Vanguard

Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

Vanguard
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Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of software engineers while promoting technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Drive solution design, architecture reviews, technical decisions, technology roadmaps, and engineering governance.
  • Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable full-stack applications with responsive frontends and robust backend services.
  • Design RESTful APIs, GraphQL integrations, event-driven solutions, database schemas, and Kafka-based integrations.
  • Lead Agile ceremonies and translate business requirements into sustainable technical solutions.
  • Drive CI/CD adoption, deployment automation, production readiness, troubleshooting, incident resolution, monitoring, logging, observability, and performance optimization.
  • Ensure adherence to coding, quality, security, maintainability, and secure software development standards.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and leading delivery of scalable cloud-native applications.
  • Experience with frontend development using Angular or React.
  • Experience with backend development using Java and/or Node.js.
  • Knowledge of solution architecture, system design, object-oriented programming, design patterns, microservices architecture, API design, and integration.
  • Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure fundamentals, DevSecOps, and deployment automation.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, GraphQL, event-driven architecture, and Kafka-based integrations.
  • Knowledge of automated testing, application monitoring, logging, observability, performance engineering, and security best practices.
  • Experience with technical leadership, team mentoring, stakeholder management, delivery ownership, roadmap planning, Agile leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Preferred experience includes GraphQL, front-end observability, personalization engines, design token automation, Confluent Kafka, analytics-driven experimentation, A/B testing platforms, AI engineering, agentic AI patterns and frameworks, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, platform engineering, and cloud modernization programs.

Benefits

  • Financial, physical, and personal wellness support through Vanguard's Total Rewards programs.
  • Hybrid working model in Hyderabad, Telangana, supporting flexibility and in-person collaboration.
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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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