Application Engineer - III

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

• We are looking for a Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Python and/or Node.js and hands-on experience building cloud-native applications on AWS. The role focuses on designing, developing, and supporting scalable backend services, APIs, data integration solutions, and event-driven applications that enable critical business capabilities.

Our Team & Opportunity

• The Corporate Systems division partners with multiple stakeholders and technology teams across Vanguard to support business critical functions through key Operational platforms, Finance One technology, and Enterprise Services technology.

• As an Application Engineer III, you will join a talented, welcoming, and highly collaborative team within Corporate Systems that builds and maintains critical technology platforms for the organization. You will work closely with experienced engineers who are passionate about delivering trusted, scalable, and resilient systems that support essential financial and regulatory processes, directly aligning to Vanguard’s mission of giving investors the best chance of investment success.

• This role offers a strong learning and development environment where you will grow your technical skills, contribute to meaningful enhancements, and gain exposure to enterprise-scale platforms that underpin core business operations. You will be part of a team that is evolving and expanding, with the opportunity to learn modern engineering practices, contribute to continuous improvement, and make a genuine impact across the organization while being supported by experienced mentors and peers

Core Responsibilities:

• Engage with business stakeholders and other team members to ensure solutions are aligned to business outcomes.

• Brings structure to business requests, translates requirements into an analytical approach, and executes through to completion.

• Works with the technical lead and the team to develop solutions, ensuring alignment to security and architectural standards.

• Understands Vanguard's tools, technologies, applications, and processes.

• Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Provides support to other team members in building skills and improving engineering practices.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development, system integration, database design, and back-end architecture.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in relevant fields such as Computer Science, or a Master’s degree/Diploma in Computer Science.

• 5-8 years of professional experience in software development

• Proven experience in full-stack development, ideally with Python and/or Node.JS

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including (but not limited to):

• CloudFormation, S3, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Glue ETL, API Gateway, IAM, SQS, SNS, Athena, DMS and DataSync

• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases

• Experience working within an Agile delivery environment

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, particularly using GitHub and GitHub Actions

• A growth mindset, with a strong willingness to learn and continuously improve

• A collaborative team player with a positive, proactive attitude

Skills and Experiences that will make an impact: 

• Experience working in financial services industry

• Experience around web technologies

• Data engineering/Design experience (2+ years’ experience)

• Hands on technical expertise in Python

• Ability to define and develop data integration patterns and pipelines

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.