Engineering Manager – Full-Stack Cloud Platforms

The Vanguard Group; General Warren Village (PA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vanguard Group is seeking two Engineering Managers for its Malvern, PA-based Advice teams within Wealth Management. You will lead full-stack engineering squads delivering cloud-native platforms that enhance advisor productivity and client experience.

These roles require strong leadership, deep technical acumen, and the ability to balance cost, time, risk, and value while guiding teams toward a long-term vision.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least five years of software development experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Proven people leadership experience, including the ability to grow, develop, and support a team.
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand and interpret technical details.
• Strong expertise in IT project management, Agile methodologies, and SDLC best practices with experience in IT infrastructure, software development, and enterprise IT solutions.
• Understanding of how to appropriately leverage AI tools and practices.
• Understanding and management of key DevOps metrics.
• Proficiency in risk management, budgeting, and IT governance. Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and IT compliance standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Hire, evaluate, and supervise crew. Provide guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Set performance standards, review performance, and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable human resources policies and procedures.
• Deliver software releases relating to the product for the business units. Work with business clients to determine scope and develop environmental requirements for each project.
• Work closely with management to develop and implement staffing and operational plans. Participate in the development of short- and long-term department goals. Monitor and report on service delivery metrics and overall performance.
• Develop and implement changes to department policies and procedures to meet changing business needs and to achieve department objectives. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Lead quality initiatives to improve the delivery of service levels. Work with senior management in the planning, development, and execution of short- and long-range goals.
• Present status, metrics, and department initiatives at meetings with management and project peers. Maintain relationships with technical teams, IT, and business partners.
• Participate in the development of the department budget. Review expenses and ensure department operates within budgetary guidelines.
• Ensure staff comply with information technology and information security policies and procedures and verify that deliverables meet requirements.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

People leadership

Agile methodologies

SDLC best practices

IT governance

Cybersecurity

Communication

Stakeholder management

DevOps metrics

AI tools

Cloud architectures

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Angular

TypeScript

NX monorepo

Module Federation

SSR

Preact

Nest/Node

Java/Spring

GraphQL

REST

AWS

Playwright

DynamoDB

Glue

Kinesis

S3/CloudFront

IAM

SQS/SNS

Python

Job description

The Vanguard Group is seeking two Engineering Managers for its Malvern, PA-based Advice teams within Wealth Management. You will lead full-stack engineering squads delivering cloud-native platforms that enhance advisor productivity and client experience.

These roles require strong leadership, deep technical acumen, and the ability to balance cost, time, risk, and value while guiding teams toward a long-term vision.