Vanguard

Application Engineer - III

Vanguard
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1 day ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the flagship planning application from MVP to a robust production-grade tool used across International Technology.
  • Design, build, test, and deploy new applications that improve financial and workforce data exploration and automate manual reporting.
  • Develop and support the full stack, including front end, back end, databases, AWS environments, scheduled jobs, and production operations.
  • Partner with regional Insight Leads to translate priorities into working features and demonstrate progress regularly.
  • Use AI-assisted development tools as part of the software development workflow.
  • Perform system analysis, application and database design, coding, testing, reporting, documentation, and production support.
  • Integrate third-party products, elevate code through development, test, and production environments, and submit change-control requests.
  • Participate in design, code, and test inspections; resolve elevated issues; explain technical considerations; and mentor less-experienced staff.
  • Ensure deliverables comply with information technology and information security policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • At least five years of related work experience, including at least three years of development experience.
  • An undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Experience building full-stack applications with Angular or similar front-end frameworks, Java/Spring Boot or equivalent back-end technologies, REST APIs, and SQL databases.
  • Experience building and supporting cloud-native solutions in AWS, including serverless or container-based architectures.
  • Ability to work independently and take applications from idea through production.
  • Fluency with AI coding tools in a modern development workflow.
  • Infrastructure-as-code and automated deployment pipeline experience is a plus.
  • Experience with data lakes or data engineering, financial planning, budgeting, workforce or resource planning, and reporting automation is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model designed to combine flexibility with in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.

Tech Stack

AngularAWSJavaSpring BootSQL

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About Vanguard

10,000+ employees

Vanguard is an investment management company offering low-cost index and active mutual funds, ETFs, brokerage, retirement plans, and financial advice for individual, institutional, and advisor clients. Founded in 1975 by John C. Bogle and headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, it operates a client-owned structure in which its funds own the firm. Its business model centers on asset-based management and advisory fees.

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