The Cost Basis team is looking for a Principal Full Stack Application Engineer! Join our team and spearhead development efforts on a highly visible and impactful product space. With your expertise in full-stack development, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, crafting solutions that help to shape the future of Cost Basis. Plus, be part of an inclusive team environment where all perspectives are valued.

The impact you will make:

• Provide senior-level expertise in an initiative to build or re-platform select business services as APIs for company-wide consumption.
• Provide strong technical leadership - guidance, training, mentorship, and motivation.
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming and set best practice standards.
• Oversee technical direction in design and development of applications while also contributing to the code base.
• Work with product owners to deliver engaging and impactful solutions.
• Plan, collaborate and execute with other technical and architecture leads across the department.
• Success in this role demands that you be self-motivated, stay curious, and approach challenges with a sense of adventure and innovation.

Bring invention to investing

Focused on crafting creative user experiences, you'll continuously deliver imaginative solutions that also satisfy business needs. Your fresh ideas will directly impact one of our strategic focus areas and help us redefine the world of mutual funds. Your analytical approach to problem-solving, underpinned by strong organizational skills, will make you a valuable member of a collaborative team that shares ideas and solves problems in new ways. And at every stage of the process you'll enjoy many opportunities to deepen your knowledge and widen your experience.

What it takes:

• 5 years of hands-on software development experience in a service-oriented environment using Java and/or Python.
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, leading diverse and seasoned teams. Acting as a mentor and coach for engineers on the team.
• Ability to drive long-term design thinking for systems and engineering processes with scalability and maintainability in mind.
• Frontend development technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Experience in one or more of the following modern frontend frameworks: Modern frontend frameworks: Angular, React, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Target, Adobe Launch
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts, tools and continuous delivery pipelines - Bamboo, Jenkins, Maven, Bitbucket, Jira, GIT, etc
• Experience with API management platforms, design standards, patterns and standard methodologies is a plus
• Knowledge of cloud/AWS technologies: CloudFront, S3 ECS is a plus
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience
• 5+ years software engineering experience

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is 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.

We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let's make it count.

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.

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.