Vanguard

Investment Systems Application Engineer - IV

Vanguard
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9 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USA or Oakland, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$100k - $180k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build responsive, data-driven user interfaces and reusable components for investment workflows.
  • Develop end-to-end features spanning UI, APIs, backend services, and investment databases.
  • Integrate third-party products and ensure application performance, scalability, usability, and maintainability.
  • Partner with portfolio management, operations, research, and product stakeholders to translate requirements into user-centered solutions.
  • Improve investment workflows by replacing legacy or manual processes and incorporating iterative user feedback.
  • Deploy applications to AWS and contribute to architecture, UI platform evolution, testing, code inspections, systems analysis, and production support.

Requirements

  • Minimum of eight years of related work experience, including at least five years of software engineering experience building investment, wealth management, or financial applications.
  • Undergraduate degree in a related field or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Strong front-end development experience with modern frameworks such as Angular or React.
  • Experience building full-stack applications with Java or Python backends.
  • Understanding of investment workflows and personas including portfolio managers, trading operations, and research analysts.
  • Understanding of API design and integration and experience with cloud-native systems, preferably AWS.
  • Ability to contribute as an individual contributor while guiding design decisions.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is offered for this position.
  • The role may follow a hybrid, work-from-home, or work-from-office model, with the applicable arrangement communicated during the interview process.
  • Interviews, hiring, and onboarding may be conducted remotely.

Tech Stack

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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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