Application Engineer

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About Vanguard

More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners.

Today, Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.

Multiple technology engineer opportunities available

We have a mix of senior and mid level engineer roles available in our Client Experience teams, where we're redefining how clients interact with technology including the expansion of Adviser+. This is a platform which equips Advisers with a simple way to run their business directly with Vanguard and provide a low-cost access point for our products.

We're a collaborative group of innovators, problem solvers and customer champions dedicated to building seamless, intuitive and impactful digital experiences.

At Vanguard, we are passionate about your career, with a focus on development opportunities and personal growth, we are driven to ensure you achieve success. You will be rewarded for thinking out of the box, following your ideas through and leaning in to help your team achieve our goals.

This is more than a job – it's an opportunity to shape the future of client engagement while launching your career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Work in an Agile software development methodology which involves regular communication with your team and the teams around you.
• Follow architectural and coding standards to maintain a high standard of technical design, code quality and documentation.
• Translate technical specifications into clean, maintainable code for new features, enhancements and integration with third-party products and APIs.
• Participate in design and code reviews, unit and integration testing and defect resolution throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Implement automated test strategies to ensure product quality.
• Manage code deployment across development, test and production environments.
• Proactively communicate technical issues with your team and technical lead.
• Troubleshoot production incidents with the support team.
• Adhere to secure coding practices using OWASP.

Technologies you will use

• Full stack development – Java, Angular, Node.js, Spring, APIs, SQL and NoSQL DBs, AWS; familiarity with React Native is a plus.
• AWS – familiarity with serverless stack
• DevOps practices and CI/CD using Git and GitHub Actions
• Test automation and test-driven development – Cypress, Playwright, Jest

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years related work experience with at least one year of development experience. For senior roles, 6+ years of experience is expected to demonstrate breadth of experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Inclusion Statement

Vanguard's continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is embedded in our culture. Our decisions are guided by one simple statement: Do the right thing. We strive to build diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients we serve. We empower our crew to contribute their strengths to Vanguard's core purpose through our values.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. Our mission-driven, highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Role details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

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Location: Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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