Application Engineering Technical Lead

Vanguard - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Charlotte, NC

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About the position

This is a permanent Technical Lead role in the EIS Securities Lending Team. This role is responsible for providing superior technical leadership to Securities Lending IT team in Australia working on vendor products and AWS infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert level IT investment systems technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms.
• Ensures the viability of IT investment systems deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the team's 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 and resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients.
• Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications.
• Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards.
• Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs.
• Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues.
• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of Investment Management business functions.
• Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.
• Business knowledge of investments management or other financial domains.
• Expert level hands on experience on AWS technologies (Lambda, S3, Dynamo DB, API Gateway etc.).
• Good understanding of Python/Java or similar programming languages.
• Experience working with vendor products.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.