Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

Vanguard•Malvern, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

In this role, you will work on a cross-functional scrum team, collaborating directly with product owners, designers, developers, scrum leads and architects to test, build and iterate on the latest products for our clients. You will build relationships, enhance your technical expertise and be a part of continuous improvement and innovation in engineering. You will get to lead and coach other developers. If you have - • Programming experience with JavaScript / TypeScript , NodeJS, Python , Java • Extensive Experience with UI Angular, React or Stencil • Experience with AWS e.g. Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, API Gateway • Experience consuming and developing REST APIs, GraphQL • Experience with Observability tools like, Splunk, Honeycomb • Experience with Bitbucket, Bamboo (CI/CD pipeline), Git • Good understanding of client-side architecture, design patterns, data structures, dependency injection • A positive can-do attitude • Willing to learn and grow • Passion to lead and be a better leader Huge plus if you have Experience with Agentic Development with Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph Experience with LLMs and SLMs (Claude, Gemini, LLAMA, etc) React Native development for Mobile Then you should apply for this role. Core Responsibilities Provides expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities. Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the team's technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security. Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. . Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them. Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas. Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members. Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes. Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies. Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues. Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews. Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Programming experience with JavaScript / TypeScript , NodeJS, Python , Java
Extensive Experience with UI Angular, React or Stencil
Experience with AWS e.g. Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, API Gateway
Experience consuming and developing REST APIs, GraphQL
Experience with Observability tools like, Splunk, Honeycomb
Experience with Bitbucket, Bamboo (CI/CD pipeline), Git
Good understanding of client-side architecture, design patterns, data structures, dependency injection
A positive can-do attitude
Willing to learn and grow
Passion to lead and be a better leader
Minimum of three years related work experience, with at least one year of development experience.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agentic Development with Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph
Experience with LLMs and SLMs (Claude, Gemini, LLAMA, etc)
React Native development for Mobile

Responsibilities

Provides expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms.
Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
Ensures the viability of IT deliverables.
Recommends development options and approves the team's technical deliverables.
Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security.
Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members.
Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts.
Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients.
Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner.
Researches issues and performs root cause analysis.
Anticipates technology problems and prevents them.
Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications.
Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.
Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards.
Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs.
As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members.
Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members.
Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues.
Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings.
Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.