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 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.  

Multiple technology engineer opportunities available 

We have a mix of senior and mid level engineer roles available in our Client Experience teams, where we’re redefining how clients interact with technology including the expansion of Adviser+. This is a platform which equips Advisers with a simple way to run their business directly with Vanguard and provide a low-cost access point for our products. 

We’re a collaborative group of innovators, problem solvers and customer champions dedicated to building seamless, intuitive and impactful digital experiences. 

At Vanguard, we are passionate about your career, with a focus on development opportunities and personal growth, we are driven to ensure you achieve success. You will be rewarded for thinking out of the box, following your ideas through and leaning in to help your team achieve our goals. 

This is more than a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of client engagement while launching your career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment. 

What you will do 

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. 

Work in an Agile software development methodology which involves regular communication with your team and the teams around you. 

Follow architectural and coding standards to maintain a high standard of technical design, code quality and documentation. 

Translate technical specifications into clean, maintainable code for new features, enhancements and integration with third-party products and APIs. 

Participate in design and code reviews, unit and integration testing and defect resolution throughout the software development lifecycle. 

Implement automated test strategies to ensure product quality. 

Manage code deployment across development, test and production environments.  

Proactively communicate technical issues with your team and technical lead. 

Trouble shoot production incidents with the support team. 

Secure coding practices using OWASP. 

Technologies you will use (but do not need to have done them all!) 

Full stack development – work with Java, Angular, Node.js, Spring, APIs, SQL and Non-SQL DBs, AWS and some react native. 

AWS – familiarity with serverless stack 

DevOps practices and continuous delivery using GIT and GitHub actions for CI/CD 

Test automation and test-driven development practices and frameworks – work with Cypress, Playwright and Jest. 

Qualifications 

Minimum of 3 years related work experience with at least one year of development experience. More experience (6+ years) expected for those applying for a senior role to demonstrate a breadth of experience that you can apply to this role. 

Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. 

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.