We are seeking a Senior Developer to join the product engineering team within Vanguard's Wealth Management digital experience organization. The team owns and evolves client-facing investment income and distribution capabilities on Vanguard's secure site. In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of features — from building rich Angular-based micro-frontends to designing resilient Node.js APIs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain features spanning micro-frontend UIs and backend services supporting investment income and distribution products
- Collaborate with product and UX partners to translate client needs into technical solutions that are accessible, performant, and reliable
- Participate actively in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and uphold team engineering standards
- Contribute to and maintain CI/CD pipelines covering build, test, and deployment automation
- Instrument services with observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, Splunk) to ensure production health visibility
- Design and manage AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation, ECS, DynamoDB, S3, and related services
- Engage in on-call rotations and incident response, supporting PagerDuty alerts and driving rapid resolution
- Champion operational excellence — from branching strategies and PR hygiene to synthetics monitoring and caching strategies
Required Skills & Experience
Frontend: Angular, Stencil, React
Backend: Node.js, REST APIs
Cloud (AWS): Cloudformation, ECS, DynamoDB, Caching strategies, S3, IAM, Synthetics
Operations: GitHub (PRs, code reviews, branching strategies), CI/CD pipelines (build, test, deploy automation)
Site Reliability & Observability: Splunk, Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry
Nice to Have
- Experience building micro-frontend architectures in a large-scale enterprise environment
- Experience with GraphQL and SuperGraph
- Familiarity with wealth management or investment domain concepts
Qualifications and Skills
Minimum 5 years of experience in software development, system integration, database design, and back-end architecture.
Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in relevant fields such as Computer Science, or a Master’s degree/Diploma in Computer Science.
Expertise in server-side development, system integration, and API management; strong knowledge of database design, optimization, debugging, and performance tuning.
Must-have skills: Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node JS, AWS, CloudFormation, ECS, Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, IAM, SQL queries, GitHub, Bitbucket, Bamboo, CI/CD, TDD/BDD, Splunk, Honeycomb, Python.
Knowledge of Agile, Confluence, JIRA; aptitude for continuous process improvement for process flows/workflows.
AWS Cloud Practitioner certification preferred.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our 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 5 years of experience in software development, system integration, database design, and back-end architecture.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node JS, AWS, CloudFormation, ECS, Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, SQL queries, GitHub, CI/CD, TDD/BDD, Splunk, Honeycomb, Python.
- Knowledge of Agile, Confluence, JIRA; continuous process improvement.
- AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.
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.
