Technical Lead, Application Engineering (Investment/Risk)

The Vanguard Group; Wayne (PA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vanguard Group is hiring a Full-time Technical Lead in Malvern, PA to drive the design, development, and support of scalable, cloud-native investment risk analytics and reporting tools. You will lead cross-team efforts, mentor engineers, and ensure security and quality across multiple vendor integrations and AI-enabled initiatives.

You will collaborate with architects, stakeholders, and engineering teams to balance delivery timelines with long-term sustainability while advancing the firm’s

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in full-stack development and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience leading application development, testing, and deployment with strong governance.
• Ability to mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with investment management processes and risk analytics is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for vendor platforms, AWS-based apps, and risk analytics solutions.
• Design, develop, and support scalable full-stack solutions across multiple initiatives.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and ensure security, testing, and operational excellence.

Skills

Full-stack development

Cloud architecture

Technical leadership

AI-enabled development

Tools

AWS

APIs

Job description

Vanguard has a Full-time Technical Lead position in our Malvern, PA QRAPS Equity and Fixed Income Investment Risk & Analytics Team. This role provides technical leadership for vendor platforms, AWS-based applications, and risk analytics solutions supporting investment risk analysis, research, stress testing, back-testing, and reporting capabilities. As a Technical Lead, you will lead the design, development, implementation, and support of scalable full-stack technology solutions while providing technical direction across multiple initiatives. You will partner with architects, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to deliver vendor integrations, cloud-native platforms, APIs, AI-enabled solutions, and automation capabilities that improve business outcomes. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong expertise in application architecture, solution design, engineering standards, risk management, security, testing, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. This role requires sound technical judgment to evaluate trade-offs, manage technical risks and dependencies, perform root cause analysis, ensure high-quality deliverables, and guide teams through complex technology decisions. A key responsibility of this role is mentoring and developing engineers, establishing engineering best practices, reviewing technical designs and documentation, and ensuring adherence to technology, security, and development standards. The Technical Lead will influence stakeholders, communicate effectively across business and technology organizations, and drive innovative solutions that balance delivery objectives with long-term sustainability.

Key Qualifications

Deep expertise in full-stack application development, cloud-native platforms, APIs, data architecture, analytics, and modern engineering practices. Strong technical leadership in architecture, solution design, engineering standards, design reviews, technical governance, and complex technology decision-making. Ability to deliver sustainable technology solutions while balancing business objectives, delivery timelines, risk, technical debt, operational supportability, maintainability, and architectural integrity. Experience leading application development, implementation, testing, support, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives. Experience leveraging emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development and AI-enabled solutions, to improve engineering productivity and solution quality. Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, communication, coaching, and mentoring skills. Knowledge of investment management, portfolio analytics, risk management, and investment systems. Highly preferred: Strong knowledge of investment management processes, investment data, portfolio analytics, risk management, and investment systems, with the ability to combine technical and business expertise to deliver effective solutions for Investment Management business needs.

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. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.