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54 Vanguard Group Applications Engineer Jobs Hiring Near You

In this role, you will play an integral part in Vanguard's goal to grow and scale its Advice ... Provide expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and ...

PA · On-site

$150 - $210/hr

Vanguard's Advice Portfolio Experience team is seeking an Engineering Manager who combines strong ... drive innovation across modern applications, microservices, and AWS-based platforms.

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Data Engineer, Specialist

Malvern, PA · On-site

$112K - $134K/yr

Gains expertise in tools, technologies, and applications/databases in specific business areas and ... About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission. To work for the ...

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Do workers at Vanguard get paid breaks?

Yes. Most people get paid breaks.
74% of people say they get paid breaks.
Based on data from 31 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Does Vanguard pay people when they’re sick?

Yes. Most people get paid when they’re sick.
83% of people say they would get paid if they were sick but scheduled to work.
Based on data from 59 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

At Vanguard, are sick days and vacation days separate paid time off?

Sick days and vacation days are used from the same paid time off.
75% of people say they have to use vacation days when they’re out sick.
Based on data from 24 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between May 2025 and July 2026.

Is the health insurance from Vanguard affordable enough for their workers?

Most people say the health insurance costs are okay.
98% of people say the health insurance costs are okay
Based on data from 40 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between March 2025 and July 2026.

Do people get paid time off at Vanguard?

Most people get paid time off work.
90% of people say they get paid time off.
Based on data from 30 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between May 2025 and July 2026.

How far ahead of time do people find out their work schedule?

Only some people find out their schedule four weeks ahead of time.
  • 40% of people with changing schedules find out their shifts one week or less ahead of time.
  • 13% of people with changing schedules find out their shifts two weeks ahead of time.
  • 7% of people with changing schedules find out their shifts three weeks ahead of time.
  • 40% of people with changing schedules find out their shifts four weeks or more ahead of time.

Based on data from 15 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and November 2025.

Do workers at Vanguard worry about hours?

Most people don’t worry about getting enough hours.
93% of people report they don’t worry about getting enough hours.
Based on data from 27 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and March 2026.

Do Vanguard workers get to choose the shifts they work?

Some people don’t get to choose which shifts they work.
39% report that they don’t have enough control over which shifts they work.
Based on data from 31 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and September 2025.

How easy is it for Vanguard workers to change shifts?

Some people find it hard to change shifts.
37% of people report that it’s hard to change shifts if they need to.
Based on data from 19 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and March 2026.

How easy is it to get time off at Vanguard?

Most people find it easy to get time off.
87% of people report it’s easy to get time off.
Based on data from 55 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do Vanguard managers change schedules at the last minute?

Most managers don’t change people’s schedules at the last minute.
97% of people say their manager doesn’t change their shift schedule at the last minute.
Based on data from 34 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and March 2026.

Do jobs at Vanguard spill into time workers aren’t paid for?

Rarely. The job doesn't usually spill into unpaid time.
21% of people report that their job takes up time that they don’t get paid for.
Based on data from 34 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and March 2026.

How easy is it to take sick days at Vanguard?

Most people find it easy to take sick days.
90% of people report that it’s easy to take time off if they are sick.
Based on data from 58 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Is a Vanguard job good for students?

Most students say this is a good place to work if you’re studying.
100% of students report this is a good place to work if you’re studying.
Based on data from 5 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between January 2025 and March 2026.

Is working at Vanguard good if you’re a parent or caregiver?

Most parents and caregivers say this is a good place to work.
100% of people who care for a child or other relative report this is a good place to work.
Based on data from 12 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and May 2026.

Do people at Vanguard feel treated with respect by their managers?

Most people feel treated with respect by their managers.
93% of people say they’re treated with respect by their managers.
Based on data from 57 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people at Vanguard get to take their breaks without interruption?

Most people get breaks without interruption.
83% of people report that they get to take their breaks without interruption.
Based on data from 59 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Is it stressful to work at Vanguard?

Some people feel stressed here.
52% of people say they often feel stressed at work.
Based on data from 56 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people at Vanguard enjoy their jobs?

Only some people enjoy their job.
37% of people report they don’t enjoy their job.
Based on data from 52 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people at Vanguard recommend working with their team?

Only some people recommend working with their team.
36% of people report that they wouldn’t recommend working with their immediate team to a friend.
Based on data from 64 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people get enough training when they start at Vanguard?

Most people got enough training when they started.
76% of people report they got enough training when they started working here.
Based on data from 55 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people get support to advance at Vanguard?

Most people are given support to advance their career here.
In the last year, 78% of people report being given support to advance their career here.
Based on data from 55 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people think Vanguard’s headquarters understands what’s happening where they work?

Most people think headquarters doesn’t understand what’s happening where they work.
68% of people think that this employer’s headquarters or owners don’t have a good understanding of what’s really happening where they work.
Based on data from 50 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do workers feel well informed about how Vanguard is doing?

Most people feel well informed about how the company is doing.
70% of people feel that they are kept well informed about how the company is doing as a whole.
Based on data from 54 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Engineering Manager

Vanguard Group, Inc.

Dallas, TX • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 15 days ago


Vanguard rating

8.7

Company rating: 8.7 out of 10

Based on 64 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

16th of 154 rated financial services


Job description

The Advice Portfolio Construction team is hiring an Engineering Manager at the M3 level. This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys flexing both deep technical expertise and people management skills while influencing the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of modern technologies and tools.
In this role, you will play an integral part in Vanguard's goal to grow and scale its Advice offering. As an Engineering Manager within the Investments, you will lead agile, high-performing engineering teams delivering highly critical, rapidly growing cloud-native platforms that directly enhance advisor productivity and improve the client experience.
About the Team & Workstream
The Portfolio Construction area under Investments supports Vanguard's Advice business by building and operating mission-critical capabilities that power portfolio design, construction, and advisory workflows. Teams in this space are:
  • Highly collaborative and quality-focused
  • Actively building and deploying microservices and AWS resources
  • Continuously improving, with a mindset of being "just a little more amazing every day"

The environment is fun, inclusive, and collaborative, with a strong emphasis on craftsmanship, learning, and delivering meaningful outcomes for advisors and clients.
What You'll Do:
  • Hire, evaluate, and supervise crew. Provide guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Set performance standards, review performance, and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
  • Work with product leaders and functional leads to ensure adequate development resources are in place in alignment with strategic goals.
  • Provide expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases. Integrate third party products. Ensure that expected application performance levels are achieved.
  • Identify potential solutions and approve technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevate complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolve technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. Respond to and resolve technical issues in a timely manner. Research issues and perform root cause analysis.
  • Ensure consistency of the knowledge and skills, sharing best practices and common challenges in their area and others. Maintain current knowledge of IT development methodology, and technical standards. Mentor IT staff as new standards are instituted, ensure their usage by team members.
  • Owns and maintains delivery timelines for initiative work within the team; can balance multiple initiatives in various stages of development concurrently.
  • Communicate with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Understands and can clearly articulate the business value of the work being delivered, translating technical outcomes into client and crew impact. Evaluate the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas. Provide realistic task and cost estimates.
  • Review and approve documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Write documentation, including technical standards and processes.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
  • Participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues. Participate as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Present technical status and issues at milestone reviews.

Qualifications:
  • Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least five years of project management experience.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
  • Proven people leadership experience, including the ability to grow, develop, and support a team.
  • Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand and interpret technical details.
  • Strong expertise in IT project management, Agile methodologies, and SDLC best practices with experience in IT infrastructure, software development, and enterprise IT solutions.
  • Understanding of how to appropriately leverage AI tools and practices.
  • Understanding and management of key DevOps metrics.
  • Proficiency in risk management, budgeting, and IT governance. Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and IT compliance standards.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Technical Skills
  • Building and frequently deploying microservices, AWS resources, Glue, SQL and more
  • Java, Spring Boot, node.js, and Python development experience.
  • AWS ECS / Vanguard ECSV3 skills and experience.
  • Knowledge of graphQL and supergraph is nice to have.
  • Knowledge of Redshift and ORDS is good to have.

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.

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