Application Engineering Technical Lead in Melbourne, Australia

About Vanguard

More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners. 

Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.

Our Team & Opportunity

This is a permanent Technical Lead role in the EIS Securities Lending Team . This role is responsible for providing superior technical leadership to Securi ties Lending IT team in Australia working on vendor product s and AWS infrastructure .

What you will do

You will be the Technical Lead responsible for the Securit ies Lending team within Australia. These teams form part of the global product teams, contributing to the global product delivery for Securities Lending application support . You will guide the fully stacked product teams in the region for high quality technical solution s .

Core Responsibilities

• Provides expert level IT investment systems technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.

• Ensures the viability of IT investment systems deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the team’s technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security.

• Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems dis‐covered by testers and internal clients. Responds to and re‐solves technical issues in a timely manner . Research issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them.

• Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.

• Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology , architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members.

• Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.

• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.

• Participates in design, code, and test inspections through‐out product life cycle to identify issues. Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.

• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of Investment Management business functions. Combines technical and functional knowledge to produce highly functional solutions to Investment Management business problems.

• Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

  What are we looking for

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.

• Business knowledge of investments management or other financial domain s

• Expert level hands on experience on AWS technologies (Lambda, S3, Dynamo DB, API Gateway etc.)

• Good u nderstanding of Python/Java or similar programming languages

• Experience working with vendor products

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

  Inclusion Statement

  Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”

  We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.

  When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard’s core purpose.

  Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success

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.