Engineering Manager: Platform Reliability & Enablement

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard’s Personal Investor Technology Reliability Platform Engineering team seeks an engineering manager who can grow senior engineers, guide technical direction, and drive adoption of shared capabilities across multiple product families. You will lead a team focused on platform enablement, developer productivity, automation, reliability outcomes, and modern practices.

The role requires shipping tangible platform capabilities, mentoring engineers, and aligning stakeholders around common

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of related work experience with 3+ years in development.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent; graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers with clear expectations.
• Define reliability platform direction, automation, and reusable frameworks.
• Collaborate with architects to ensure scalable, secure platforms.
• Review approaches, contribute to design discussions, and engage in high-leverage work.
• Clarify priorities with stakeholders and drive adoption of shared capabilities.
• Foster trust, learning, and continuous improvement within the team.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Platform engineering

AWS

CI/CD

Observability

Developer productivity

Stakeholder management

System architecture

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Terraform

Observability tools

Job description

Vanguard’s Personal Investor Technology Reliability Platform Engineering team seeks an engineering manager who can grow senior engineers, guide technical direction, and drive adoption of shared capabilities across multiple product families. You will lead a team focused on platform enablement, developer productivity, automation, reliability outcomes, and modern practices.

The role requires shipping tangible platform capabilities, mentoring engineers, and aligning stakeholders around common