BFF (Node) Technical Lead

The Vanguard Group • Malvern, PA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

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 Node JS 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.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree preferred.
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree