Senior Software Engineer – Backend, Serverless

Core Responsibilities

• Design build test and operate backend and serverless applications powering hybrid batch and real-time trading workflows.

• Perform senior-level system analysis to translate business requirements into maintainable designs and well-structured code.

• Build cloud-native and serverless solutions on AWS (e.g. Lambda Step Functions DynamoDB EKS) using event-driven and distributed-system patterns.

• Drive technical design decisions contribute thoughtful code reviews and help shape testing approaches that improve quality security and performance.

• Own delivery end-to-end: CI/CD release readiness and safe promotion through development test and production environments.

• Provide production support and incident response; troubleshoot complex issues and resolve them.

• Build observability into services (logging metrics tracing) and use instrumentation to understand customer behavior and business outcomes.

• Mentor engineers and collaborate across roles; share knowledge and help the team deliver with speed and reliability.

• Partner with Product Managers Engineering Managers Tech Leads and peer engineers to shape roadmaps and deliver measurable value.

• Continuously improve how we build and run software (automation developer experience reliability practices and post-incident learning).

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.

• Bachelors degree in a related field (or equivalent training/experience).

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on backend development.

• Strong programming skills with deep experience in and TypeScript

• Experience building and supporting cloud-native serverless event-driven systems or distributed systems.

• Strong engineering fundamentals (development methodologies architecture standards system design).

• Planning and organizational skills; able to manage work independently and collaboratively

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with high-throughput highly available platforms (trading-specific financial services or other regulated domains is a plus).

• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda Step Functions DynamoDB Kafka IAM EKS and CloudFormation.

• Comfortable working in production-focused teams including CI/CD pipelines automation and on-call or incident response.

• Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures

• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives end-to-end.

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.