Investment Systems Application Engineer – IV

Vanguard

Full-stack engineer specializes in UI development for investment workflows at Vanguard. Responsible for mature responsive applications and backend services integration.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeCharlotte • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudJavaPythonReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build modern, responsive user interfaces for investment workflows
Develop rich, data-driven applications supporting portfolio analysis and operations
Create reusable UI components and design patterns
Develop end-to-end features spanning UI, APIs, and backend services
Provide expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of investment applications and databases
Integrate third party products
Ensure expected application performance levels are achieved
Improve usability and efficiency of workflows replacing legacy/manual processes
Support iterative development and continuous feedback loops
Ensure code quality, testing, and maintainability
Contribute to architectural discussions and UI platform evolution
Conduct testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security
Elevate code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule
Provide follow up production support

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of eight years related work experience
At least 5+ years of software engineering experience building investment, wealth management, or financial applications
Undergraduate degree in a related field
Strong front-end development experience (modern frameworks such as Angular or React)
Experience building full-stack applications (Java/Python backend)
Solid understanding of investment workflows and user personas (portfolio managers, trading operations, research analysts)
Understanding of API design and integration
Experience working with cloud-native systems (AWS preferred)
Ability to contribute as an individual contributor while guiding design decisions

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

front-end developmentfull-stack applicationsAngularReactJavaPythonAPI designcloud-native systemssystem analysisdatabase development

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipadaptabilitycritical thinkingattention to detailtime managementcreativityuser-centered design