Full Stack Developer - Anti-Fraud Engineering

Senior Full Stack Engineer, Anti-Fraud Technology  

London 

Technology, at the forefront of cybersecurity   

Vanguard manages over $7 trillion in assets across the globe, and with this comes an immense responsibility to safeguard our clients’ funds from bad actors. As a digital-first company, our Enterprise Security & Fraud (ES&F) team aims to use cutting edge technology to prevent fraud on our investment platform. Join a newly formed, and first-ever cybersecurity-focused development team for Vanguard Europe and be on the cutting edge of implementing a suite of tools to protect hundreds of thousands of clients across the UK & Europe.  

In this role you will:  

• Work across all layers of the stack to develop modern anti-fraud services. You’ll be expected to provide excellent development, configuration, and integration skills from database to front-end.   

• Write high quality and readable code, assist with code reviews, provide solution design input, build automated tests, create documentation, and other tasks throughout the software development lifecycle.   

• Collaborate closely with the scrum master, technical leads, other developers, and product owner to ensure that the system is bettering both the client experience & our security posture.   

• Support junior engineers with their tasks and act as a role model for them, especially related to quality focus and excellent code design.   

• Identify and help implement continuous improvement of technical standards, methodologies, technologies, and processes.   

• Own the deployment and operations of the system across environments from development, test, and through to production.  

• Collaborate with global teams in Australia and the United States to share experiences, learnings, and best practices for building our fraud program.  

• Participate in agile meetings aligned to the scrum framework: sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint review, sprint retrospective, and so on.   

Qualifications we’re looking for:  

• Previous experience as a full stack ninja is preferred, with at least four years of hands-on time.   

• Front end experience with React and Typescript is required as well as a good understanding of working in a cloud-based environment (AWS is preferred).   

• Experience with Python, Node, and database technologies (PostgreSQL, NoSQL, etc.) is strongly encouraged.  

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline is a plus, but not strictly required.   

• A strong handle on industry standards and best practices as it relates to development methodology, software architecture, design principles (e.g. SOLID), design patterns, automated testing strategies.   

• Experience building and consuming web services, and familiarly with microservices-based architectures is a benefit.   

• Exemplary communication skills: the ability to bridge the gap between the technical and non-technical across various communication channels.   

• An understanding of agile software development methodology, with scrum framework experience preferred.   

• A desire to continuously learn and develop oneself in both technical and non-technical skillsets.  

In return we offer an attractive base salary, annual performance bonus paid in January, Partnership bonus paid in June, and competitive benefits. At Vanguard we work Monday to Friday and our staff in most roles work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with Mondays and Fridays working from home.  As one of the world’s largest asset management firms, Vanguard can offer unrivalled career opportunities in Manchester, the UK, and further afield.