Application Engineering Technical Lead – II

Vanguard

Technical Lead developing products as part of a cross-functional scrum team collaborating with various stakeholders. Leading technical design and implementation while guiding developers on best practices.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timePhiladelphia • North Carolina, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSDynamoDBGraphQLJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReactSplunkTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work on a cross-functional scrum team
Collaborate directly with product owners, designers, developers, scrum leads, and architects
Test, build and iterate on the latest products for our clients
Build relationships and enhance technical expertise
Lead and coach other developers
Define and review architecture, design decisions, and engineering standards
Guide developers on system design, code quality, and best practices
Identify and resolve complex technical issues; perform root cause analysis
Ensure systems meet requirements for scalability, reliability, and security
Drive improvements in architecture, tooling, and development processes
Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs to stakeholders
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and testing strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years related work experience
At least one year of development experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, or Java
Hands-on experience building UI applications with Angular, React, or Stencil
Experience designing and operating systems on AWS (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, API Gateway)
Experience designing and building REST and/or GraphQL APIs
Experience with observability tools (Splunk, Honeycomb)
Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD (Bitbucket, Bamboo)
Solid understanding of client-side architecture, design patterns, data structures, and dependency injection
Experience with agent-based systems (Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph)
Experience working with LLMs/SLMs (Claude, Gemini, LLaMA)
A positive can-do attitude
Willing to learn and grow
Passion to lead and be a better leader

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working model
Opportunities for continuous improvement
Learning and development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsPythonJavaAngularReactStencilREST APIsGraphQL APIs

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingrelationship buildingtechnical expertiseadaptabilitypositive attitudewillingness to learn

Certifications

Bachelor's degree