Senior Application Engineering Technical Lead

7 days ago

Malvern, PA, United States Vanguard Full time
Join our dynamic full-stack team as we lead modernization initiatives that transform the experience for Plan Sponsors. Were building greenfield applications using cutting-edge technologies, automation, and cloud-native practices. Our mission: deliver exceptional business value and transparency to stakeholders while driving innovation at scale.

As a Senior Application Engineering Tech Lead, youll be the go-to expert for guiding technology strategy, evaluating and integrating tools, and ensuring robust, resilient applications. Your leadership will shape our approach to reliability, observability, and seamless integration across the stack.

**This Hybrid role (in office Tues-Wed-Thurs) can be based in either Charlotte, NC, or Malvern, PA (HQ)**

Key Responsibilities

  • Application Monitoring & Incident Management: Implement and optimize observability practices using Splunk, CloudWatch, Honeycomb, and Datadog
  • Proactively monitor performance and triage production issues across UI (Angular), backend (Spring Boot), and AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement: Perform deep-dive failure analysis using logs and dashboards. Collaborate with developers to deliver hotfixes and long-term stability solutions
  • Deployment & Release Engineering: Support CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Terraform. Validate releases in staging and production, ensuring rollback strategies are in place
  • Cloud Infrastructure Operations: Manage and optimize AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM). Drive cost-efficiency initiatives like right-sizing and serverless adoption
  • Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices and compliance standards. Support audits and implement controls for sensitive data
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Maintain runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides. Lead knowledge transfer sessions and foster team learning

Qualifications

Strong experience in Angular (v8+), Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs

Proficiency in AWS services and cloud-native operations

Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform)

Expertise in monitoring/logging tools: Splunk, CloudWatch, Datadog

Solid understanding of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, ECS)

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Education & Experience

Minimum 58+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in development

Bachelors degree or equivalent; Masters preferred

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a missionwe'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.

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