Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

About Vanguard Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.

Vanguard’s India Office Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.

Role Summary This role provides expert-level IT technical lead services, including the integration and implementation of technologies, while applying deep backend expertise to optimize performance, ensure secure architecture, and enhance system scalability.

Core Responsibilities Provides expert-level technical leadership for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects across multiple platforms, ensuring successful architecture, development, and implementation. Evaluates and approves development options and technical deliverables.

Oversees comprehensive testing for functionality, performance, and security. Approves technical solutions proposed by team members, resolves complex technical problems, and anticipates issues to enable preventive action. Acts as a key technical liaison with stakeholders, effectively communicating technical implications, project risks, and solution strategies.

Architect and implement cloud-native solutions leveraging cloud services, including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and containerized or serverless application patterns. Drive DevOps best practices through the implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, deployment processes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Champion modern engineering practices, including Git-based distributed version control, code reviews, secure development methodologies, and software quality standards. Act as a key technical advisor and stakeholder liaison, effectively communicating architectural decisions, technical strategies, project risks, and solution trade-offs.

Review, author, and maintain technical documentation, architecture artifacts, API specifications, and design standards to ensure consistency and knowledge sharing. Ensure compliance with enterprise IT, regulatory, and Information Security requirements by embedding security, resiliency, and governance principles into all solutions.

Mentor and guide engineers on architecture, design patterns, coding standards, cloud technologies, and software delivery best practices while fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical solutions, continuously improve technical standards, and drive technology modernization initiatives.

Qualifications and Skills Minimum 8 years of experience in software development, architecture, and system integration. Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA), or Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA).

Strong expertise in software architecture, system design, and technical leadership for enterprise applications. Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, TypeScript, Angular/React, and designing scalable APIs and distributed systems.

Proficiency in AWS cloud technologies, including ECS, Fargate, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, along with containerized/serverless architectures and Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation). Experience with relational databases, SQL, Git, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, Secure SDLC, and modern DevOps practices.

Strong knowledge of observability, production support, incident management, performance optimization, and message-driven/asynchronous integration patterns. Proven ability to lead Agile teams, mentor engineers, manage technical delivery, and collaborate effectively with Product, UX, and business stakeholders; AWS certifications preferred.

Location This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered. Our mission Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Our commitment to you Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life: Financial wellness We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.

Physical wellness We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness. Personal wellness We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life. How we work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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.