder, Amazon Bedrock, QuickSight, or financial services domain knowledge will be an added advantage. This role offers an opportunity to work on real business use cases in a fast-evolving AI space.
Responsibilites
1. Provides intermediate level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases. Integrates third party products.
2. Translates technical specifications into code for moderately complex new or enhancement projects for internal clients. Writes programs, develops code, tests artifacts, and produces reports. Employs software development techniques to ensure tests are implemented in a way that support automation.
3. Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up production support. Submits change control requests and documents.
4. Follows software development methodology. Follows development architecture standards.
5. Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout the life cycle to identify issues. Participates in systems analysis activities.
6. Understands client business functions and technology needs. Understands Vanguard's tools, technologies, and applications/databases, including those that interface with business area and systems.
7. Learns and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures.
8. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
9. Contribute to optimizing system performance through efficient database design and code enhancements to support scalability.
10. Support the integration and maintenance of data pipelines between APIs and backend systems, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
11. Maintain and update software documentation for backend components, highlighting logic, processes, and architecture.
12. Apply intermediate knowledge of backend system security and data protection best practices during development.
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum 3 years of experience in application development, system analysis, or database management.
- Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA).
- Experience with database design, SQL, and data optimization techniques for high-performance applications.
- Familiarity with API development, integration, and third-party software integration.
- Must have skills: Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node JS, AWS, SQL queries, Github, Bitbucket, Bamboo, CI/CD, TDD/BDD, Python (optional).
- Proficiency in Agile, Confluence, JIRA.
- Aptitude for continuous process improvement for process flows/workflows.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers and business stakeholders.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern development tools is a plus.
- Adobe Experience Manager AWS Cloud Background.
- Expert in debugging in AWS and legacy systems using modern tools.
- Proficiency in Agile Monitoring/refining dashboards, SLOs, and solving known problems by following playbooks.
- Strong Software Development background with hands-on development experience, including API development, Python(Preferred), and TypeScript.
- Experience with LLM and Agent Development.
- Strong prompt engineering skills with an understanding of how agents and memory management work.
- Experience with AI workflows and automation.
- Sound understanding of data concepts and AWS.
- Experience in UI Path Platform and UiPath Agent Builder background,
- Python is mandatory
Location
This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
Our mission
Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
Our commitment to you
Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life:
Financial wellness
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.
Physical wellness
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.
Personal wellness
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.
How we work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (crew members), designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Skills Required
- Minimum 3 years of experience in application development, system analysis, or database management
- Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science/IT or BCA
- Experience with database design, SQL, and data optimization for high-performance applications
- API development and third-party integration experience
- Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
- Experience with Angular
- Experience with Node JS
- Strong Python skills (explicitly stated as mandatory)
- TypeScript experience (5-7 years preferred level indicated)
- Experience with AWS and cloud-based development
- Familiarity with GitHub and Bitbucket source control
- Experience with Bamboo and CI/CD pipelines; familiarity with TDD/BDD
- Experience with LLMs, Agent Development, and prompt engineering
- Experience with AI workflows and automation
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (Confluence, JIRA)
- Experience debugging in AWS and legacy systems; monitoring and SLO/dashboard refinement experience
- Experience with UiPath platform and UiPath Agent Builder
- Adobe Experience Manager on AWS background
- Familiarity with other cloud platforms (Azure, GCP)
- Aptitude for continuous process improvement and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
Vanguard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vanguard and has not been reviewed or approved by Vanguard.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support appears unusually strong through a 401(k) design that includes a match plus an additional employer contribution, which can materially lift long-term total rewards. HSA seeding and an enhanced employer match further strengthen the savings-and-benefits value of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle support is reinforced by a sizable annual FlexFund stipend that can be applied across many day-to-day categories such as fitness, childcare, and other personal expenses. On-site or virtual clinics and fitness options add practical health and wellness convenience.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare and related benefits are positioned as comparatively affordable via heavily subsidized medical plans and broad coverage options. This affordability can offset moderate base pay for employees who place higher value on out-of-pocket cost reductions.
Vanguard Insights
What We Do
We are a community of 30 million who think – and feel – differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping our investors achieve their goals is our sole reason for existence. With no other parties to answer to and therefore no conflicting loyalties, we make every decision—like keeping investing costs as low as possible—with only your needs in mind. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies, offering a large selection of high-quality low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services. Individual and institutional investors, financial professionals, and plan sponsors can benefit from the size, stability, and experience Vanguard offers. As of April 30, 2019, we managed more than $5.6 trillion in global assets. In addition, we have 189 funds in the United States and 225 funds in global markets. For Commenting Guidelines & Important information, visit here: http://vanguard.com/linkedin Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.
