Core Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and operate frontend and backend applications part of financial planning tools.
- Perform senior-level system analysis to translate business requirements into maintainable designs and well-structured code.
- Build cloud-native solutions on AWS (e.g., Lambda, ECS, EKS, S3, Storage Gateway, CloudFront) using event-driven and distributed-system patterns.
- Drive technical design decisions, collaboration meetings with methodology, contribute thoughtful code reviews, and help shape testing approaches that improve quality, security, and performance.
- Own delivery end-to-end: CI/CD, release readiness, and safe promotion through development, test, and production environments.
- Provide production support and incident response; troubleshoot complex issues and resolve them.
- Build observability into services (logging, metrics, tracing) and use instrumentation to understand customer behavior and business outcomes.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across roles; share knowledge and help the team deliver with speed and reliability.
- Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and peer engineers to shape roadmaps and deliver measurable value.
- Continuously improve how we build and run software (automation, developer experience, reliability practices, and post-incident learning).
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of five years related work experience, with at least one year of development experience.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent training/experience).
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on development.
- Strong programming skills, with deep experience in Node.js, StencilJS, TypeScript, java and Python.
- Full Stack Developer with experience building and supporting micro front ends, cloud-native, serverless, event-driven systems.
- Strong engineering fundamentals (development methodologies, architecture standards, system design).
- Planning and organizational skills; able to manage work independently and collaboratively
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with high-throughput, highly available platforms.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, EKS, IAM, S3, SQS, Cloud Front and CloudFormation.
- Comfortable working in production-focused teams, including CI/CD pipelines, automation, and on-call or incident response.
- Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives end-to-end.
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
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on development
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
- Strong programming skills with deep experience in Node.js, StencilJS, TypeScript, Java, and Python
- Full stack development experience building/supporting micro frontends, cloud-native, serverless, event-driven systems
- Strong engineering fundamentals: development methodologies, architecture standards, system design
- Planning and organizational skills; able to manage work independently and collaboratively
- Experience with high-throughput, highly available platforms
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, EKS, IAM, S3, SQS, CloudFront, CloudFormation)
- Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines, automation, on-call and incident response
- Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives end-to-end
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.
