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
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Our team and Opportunity
The Adviser Experience team is responsible for b uild ing and enhancing a digital technology ecosystem to help advisers scale and service their clients directly with Vanguard , as well as to support our Sales and Operations Teams.
As Technical Lead , you will partner with stakeholders to lead design and development of new digital technology solutions interacted through web and API. This role is key in the expansion of Adviser+ , a platform which equip s Advisers with a simple way to run their business directly with Vanguard and provide a low-cost access point for our products.
Our team is highly energised, supportive, curious, and innovative. You will be rewarded for thinking out of the box , following big ides through and leaning in to help your team achieve our goals!
At Vanguard, we are passionate about your career, with a constant focus on development opportunities and personal growth , we are driven to ensur e you, and in turn our clients, achieve success.
What You Will Do
- Partner with architects and senior technical leads to design and implement high-performan t, scalable and secure web applications
- Evaluate appropriate existing and emerging technologies to introduce to Vanguard
- Mentor the team on best practices
- Provide leadership and guidance to help shape and continuous ly improve our development processes
- Effectively communicate technical issues , in a manner all can understand
- Work with Agile Practice Leads and Product Managers to prioritise work relative to both delivering business value and technical value
- Instil the team with a technical vision and road map
- Research and employ contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team
- Support the complete software life cycle including DevOps and CI/CD
- Have an enterprise and owner's mindset to our full technology stack, which underpins our business solutions
- Maintain a high standard of technical design, cod e quality and documentation
- Contribute to , develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative team environment
Core Technical Skills
- Solid and demonstratable experience with AWS
- Solid and demonstrable front-end experience with Angular (Angular 1 5 +), Node.js
- Experience with developing design systems and component libraries (HTML/CSS, Styled components, Stencil.js, Storybook)
- Experience with state management using Redux or NgRx
- Experience with back-end integration using Nest.js and/or Express
- Experience with back-end development in Java, Spring Boot as well as designing & building REST API's , micro- services and event driven architecture
- Experience with monorepo tools for multiple project/websites development using NX.dev
- Experience with test automation and test-driven development practices and frameworks - mutation testing, functional testing (Cypress , Playwright and Jest ), mock frameworks (Mockito, etc.), contract testing
- Familiarity with DevOps concepts, tools and continuous delivery pipelines - Bamboo, Github , Bitbucket, Jira, GIT
- Knowledge of cloud development/engineering best practices
Specialisations that'll make an impact
- Experience with AWS
- Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering concepts
- Content Management Systems (AEM)
- Analytics & Tag Management (Adobe)
- SEO principles
- Proficiency and passionate about modern UX/UI principles and be able to effectively communicate this in all designs and development
- Experience with Data Analytics and Data Engineering
- Experience in Funds Management and/or Financial Adviser platforms
Special Factors
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
- This position is hybrid and would require you to work in the office location Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Inclusion Statement
Vanguard's continued dedication 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.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Recruitment agencies please note: Vacancies are managed by the Vanguard Talent Acquisition Team. Should external recruitment assistance be required, the TA Team will reach out to Vanguard agency partners directly.
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.