Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

Vanguard India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial wellness programs

Physical wellness benefits

Personal wellness resources

Job summary

Vanguard India in Hyderabad seeks an experienced IT Technical Lead to provide expert technical leadership for software projects. You will optimize system performance while ensuring secure architecture and scalability.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT, has over 8 years of relevant experience, and possesses strong skills in Java, AWS, and CI/CD. Benefits include financial and wellness programs to support your overall health.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and system integration.
• Expertise in software architecture and technical leadership for enterprise applications.
• Technical governance through code quality and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level technical leadership for software projects across platforms.
• Act as technical liaison with stakeholders and communicate project risks.
• Mentor staff and ensure team adoption of evolving standards.

Skills

Java

AWS

CI/CD

SRE

React

Node

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT

Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA)

Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA)

Job description

Role Summary

This role provides expert‑level IT technical lead services, including the integration and implementation of technologies, while applying deep backend expertise to optimize performance, ensure secure architecture, and enhance system scalability.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert‑level technical leadership for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects across multiple platforms, ensuring successful architecture, development, and implementation. Evaluates and approves development options and technical deliverables. Oversees comprehensive testing for functionality, performance, and security.
• Approves technical solutions proposed by team members, resolves complex technical problems, and anticipates issues to enable preventive action.
• Acts as a key technical liaison with stakeholders, effectively communicating technical implications, project risks, and solution strategies.
• Maintains expertise in IT methodologies, architecture design, and enterprise standards; mentors staff and ensures team adoption of evolving standards.
• Reviews, authors, and approves technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
• Drives continuous improvement in technical standards, methodologies, and the adoption of emerging technologies.
• Participates in product life cycle reviews (design, code, test), and serves as a technical advisor across project meetings.
• Ensures compliance with IT and Information Security policies, validating that deliverables meet internal and external requirements.
• Leads or contributes to special projects and cross‑functional initiatives as assigned.
• Applies deep server‑side development skills, focusing on performance optimization, secure architecture, and database efficiency.
• Troubleshoots complex system performance issues and recommends improvements to optimize data flow across services and APIs.
• Ensures scalable and resilient backend functionality, with proactive measures for increased system demands.

Qualifications And Skills

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and system integration.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA), or Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA).
• Expertise in software architecture, system design, and technical leadership for enterprise applications.
• Solution Architecture: Partners well with other architects to design secure, scalable, modular solutions spanning UI, mid‑tier services, and backend/host.
• Technical Governance: Enforces standards (code quality, APIs, observability, CI/CD) and leads code and design reviews.
• Coaching & Enablement: Mentors developers, decomposes work into increments, and raises the team’s technical bar.
• Senior Tech lead who partners well with other architects to design secure, scalable, modular solutions spanning UI, mid‑tier services, and backend/host.
• Enforces standards (code quality, APIs, observability, CI/CD) and leads code and design reviews.
• Mentor developers, decomposes work into increments, and raises the team’s technical bar.
• Should have experience with Java, AWS, CI/CD, SRE, React or Node.

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

Benefits

• Financial wellness – We’re committed to enabling your financial success with 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.