Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

As a Senior Technical Lead, you will play a key role in shaping the future of Vanguard’s Change of Ownership technology platform. You will lead and mentor an engineering team, provide technical direction across complex, business‑critical initiatives, and help deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality software solutions.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic collaboration, offering the opportunity to work with modern, cloud‑based architectures while partnering closely with business and technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior-level technical leadership across complex software initiatives spanning multiple platforms, services, and technologies.

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and ongoing support of high-quality applications and technical solutions.

• Ensure solutions meet standards for scalability, security, performance, and reliability.

• Review and guide architectural designs, technical specifications, code, and other engineering deliverables.

• Evaluate technical solutions proposed by team members, resolving or escalating complex issues in collaboration with subject matter experts.

• Proactively identify technical risks, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative solutions.

• Oversee testing activities, including functional, performance, and security testing, to ensure solutions meet requirements.

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to communicate technical considerations, risks, and recommendations.

• Stay current with evolving development practices, architectural patterns, and standards; promote adoption across the team.

• Mentor and coach engineers, supporting skill development and continuous learning.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, standards, and engineering processes.

• Drive continuous improvement in tools, methodologies, and development practices.

• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, testing reviews, and key delivery milestones.

• Ensure compliance with Vanguard’s technology and information security policies.

• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and special projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of related professional experience, including at least 3+ years of hands-on software development experience.

• Experience in a technical leadership role (e.g., Technical Lead, Senior Engineer, or similar).

• Hands-on experience building and supporting applications using AWS cloud services, including technologies such as Lambda, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, and infrastructure‑as‑code tools (e.g., CloudFormation)

• Proficiency in modern application development, with experience in one or more of the following:
  Python, Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node.js, or similar frameworks

• Hands-on experience leveraging Claude Code or similar AI‑assisted coding tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, or support technical decision‑making

• Solid understanding of software architecture, cloud-native design patterns, and modern development practices.

• Experience guiding teams through complex technical challenges in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risk.

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience; advanced degree a plus.

• Interest in technology, innovation, and building solutions that create meaningful business impact.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

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