Lead Application Engineer - Debit Card & Digital Wallet

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern is seeking a Senior Technology Architect to lead multi-team initiatives for digital payments and wallet integration. You will steer frontend and backend design, drive scalable solutions, and collaborate with product and domain architects to translate requirements into executable roadmaps.

The ideal candidate brings eight-plus years of experience, deep expertise in Angular, React, TypeScript, Node.js, and cloud-native AWS deployments, plus a track record of delivering highly

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of technology architect experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level technical leadership for digital products and platforms.
• Lead design, development, and maintenance of scalable frontend and backend solutions.
• Partner with Product Managers and Architects to translate requirements into technical solutions and roadmaps.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party products, SDKs, and APIs for scalability and health.
• Review designs, code, testing strategies, and documentation for quality and security.
• Drive architecture reviews and technical decision-making across teams.
• Promote engineering standards, secure coding, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Mentor engineers and drive continuous learning and adoption of new technologies.

Skills

Frontend architecture

Angular

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

NestJS

GraphQL

AWS

CI/CD

DevOps

Observability

Regulated industries

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

AppDynamics

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Adobe Analytics

Job description

Vanguard in Malvern is seeking a Senior Technology Architect to lead multi-team initiatives for digital payments and wallet integration. You will steer frontend and backend design, drive scalable solutions, and collaborate with product and domain architects to translate requirements into executable roadmaps.

The ideal candidate brings eight-plus years of experience, deep expertise in Angular, React, TypeScript, Node.js, and cloud-native AWS deployments, plus a track record of delivering highly