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Senior Application Engineer, Modern Front-End Technologies

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Vanguard

Senior Application Engineer, Modern Front-End Technologies

Grand Prairie, TX

Are you passionate about front-end development and world-class UX? Do you thrive on driving technical vision, working on greenfield development, building/recommending proof-of-concepts, and continuing to innovate and evolve our world-class technical stack? If so, this role might be perfect for you.

The team supported by this role has just completed a greenfield rewrite of our Personal Advisor Services website from a single application to individually hosted micro-front ends, enabling rapidly delivery of new features to both Vanguard clients and internal advisors.

The current technical stack consists of front-ends based on Angular 19 and TypeScript, utilizing an NX Monorepo, module federation, and server-side rendering, hosted on ECS/Node and S3/Cloudfront. Consumer services are based on TypeScript/Nest/Node/ECS. In 2025, we will continue to enhance and add to these business-critical applications, and harden their resiliency and observability.

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Responsibilities:

  • Build and evolve our advice capabilities to serve the needs of our advisors and investors.
  • Contribute to a product team, driving towards disrupting the world of advice through innovative solutions.
  • Key contributor to a Dallas-based team, working alongside other established teams to deliver best-in-class solutions for our advisors and clients.
  • Provides senior level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases. Integrates third party products.
  • Translates technical specifications into code for complex new or enhancement projects for internal clients. Writes programs, develops code, tests artifacts, and produces reports.
  • Employs software development techniques to ensure tests are implemented in a way that support automation.
  • Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up production support. Submits change control requests and documents.

Qualifications:

  • Strong expertise with front-end client-side development frameworks and environments, specifically TypeScript, Node.js, and Angular. Knowledge of NX, Stencil, web-vitals, and Playwright is a plus.
  • Expertise in developing responsive, accessible, secure, and performant web applications.
  • Experience with Site Reliability Engineering practices.
  • Experience or familiarity with micro frontend architecture.
  • Working knowledge of basic AWS Cloud Development (such as ECS/Fargate) and Cloud engineering standard methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of REST development and backend technologies (Node.js, GraphQL).
  • Experience with or ability and interest to learn additional AWS technologies (including but not limited to API Gateways, S3, Cloudfront, DynamoDB, Streams, SNS/SQS, Lambda, Storage Gateway, IAM).
  • Experience in providing technical guidance, with a strong commitment to coaching and mentoring other developers on the team.
  • Strong analysis and software design skills.
  • Ability to inspire change and demonstrate a growth mindset.
  • Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • 5+ years of software development experience.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Texas, USA
Job ID: Vanguard-166886
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • Pet Insurance
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Company Outings
    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Relocation Assistance
    • Performance Bonus
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • 401(K)
    • Financial Counseling
    • Profit Sharing
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Internship Program
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Leadership Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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