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
This role delivers advanced front-end engineering and cloud-native development within a product-oriented team. You'll own the design, development, and delivery of Angular applications backed by AWS services, working closely with cross-functional squads to ship features that serve investors at scale. You'll bring deep expertise in modern Angular, a solid understanding of cloud architecture, and the technical maturity to mentor others and drive engineering quality.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deliver complex Angular applications using modern framework versions (Angular 15+), leveraging standalone components, signals, and current best practices. Architect and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS, including serverless functions (Lambda), storage (S3), compute (EC2), and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB). Translate product requirements and technical specifications into well-structured, testable code. Champion automation through robust unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies. Lead front-end optimization efforts — ensuring high performance, accessibility, and responsiveness across devices and workloads. Integrate APIs, third-party services, and multiple data sources to streamline data flow and improve system efficiency. Advocate and implement best practices for security, data protection, and application resilience aligned with enterprise standards. Collaborate with product owners, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless, intuitive user experiences. Manage code promotion across development, test, and production environments. Provide production support and maintain change control documentation. Mentor and coach less experienced developers. Lead design reviews, code inspections, and architectural discussions throughout the delivery lifecycle. Communicate technical considerations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including product stakeholders and cross-functional partners. Maintain a broad understanding of the organization's technology landscape, including interfacing systems, shared platforms, and enterprise tooling. Comply with Information Technology and Information Security policies, verifying that deliverables meet security and compliance requirements. Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
Required:
8+ years of professional software development experience
Expert-level Angular skills with hands-on experience on recent versions (Angular 15+)
Strong AWS knowledge — specifically EC2, S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB
Node.js development experience
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and automated testing (TDD/BDD)
Solid understanding of RESTful API design and integration patterns
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across product, design, and engineering teams
Preferred:
Experience working in product organizations (product-led delivery, iterating on customer-facing features)
Java or Spring Boot experience
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) development experience
AWS Cloud Practitioner or Associate-level certification
Familiarity with observability tooling (Splunk, Honeycomb, or similar)
Knowledge of Agile delivery practices, Confluence, and Jira
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
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Expert-level Angular skills with hands-on experience with Angular 15 or later
- Strong AWS knowledge, specifically EC2, S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB
- Node.js development experience
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git version control, and automated testing using TDD or BDD
- Understanding of RESTful API design and integration patterns
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams
- Experience working in product organizations and delivering customer-facing features
- Java or Spring Boot experience
- Adobe Experience Manager development experience
- AWS Cloud Practitioner or Associate-level certification
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk or Honeycomb
- Knowledge of Agile delivery practices, Confluence, and Jira
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.
