Application Engineer - Fund Treasury/Banking Services

The Vanguard Group; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard’s India office in Hyderabad seeks an experienced senior systems architect and developer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise applications and data integrations, driving scalable cloud-based solutions using Python and AWS. You will lead modern engineering practices and collaborate across teams to deliver robust platforms.

You will mentor colleagues, ensure performance, observability, and security across the production lifecycle, and translate business needs into resilient

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years of experience in application development and system architecture.
• Experience with GenAI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar).
• Strong programming skills with deep experience in Python and AWS services such as Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, ECS, EventBridge.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases.
• Integrates third party products.
• Ensures that expected application performance levels are achieved.
• Design, build, and deliver scalable, resilient, and high-quality technology solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead the adoption of modern engineering practices, including microservices, APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into efficient, scalable technical solutions.
• Champion engineering excellence, including code quality, test automation, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all solutions adhere to security, reliability, and performance standards, including identity management and API security.
• Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule.
• Provides follow-up production support.
• Submits change control requests and documents.
• Provides subject matter expertise in software development methodology and development architecture standards.
• Mentors and trains staff with less experience.
• Resolves elevated issues and recommends enterprise-wide improvements.
• Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout the life cycle to identify issues.
• Explain technical considerations at related meetings, including those with internal clients.
• Performs systems analysis activities.
• Thoroughly understands client’s business functions and technology needs.
• Has a broad and deep understanding of Vanguard's technologies, tools, and applications, including those that interface with business area and systems.
• Is well versed in the latest technologies and tools supporting software development in the industry.
• Interfaces with cross functional team members and communicates systems issues at the appropriate technical level for each audience.
• 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.
• Architect and guide integration of complex data flows across distributed services, APIs, and platforms to enable reliable, secure, and seamless enterprise-level interoperability.
• Drive performance and scalability enhancements by proactively analyzing system behavior, optimizing database architecture, and implementing high-efficiency design patterns.

Skills

Python

AWS

API Gateway

GenAI tooling

SRE practices

Full Stack

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science/Engineering

Master's in relevant field

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

CloudFormation

DynamoDB

S3

Lambda

Job description

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

This role provides expert-level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases, and directs business assessment and requirements analysis for hardware and operating systems, while architecting complex data integration and driving system performance and scalability improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases.
• Integrates third party products.
• Ensures that expected application performance levels are achieved.
• Design build, and deliver scalable, resilient, and high-quality technology solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead the adoption of modern engineering practices, including microservices, APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into efficient, scalable technical solutions.
• Champion engineering excellence, including code quality, test automation, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all solutions adhere to security, reliability, and performance standards, including identity management and API security.
• Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule.
• Provides follow-up production support.
• Submits change control requests and documents.
• Provides subject matter expertise in software development methodology and development architecture standards.
• Mentors and trains staff with less experience.
• Resolves elevated issues and recommends enterprise-wide improvements.
• Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout the life cycle to identify issues.
• Explain technical considerations at related meetings, including those with internal clients.
• Performs systems analysis activities.
• Thoroughly understands client’s business functions and technology needs.
• Has a broad and deep understanding of Vanguard's technologies, tools, and applications, including those that interface with business area and systems.
• Is well versed in the latest technologies and tools supporting software development in the industry.
• Interfaces with cross functional team members and communicates systems issues at the appropriate technical level for each audience.
• 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.
• Architect and guide integration of complex data flows across distributed services, APIs, and platforms to enable reliable, secure, and seamless enterprise-level interoperability.
• Drive performance and scalability enhancements by proactively analyzing system behavior, optimizing database architecture, and implementing high-efficiency design patterns.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 8 years of experience in application development and system architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) or master’s degree (M.E./M.Tech) in relevant fields such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with GenAI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar).
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including resiliency, observability, and alerting (e.g., PagerDuty).
• Strong programming skills, with deep experience in Python and AWS services such as Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, ECS, Event Bridge, etc.
• Deep API Gateway knowledge, API development, consumption, and performance tuning.
• Ability to troubleshoot and review logs in AWS CloudWatch.
• Business Domain Acumen especially in the Financial Services Investment Management & Fund Treasury space.
• Full Stack Developer with experience building and supporting micro front ends, cloud-native, serverless, event-driven systems.

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 fair, 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. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.