Application Engineering Technical Lead - II
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About the Role
Vanguard seeks a senior Technical Lead to provide expert-level leadership across Workplace Technology platforms. You will drive technical direction, lead complex design and delivery, mentor engineers, and ensure scalable, secure solutions.
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Responsibilities
- Provide senior level IT technical leadership and direction for complex software, middleware, and hardware initiatives across multiple platforms
- Ensure viability and quality of IT deliverables by recommending development and architectural approaches
- Evaluate and approve technical solutions, resolving complex issues and guiding teams through root cause analysis
- Partner with stakeholders to communicate project implications and influence technical decisions
- Mentor team members and drive adoption of standards and best practices
- Contribute hands on to development activities, producing well structured, maintainable code
- Build and lead development of domain services and APIs using Java and Python
- Architect cloud native solutions on AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, SQS, SNS, S3)
- Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs, including Supergraph/federation patterns
- Develop event driven systems using Kafka Streams
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years of hands on development
- Strong proficiency in Java and Python
- Experience designing and building cloud native solutions on AWS
- Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and distributed systems
- Familiarity with event driven architectures (Kafka or similar)
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and production support capabilities
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- We are seeking a senior Technical Lead within Workplace Technology to provide expert level leadership across a broad set of platforms and capabilities.
- This role is responsible for driving the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of both new and existing technologies.
- As a key technical authority, you will lead complex design and delivery efforts, guide solution architecture decisions, and ensure the viability and quality of IT deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Provides senior level IT technical leadership and direction for complex software, middleware, and hardware initiatives across multiple platforms; delivers hands on expertise in design, development, implementation, architecture, and ongoing maintenance.
- Ensures the viability and quality of IT deliverables by recommending development and architectural approaches, approving technical outputs, and overseeing testing across functionality, performance, and security; supports production systems as needed.
- Evaluates and approves technical solutions, resolving complex issues and guiding teams through root cause analysis and remediation; proactively anticipates and mitigates risks, preventing issues before they impact delivery.
- Partners with stakeholders to communicate project implications, assess the impact of changes, and influence technical and architectural decisions across teams.
- Maintains deep knowledge of development methodologies, architecture, and emerging technologies; mentors team members, drives adoption of standards and best practices, and contributes to strategic product roadmaps.
- Reviews and approves technical documentation, ensuring clarity, completeness, and alignment with established standards.
- Identifies and drives continuous improvement opportunities across technical standards, tools, and delivery methodologies.
- Contributes hands on to development activities, producing well structured, maintainable code supported by automated testing and modern development practices.
- Enhances team productivity through collaboration, reuse of frameworks, and adoption of scalable engineering patterns and tooling.
- Ensures compliance with IT and Information Security policies, validating that deliverables meet required standards and contributing to ongoing policy enhancements.
- Applies broad understanding of business functions (front, middle, and back office) and external partners to design solutions that enable efficient, controlled business processes.
- Participates in special projects and additional responsibilities as needed.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years of hands on development.
- Strong proficiency in Java and Python.
- Experience designing and building cloud native solutions on AWS.
- Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with event driven architectures (Kafka or similar).
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and production support capabilities.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with GraphQL Supergraph / federation architectures.
- Experience modernizing legacy Java/JSF applications.
- Familiarity with domain driven design (DDD).
- Experience supporting enterprise platform modernization initiatives.
- Knowledge of Workplace Technology ecosystems and tools.
Current Role Specific Scope
- Build and lead development of domain services and APIs using Java and Python.
- Architect cloud native solutions on AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, SQS, SNS, S3).
- Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs, including Supergraph/federation patterns.
- Develop event driven systems using Kafka Streams.
- Integrate with enterprise data platforms (Attunity, Qlik, DB2).
- Support modernization from monolith (Java/JSF) to microservices architectures.
Special Factors
- 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.
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.
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