About the role

What will you do at Vanguard?

What You'll Help Build

As an Engineer, you will design and develop enterprise-scale software solutions that help Vanguard move from reactive operations to predictive and autonomous resiliency.

You will contribute to:

Expansion of Pulse synthetic monitoring capabilities and onboarding experiences.

Enterprise resiliency intelligence services and automation platforms.

Cloud-native APIs, services, integrations, and event-driven architectures.

Automated resiliency validation, policy enforcement, and evidence collection.

AI-powered agents and skills that solve recurring resiliency problems across subdivisions.

Solutions that identify risks, recommend actions, and improve operational efficiency.

Next-generation experiences for resiliency visibility and operational intelligence.

Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Core Responsibilities

Provides advanced system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and platforms.

Designs and develops cloud-native services, APIs, integrations, and automation workflows.

Leads technical design discussions and contributes to platform architecture decisions.

Develops scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.

Partners with SREs, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to solve enterprise resiliency challenges.

Creates reusable frameworks and automation that improve resiliency outcomes.

Develops AI-enabled capabilities, skills, or agents that reduce operational toil and improve decision making.

Mentors engineers and participates in code reviews, testing, and production support.

Contributes to observability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence initiatives.

We Heavily Rely On

NodeJS / TypeScript

Java

Python

Angular

PostgreSQL

AWS Lambda

CloudFormation

SQS / EventBridge

GitHub Enterprise

Grafana

AI Development Frameworks and Agent Technologies

Qualifications

Minimum of three years related work experience.
Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
Preferred qualifications
Experience building enterprise-scale software platforms.
Strong experience with cloud-native development and distributed systems.
Experience developing APIs, integrations, or event-driven architectures.
Familiarity with observability, resiliency, or platform engineering concepts.
Experience developing automation and engineering productivity solutions.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team.

From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our 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.

Which skills does this role require?

NodeJSTypeScriptJavaPythonAngularPostgreSQLAWS LambdaCloudFormationSQSEventBridgeGitHub EnterpriseGrafanaAI DevelopmentSystem AnalysisCloud EngineerResiliency EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentAPIEnterprise SoftwareReliability EngineeringEvent-driven ArchitecturePolicy EnforcementSynthetic MonitoringOperational IntelligenceSRESoftware ArchitectureAWS

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