Deputy Chief Engineer - Mobile API (Node.js)

About the role

This hybrid position is based in Charlotte, NC, with in-office work required Tuesday thru Thursday. Relocation assistance can be provided for non-local US candidates. No visa sponsorship will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications
• Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance
• Mentor the team on the “how” of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices
• Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests
• Research and employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team
• Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents
• Fulfills system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications
• Follows Agile software development methodology. Follows architecture standards and best practices
• Leads in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues. Participates in other meetings, such as those for use case creation
• Contributes to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team

Requirements

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience
• Three years of NodeJS experience
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms
• Use Observability to continuously optimize your product capacity, performance, monitoring and alerting
• Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand
• Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product
• Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt
• Working knowledge of Adobe Analytics, AppDynamics, Splunk, OpenTelemetry is a plus

Technology Stack

• NodeJS
• TypeScript
• NestJS
• Visual Studio Code
• RESTful Services (Spring Boot / Java on AWS)
• Ci/Cd Pipeline, Github Actions
• Git/GitHub
• Jira
• AWS Cloud – ECS Fargate, EKS, Lambda a plus
• XCode / SWIFT or Android Studio/ Java experience is a plus

Special Factors

• Sponsorship: Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy, Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status. In addition, Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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