Application Engineer - III at Vanguard in Malvern, PA

Team Search Party is redefining how investors find, understand, and act on information across Vanguard’s digital ecosystem.
We build AI‑driven, omnichannel search experiences that power discovery across web, mobile, secure site, and emerging conversational interfaces, turning questions into confident next steps through relevance, wayfinding, and intelligent guidance.

Qualifications

• TS02 ownership & delivery

  • Owns outcomes and independently delivers high‑complexity, end‑to‑end solutions

  • Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments; drives work through ambiguity

  • Acts as an informal leader: team seeks their expertise; coaches/mentors and helps others navigate challenging situations

• AI mindset + rapid learning

  • Passion for AI and interest in applying AI tools/patterns to engineering work

  • Able to self‑direct learning, ramp quickly, and share knowledge (docs/demos/pairing) with the team

• Cloud & backend (priority)

  • Strong AWS experience (with preference for ECS and Lambda)

  • Python proficiency and experience building/supporting REST APIs

  • Experience with service integrations and shared platform components

• Frontend / UI engineering

  • Strong UI fundamentals: JavaScript (React preferred)

  • Experience building maintainable UI patterns and collaborating across frontend + backend boundaries

• Operational excellence

  • Production ownership mindset: observability, reliability, incident response participation, and operational hygiene

  • Comfort working in environments with monitoring/alerting and on-call readiness as needed

Nice‑to‑Have Skills & Experience

• AEM / Adobe digital experience stack

  • AEM experience; familiarity with broader Adobe ecosystem (e.g., Target, Web SDK, AEP)

• Search and discoverability domain

  • Experience with search UI patterns, discoverability, and shared components that support large-scale experiences

• Accessibility

  • Familiarity with accessibility standards and tooling (e.g., WCAG, NVDA, VoiceOver, Axe)

• Platform modernization

  • Experience improving resiliency, performance, and scaling practices for client-facing platforms

  • Experience modernizing authentication/authorization flows or hardening APIs

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're 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.