Vanguard
Senior Application Engineer, NodeJS
Vanguard, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28245
Senior NodeJS Engineer – First In Flight
Are you interested in working full-time to improve backend trading systems that are leveraged both by advised and self-directed customers processing upwards of $50bn per year? Would you like to work on a cloud-native technology stack? Then you should consider joining the First In Flight Team within Advice Trading & Money Movement. First In Flight is a team dedicated to building resilient and fast systems, leveraging multiple AWS technologies and NodeJS, to deliver trading capability benefiting hundreds of thousands of clients.Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate would be strong in:JavaScript (NodeJS specifically)AWS technologies (especially Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB)DevOpsIn this role you will
As a senior engineer within Investment Management, you’ll work on a fully dedicated, cross-functional, co-located and durable team given the autonomy required to deliver solutions which drive the new capabilities spanning the 500k+ advised customers as well as self-directed customers. You’ll be working with new and innovative AWS technology stacks, Typescript, and NodeJS, all which work in unison to process up to 100,000 trades per day.What It Takes
Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience5+ years extensive software engineering experienceStrong experience with JavaScript, NodeJS specificallyStrong planning and organizational skillsAbility to implement instrumentation to gather business-specific metrics around consumer usage patternsSpecializations that'll make an impact
Be highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the team.Have the opportunity to achieve results against goals linked to key performance indicators.Be experienced with JavaScript and AWSHave experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms.Have exposure to software engineering tools, such as VS Code, WebStorm, Git, and others.Write clean, maintainable code, and read code created by others.Be a quick learner who can learn and develop utilizing a new framework within a single sprint.Special Factors
Sponsorship:
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose – and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.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.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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Are you interested in working full-time to improve backend trading systems that are leveraged both by advised and self-directed customers processing upwards of $50bn per year? Would you like to work on a cloud-native technology stack? Then you should consider joining the First In Flight Team within Advice Trading & Money Movement. First In Flight is a team dedicated to building resilient and fast systems, leveraging multiple AWS technologies and NodeJS, to deliver trading capability benefiting hundreds of thousands of clients.Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate would be strong in:JavaScript (NodeJS specifically)AWS technologies (especially Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB)DevOpsIn this role you will
As a senior engineer within Investment Management, you’ll work on a fully dedicated, cross-functional, co-located and durable team given the autonomy required to deliver solutions which drive the new capabilities spanning the 500k+ advised customers as well as self-directed customers. You’ll be working with new and innovative AWS technology stacks, Typescript, and NodeJS, all which work in unison to process up to 100,000 trades per day.What It Takes
Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience5+ years extensive software engineering experienceStrong experience with JavaScript, NodeJS specificallyStrong planning and organizational skillsAbility to implement instrumentation to gather business-specific metrics around consumer usage patternsSpecializations that'll make an impact
Be highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the team.Have the opportunity to achieve results against goals linked to key performance indicators.Be experienced with JavaScript and AWSHave experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms.Have exposure to software engineering tools, such as VS Code, WebStorm, Git, and others.Write clean, maintainable code, and read code created by others.Be a quick learner who can learn and develop utilizing a new framework within a single sprint.Special Factors
Sponsorship:
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose – and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.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.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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