Investment Systems Application Engineer - IV

About the role

We are seeking a full-stack engineer with strong UI specialization to help build the next generation of user interfaces for VPI—supporting portfolio managers, operations teams, and investment workflows. The ideal candidate brings experience building user interfaces for investment or wealth management systems and has a strong understanding of investment workflows and user needs across front, middle, and back office functions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build modern, responsive user interfaces for investment workflows
• Develop rich, data-driven applications supporting portfolio analysis and operations
• Create reusable UI components and design patterns
• Develop end-to-end features spanning UI, APIs, and backend services
• Expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of investment applications and databases
• Integrate third-party products. Ensure expected application performance levels are achieved
• Ensure performance, scalability, and usability across applications
• Partner with business stakeholders (PMs, Ops, Research) to translate requirements into user-centric designs
• Thoroughly understand client investment business functions and technology needs
• Improve usability and efficiency of workflows replacing legacy/manual processes
• Support iterative development and continuous feedback loops
• Build applications deployed on AWS using modern CI/CD practices
• Ensure code quality, testing, and maintainability
• Contribute to architectural discussions and UI platform evolution
• Is well versed on the latest technologies and tools supporting software development in the industry
• Elevate code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provide follow-up production support
• Participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout the life cycle to identify issues
• Explain technical considerations at related meetings, including those with internal clients
• Perform systems analysis activities
• Ensures the viability of investment systems IT deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security
• Develops broad and deep understanding of Vanguard’s technologies, tools, and applications, including those that interface with business areas and systems
• Complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least 5+ years of software engineering experience building investment, wealth management, or financial applications
• Undergraduate degree in a related field
• Strong front-end development experience (modern frameworks such as Angular or React)
• Experience building full-stack applications (Java/Python backend)
• Solid understanding of investment workflows and user personas (portfolio managers, trading operations, research analysts)
• Understanding of API design and integration
• Experience working with cloud-native systems (AWS preferred)
• Ability to contribute as an individual contributor while guiding design decisions