Full Stack Software Engineer

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Workplace Technology team. This team builds and supports internal applications that power critical business capabilities across the organization.

This role is ideal for a strong generalist engineer who enjoys working across the stack building scalable solutions and collaborating within a distributed team environment. Youll contribute to modernizing applications improving system performance and delivering high-quality software solutions for internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain full-stack applications working across both frontend and backend components

• Build and enhance backend services using Java (Spring Boot) and integrate with modern UI technologies (e.g. Angular/JavaScript)

• Develop and support REST and GraphQL APIs for internal applications and services

• Work with AWS cloud services to build and deploy scalable cloud-native solutions

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Participate in the Agile development lifecycle including design coding testing and deployment

• Implement and maintain automated testing (unit and end-to-end) to ensure application quality

• Monitor and troubleshoot applications using logging alerting and observability tools (e.g. Splunk CloudWatch PagerDuty)

• Provide production support and contribute to continuous improvement of system performance and reliability

• Partner with and mentor team members to deliver high-quality solutions

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience with at least one year of development experience.

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

• Strong full-stack development experience with:

  • Java (Spring Boot)

  • JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular )

  • HTML/CSS

• Experience working with relational databases (e.g. DB2 PostgreSQL Oracle)

• Experience building and consuming REST and/or GraphQL APIs

• Exposure to cloud-based application development (preferably AWS)

• Understanding of Agile development methodologies

• Experience with automated testing (unit and end-to-end)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services such as ECS EKS Lambda DynamoDB or Glue

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Splunk CloudWatch PagerDuty Honeycomb)

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Claude or similar)

• Exposure to financial services or recordkeeping platforms (nice-to-have)

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.