Node.js/TypeScript API Technical Lead… at Vanguard Canada · Charlotte

Want to work on a state-of-the-art mobile application with modern design, architecture and tools in a true agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic, and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients and we are looking for top talent to build/enhance NodeJS middleware for our iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices.

This is a hybrid role (in office Tues, Wed, Thurs) based in Charlotte, NC.

What it takes:

• Highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the team.
• Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications
• Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance
• Mentor the team on the “how” of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices.
• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms.
• Use Observability to continuously optimize your product capacity, performance, monitoring and alerting.
• Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand.
• Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product.
• Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt.
• Leads system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications.
• Translates stories into design & code.  Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests
• Research and employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team
• Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents.
• Follows Agile software development methodology. Follows architecture standards and best practices
• Leads in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues. Participates in other meetings, such as those for use case creation.
• Contributes to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.
• 3+ years of NodeJS experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Technology Stack:

• NodeJS
• Typescript
• NestJS
• Visual Studio Code
• RESTful Services (Spring Boot / Java on AWS)
• CI/CD Pipeline, Github Actions
• Git/GitHub
• JIRA
• AWS Cloud - ECS Fargate, EKS, Lambda a plus
• XCode / SWIFT or Android Studio/ Java experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Analytics, AppDynamics, Splunk, OpenTelemetry is a plus

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.