Application Engineer - Toronto, Canada - Vanguard

    Vanguard
    Vanguard Toronto, Canada

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Application Engineer III

    Provides advanced level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases, under general direction.

    Create the products that are changing an industry

    Join Vanguard as a Full-stack Engineer and be a part of creating the next generation of user experience for our investors across Canada, Mexico and Latin America. Work with the latest technology including but not limited to, Angular 14+ and AWS services. Be a part of a dynamic team that's not afraid to pivot, work hard, have fun and make a measurable impact on the success of our clients

    We strive to make investing simpler and more successful for our clients. By promoting new ways of building software, you'll optimize products and keep our client experience improving at pace. Your work as a Senior Full-stack developer will not only give you true ownership of your products as you capitalize on a Lean Agile approach. It will impact the way the world invests.

    In this role you will:

    • Collaborate with product owners, data analysts, scrum masters, and developers to develop a world-class user experience.
    • Research, advocate and implement industry standard coding methodologies to improve workflows through the selection of evolving technologies and tools that your team will use to build expert-level user experiences.
    • Develop and continually improve client-side and server-side architecture for web applications.

    What it takes:

    • Working knowledge of backend technologies (Node.JS, Java).
    • Extensive experience with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, TypeScript.
    • Experience with AWS (Lambdas, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, EC2, Storage Gateway, IAM) and Angular.
    • Experience using CI/CD pipeline tools like Bitbucket/Bamboo.
    • Functional knowledge of Python, Scala and Java.
    • Provide senior level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases. Integrate third party products.
    • Translate technical specifications into code for complex new or enhancement projects for internal clients. Write programs, develop code, test artifacts, and produce reports. Employ software development techniques to ensure tests are implemented in a way that support automation.
    • Thoroughly understand software development methodology. Thoroughly understands development architecture standards. Train and mentor staff with less experience. Resolves elevated issues.
    • At least five years of industry/field-specific experience, including substantial hands-on involvement in front-end development.
    • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

    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.