Are you looking to make a BIG impact while enabling Vanguards Enterprise Technology Strategy? Come join our product family in PI Tech as we enhance Client Experience. You will get to work on key initiatives for Vanguard. We are looking for a Technical lead to help build a world-class digital user experience for our clients.
In this role, you will work on a cross-functional scrum team collaborating directly with product owners, designers, developers, scrum leads, and architects to test, build, and iterate on the latest products for our clients. You will build relationships, enhance your technical expertise, and be a part of continuous improvement and innovation in engineering. You will get to lead and coach other developers.
IF YOU HAVE:
Programming experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, Python, Java Extensive Experience with UI, Angular, React, or Stencil Experience with AWS, e.g., Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, API Gateway Experience consuming and developing REST APIs, GraphQL Experience with Observability tools like Splunk, Honeycomb Experience with Bitbucket, Bamboo, CICD pipeline, Git Good understanding of client-side architecture design patterns, data structures, dependency injection
A positive can-do attitude Willing to learn and grow Passion to lead and be a better leader
Huge plus if you have:
Experience with Agile Development with Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph Experience with LLMs and SLMs, Claude, Gemini, LLAMA, etc. React Native development for Mobile
Then you should apply for this role.
Core Responsibilities:
Provides expert-level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture, design, specification, and maintenance activities. Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the teams technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security. Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them. Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.
Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture, design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members. Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes. Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies. Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout the product life cycle to identify issues. Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Minimum of three years related work experience with at least one year of development experience. Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
Special Factors:
Sponsorship - Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard:
At Vanguard, we dont just have a mission-were 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.