Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

Vanguard India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 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, Telangana is seeking an expert-level IT technical lead to provide technical leadership for critical software and system integration projects. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of experience and must demonstrate strong programming skills in Java, AWS, and various cloud services.

This role requires excellent troubleshooting abilities and a commitment to continuous improvement. The position offers competitive financial and wellness benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in software development, architecture, and system integration.
• Expertise in software architecture and technical leadership for enterprise applications.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimize system performance.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert-level technical leadership for software projects across multiple platforms.
• Acts as a key technical liaison with stakeholders, communicating technical implications and risks.
• Drives continuous improvement in technical standards and the adoption of emerging technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

Node JS

AWS

CloudFormation

ECS

Fargate

DynamoDB

S3

Lambda

IAM

Splunk

Honeycomb

Open Telemetry

CloudWatch

Cucumber

GitHub

Bitbucket

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT

Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA)

Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA)

Tools

Agile

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

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 office in India, located in Hyderabad, Telangana, is a significant milestone in our global expansion.

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.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node JS, AWS, CloudFormation, ECS, Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, IAM.
• Expert level understanding of AWS Services (DynamoDB, S3, ECS, Route 53, Athena, Lambda, Step Function, SNS/SQS, Cloud Formation, API Security/IAM, Bedrock), GitHub, Bitbucket, CI/CD.
• Expert level understanding of API security - OAuth/OKTA JWTs etc.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues, conduct root cause analysis, and optimize system performance.
• Well versed in Observability concepts and tools (Splunk, Honeycomb, Open Telemetry, CloudWatch).
• TDD/BDD.
• Test Automation Skills (Cucumber).
• Ability to leverage AI-assisted engineering Tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) effectively to improve the software development process. Ability to mentor/coach others on the team on the effective use of AI Tools.
• Experience in mentoring teams, establishing technical standards, and driving continuous process improvement.
• Hands‑on experience with Agile, Confluence, JIRA, and monitoring and refining dashboards; knowledge of continuous process improvement for process flows/workflows.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to influence technical decisions.
• Desired Certifications: AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Solution Consultant.

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 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.