Lead Backend Engineer - Mobile APIs

Vanguard; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is building a world-class mobile experience and seeking an experienced Node.js focused engineer to join the mobile development team. You will help develop middleware for iOS and Android native apps, working in a true agile environment with modern tools.

The role is hybrid with in-office work required on Tue, Wed, and Thu, offering opportunities to mentor, shape architecture, and deliver high-performance solutions across platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years related work experience.
• 3+ years of Node.js experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications.
• Lead system analysis, design, and development for mobile native apps.
• Translate stories into design and code with automated tests.
• Mentor the team on best practices and performance optimization.
• Follow Agile methodologies and contribute to architectural decisions.

Skills

8+ years exp

3+ years Node.js

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Node.js

Typescript

NestJS

Visual Studio Code

RESTful Services

Spring Boot

Git/GitHub

JIRA

AWS

XCode/Swift

Job description

Want to work on a state-of-the-art mobile application with modern design, architecture and tools in a true agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic, and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committed to building a world-class mobile experience for our clients and we are looking for top talent to build/enhance Node.js middleware for our iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices.

This is hybrid position, with in-office work required Tue, Wed, Thur.

What You'll Do:

• Demonstrate collaboration, adaptability, and a willingness to contribute wherever the team needs support.
• Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications.
• Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance.
• Mentor the team on the "how" of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices.
• Apply software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms.
• Use observability to continuously optimize your product capacity, performance, monitoring and alerting.
• Communicate technical issues effectively in a manner all audiences can understand.
• Establish and communicate a technical vision for your product.
• Work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt.
• Lead system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications.
• Translate stories into design & code. Develop well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests.
• Research and employ contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team.
• Elevate code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provide follow up production support. Submit change control requests and documents.
• Follow Agile software development methodology. Follow architecture standards and best practices
• Lead in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues. Participate in other meetings, such as those for use case creation.
• Foster and maintain an inclusive, highly collaborative team environment.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years related work experience, with at least 3 years of development experience.
• 3+ years of Node.js experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Technology Stack:

• Node.js
• Typescript
• NestJS
• Visual Studio Code
• RESTful Services (Spring Boot / Java on AWS)
• CI/CD Pipeline, Github Actions
• Git/GitHub
• JIRA
• AWS Cloud - ECS Fargate, EKS, Lambda a plus
• XCode / SWIFT or Android Studio/ Java experience is a plus.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.