Core Responsibilities- Design, build, test, and operate backend and serverless applications powering hybrid batch and real-time trading workflows.
- Perform senior-level system analysis to translate business requirements into maintainable designs and well-structured code.
- Build cloud-native and serverless solutions on AWS (e.g., Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, EKS) using event-driven and distributed-system patterns.
- Drive technical design decisions, contribute thoughtful code reviews, and help shape testing approaches that improve quality, security, and performance.
- Own delivery end-to-end: CI/CD, release readiness, and safe promotion through development, test, and production environments.
- Provide production support and incident response; troubleshoot complex issues and resolve them.
- Build observability into services (logging, metrics, tracing) and use instrumentation to understand customer behavior and business outcomes.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across roles; share knowledge and help the team deliver with speed and reliability.
- Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and peer engineers to shape roadmaps and deliver measurable value.
- Continuously improve how we build and run software (automation, developer experience, reliability practices, and post-incident learning).
Qualifications- Minimum of five years related work experience, with at least one year of development experience.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent training/experience).
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on backend development.
- Strong programming skills, with deep experience in Node.js and TypeScript
- Experience building and supporting cloud-native, serverless, event-driven systems or distributed systems.
- Strong engineering fundamentals (development methodologies, architecture standards, system design).
- Planning and organizational skills; able to manage work independently and collaboratively
Desired Qualifications- Experience with high-throughput, highly available platforms (trading-specific, financial services or other regulated domains is a plus).
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Kafka, IAM, EKS, and CloudFormation.
- Comfortable working in production-focused teams, including CI/CD pipelines, automation, and on-call or incident response.
- Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives end-to-end.
Special FactorsSponsorshipVanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
