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.
The product architect will provide the technology thought leadership to shape the strategic direction, and roadmaps for technology programs and associated product families for Vanguard’s Workplace Technology Group. With a clear focus on AI and Deep Analytics ecosystem product families, the role will entail defining the reference and application architectures for strategic business technology programs with a hands-on development approach.
Responsibilities:
- Leads the definition of product roadmaps and architecture for a product family, according to business strategies and enterprise architecture.
- Collaborates with the broader architecture community to ensure that their products align with target architectures and technology roadmaps and provides input on required platform capabilities and improving development tools/processes.
- Works with other product teams, technology experts, and business stakeholders to provide functional support.
- Assists in the evaluation of vendors and products and participates in build vs. buy discussions with the product teams.
- Acts as highest-level technical expert, resolving issues, assessing any potential risks and identifying solutions.
- Leads the discussions related to key product architecture decisions. Identifies new opportunities to improve products and provide input and support to the business.
- Develops and reviews product architecture and design documentation.
- Provides technical guidance to product team(s) as appropriate.
- Performs feasibility analysis on potential future projects.
- Assists in the development of and management of architecture governance process(es).
- Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies.
- Mentors less experienced crew members and contributes to overall development of the organization.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
- Ensures compliance with enterprise architecture standards, regulatory frameworks, and cybersecurity policies.
- Supports solution alignment across multiple products and platforms for consistent architecture reuse.
- Participates in proof-of-concept initiatives and emerging technology evaluations.
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum 10 years related work experience, with at least 5 years of technology architect experience.
- Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA), or Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA).
- Strong expertise in Data architecture, system design and technology roadmaps.
- Experience with AWS Data services, microservices, API design and enterprise integration.
- Data Analytics, S3 Iceberg, RedShift, Event Streaming Patterns, AI Modeling
- Experience in Python and/or Java.
- Ability to evaluate and implement new technologies while ensuring scalability and performance.
- A recognized Thought Leader with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to create clarity and certainty when there is Architecture ambiguity; communicate to all stakeholders at varying levels within the Organization.
- Data architecture experience – Conceptual Modeling, Logical Modeling, Data governance, Meta data management and general DB technologies
- Database skills – DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
- A deep intellectual curiosity and learning agility; stays on the forefront of business and technology solutions, especially domain driven design, Data mesh and Fabrics.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
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 related work experience
- At least 5 years of technology architect experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT, or related field
- Strong expertise in Data architecture and system design
- Experience with AWS Data services and API design
- Experience in Python and/or Java
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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.
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