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
Responsibilites
- Leads, hires, evaluates, and develops engineering teams, setting performance standards and supporting career growth
- Provides senior-level technical leadership and architecture direction for API-driven platforms across multiple systems
- Owns design, development, implementation, and maintenance of secure, scalable applications
- Evaluates architectural approaches and approves technical deliverables to ensure quality and alignment with standards
- Ensures comprehensive testing across functionality, performance, and security
- Reviews and approves technical solutions, resolving complex engineering challenges and performing root cause analysis
- Communicates with key stakeholders on project progress, technical implications, and risks
- Maintains and promotes adherence to development methodologies, architecture standards, and best practices
- Reviews and authors technical documentation, ensuring clarity and consistency across teams
- Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement in processes, tools, and engineering practices
- Participates in product lifecycle activities including design reviews, code reviews, and production readiness
- Ensures compliance with IT and Information Security policies and regulatory requirements
- Oversees integration of data flow across APIs and systems to ensure reliability, consistency, and performance
- Drives collaboration across global teams and functions to align delivery and architecture with business priorities
- Establishes and maintains documentation standards to support long-term system maintainability
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum 10 years of experience in software engineering, application development, and technical leadership
- At least 5 years of experience managing engineering teams
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Strong expertise in Java-based development and backend systems
- Experience with AWS cloud services and distributed system architectures
- Solid understanding of API design, integration patterns, and security (OAuth, JWT, etc.)
- Experience with software architecture, system design, and enterprise application development
- Proficiency with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and data modelling
- Exposure to Node.js (preferred) and Python (nice to have)
- Familiarity with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage
- Experience with Agile methodologies, CI/CD practices, and modern engineering workflows
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in complex environments
- Experience working within financial services, asset management, or other regulated industries is preferred
- Proven leadership capability with a focus on team development, coaching, and delivery execution
- Strong communication skills with experience working across global teams
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 10 years of experience in software engineering, application development, and technical leadership
- At least 5 years of experience managing engineering teams
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Strong expertise in Java-based development and backend systems
- Experience with AWS cloud services and distributed system architectures
- Solid understanding of API design, integration patterns, and security (OAuth, JWT)
- Proficiency with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and data modelling
- Experience with Agile methodologies, CI/CD practices, and modern engineering workflows
- Proven leadership capability with a focus on team development, coaching, and delivery execution
- Strong communication skills with experience working across global teams
- Exposure to Node.js
- Experience with Python
- Familiarity with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience working within financial services, asset management, or other regulated industries
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.
