Vanguard

Application Engineer - III (AWS & Backend)

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3 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Analyze, design, develop, implement, and support applications, databases, and backend solutions.
  • Maintain CREDaaS capabilities, platforms, and infrastructure using AWS and related API, identity, gateway, and policy technologies.
  • Translate technical specifications into code, testing artifacts, reports, and automated delivery practices.
  • Lead backend optimization, system integration, API, and data-flow efforts for performance, scalability, and responsiveness.
  • Manage releases, deployments, configuration, change control, environment promotion, migrations, production support, and root-cause analysis.
  • Implement engineering practices for security, data protection, quality, resilience, and automated testing.
  • Design backend interfaces with front-end and cross-functional teams and maintain detailed technical documentation.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, elevated issue resolution, and proactive-support guidance.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in software development, system integration, database design, and backend architecture.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or a master’s degree or diploma in Computer Science.
  • Experience with AWS, including ECS, Lambda, Aurora, Neptune, DynamoDB, and PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with REST or GraphQL, Python or TypeScript, Angular or React, Kong Konnect, Okta, Auth0, and NGINX.
  • Production support and SRE experience with Splunk, PagerDuty, Honeycomb, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Expertise in server-side development, system integration, API management, database design, optimization, debugging, and performance tuning.
  • Knowledge of Confluence and JIRA; AWS Cloud background required.
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner certification is preferred.
  • Experience using AI agents such as Claude Code throughout the software development lifecycle is preferred.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model based in Hyderabad, Telangana, supporting flexibility and in-person collaboration.
  • Benefits and Rewards packages include financial, physical, and personal wellness support for employees and their families.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAmbassadorAngularAWSGraphQLPostgreSQLPythonReactSplunkTypeScript

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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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