Application Engineering Technical Lead

Lead the creation of products that are changing an industry

 

Join Vanguard as a Technical Lead and be a part of creating the next generation of user experience for our investors across Canada, Mexico and Latin America.  Work with the latest technology and be a part of a dynamic team that's not afraid to pivot, work hard, have fun and make a measurable impact on the success of our clients!

 

We strive to make investing simpler and more successful for our clients. By promoting new ways of building software, you’ll optimize products and keep our client experience improving at pace. Your work as a Technical Lead will not only give you true ownership of your products as you capitalize on a Lean Agile approach. It will impact the way the world invests.

In this role you will provide advanced level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new or existing technologies and tools.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provides advanced level IT technical lead services and direction for software, middleware, or hardware projects on a single platform. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and conducts testing.
• Identifies potential solutions and may approve solutions proposed by team members. Resolves complex issues uncovered by testers and internal clients.
• Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies.
• Maintains current knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff with less experience and identifies training needs.
• Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• May participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to contribute technical expertise and to identify issues. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
• Thoroughly understands and 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 five years related work experience, with at least two years of development experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

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.

Application Engineering Technical Lead

Lead the creation of products that are changing an industry

 

Join Vanguard as a Technical Lead and be a part of creating the next generation of user experience for our investors across Canada, Mexico and Latin America.  Work with the latest technology and be a part of a dynamic team that's not afraid to pivot, work hard, have fun and make a measurable impact on the success of our clients!

 

We strive to make investing simpler and more successful for our clients. By promoting new ways of building software, you’ll optimize products and keep our client experience improving at pace. Your work as a Technical Lead will not only give you true ownership of your products as you capitalize on a Lean Agile approach. It will impact the way the world invests.

In this role you will provide advanced level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new or existing technologies and tools.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provides advanced level IT technical lead services and direction for software, middleware, or hardware projects on a single platform. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and conducts testing.
• Identifies potential solutions and may approve solutions proposed by team members. Resolves complex issues uncovered by testers and internal clients.
• Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies.
• Maintains current knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff with less experience and identifies training needs.
• Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• May participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to contribute technical expertise and to identify issues. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
• Thoroughly understands and 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 five years related work experience, with at least two years of development experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

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.