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 30 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Our Team & Opportunity
The Corporate Systems division partners with multiple stakeholders and technology teams across Vanguard to support business critical functions through key Operational platforms, Finance One technology, and Enterprise Services technology.
As an Application Engineer, you will join a talented, welcoming, and highly collaborative team within Corporate Systems that builds and maintains critical technology platforms for the organisation. You will work closely with experienced engineers who are passionate about delivering trusted, scalable, and resilient systems that support essential financial and regulatory processes, directly aligning to Vanguard’s mission of giving investors the best chance of investment success.
This role offers a strong learning and development environment where you will grow your technical skills, contribute to meaningful enhancements, and gain exposure to enterprise-scale platforms that underpin core business operations. You will be part of a team that is evolving and expanding, with the opportunity to learn modern engineering practices, contribute to continuous improvement, and make a genuine impact across the organisation while being supported by experienced mentors and peers
Core Responsibilities:
Engages with business stakeholders and other team members to ensure solutions are aligned to business outcomes.
Brings structure to business requests, translates requirements into an analytical approach, and executes through to completion.
Works with the technical lead and the team to develop solutions, ensuring alignment to security and architectural standards.
Understands Vanguard's tools, technologies, applications, and processes.
Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement.
Provides support to other team members in building skills and improving engineering practices.
What are we looking for:
3–5 years of professional experience in software development
Proven experience in full-stack development, ideally with Node.js and/or Python
Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including (but not limited to): CloudFormation, S3, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Glue ETL, API Gateway, IAM, SQS, SNS, Athena, DMS and DataSync
Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases
Experience working within an Agile delivery environment
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, particularly using GitHub and GitHub Actions
Experience working in financial services industry
Experience around web technologies
Data engineering/Design experience (2+ years’ experience)
Hands on technical expertise in Python
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.
Special Factors
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
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.