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Senior Application Engineer

Vanguard

Full time Hybrid
Experience
5+ years
Location
Hyderabad
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
₹8L – ₹22L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in Hyderabad, 66 posts
Posted 29 days ago

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Role at a glance

You will
  • Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications and APIs.
  • Build secure, scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Develop and maintain AWS-based microservices and serverless solutions.
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Must-have skills
AWSJavaPythonSpring BootTest Automation
Work mode
Hybrid

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Job description

About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe-directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.

Vanguard India

Vanguard's office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.

Role Summary

We are looking for Application Engineers to join the team, which builds solutions across personal, digital, and institutional advisory platforms. This is a core development role within a new team, focused on building backend services, APIs, and cloud-based applications from the ground up.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Java, Python, Spring Boot, AWS services, API security, and backend development. Exposure to test automation, observability tools, and Agile ways of working will be an added advantage. This role offers strong end-to-end ownership, hands-on engineering exposure, and the opportunity to work on modern cloud and AI-enabled technologies.

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Responsibilites

  • Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications and APIs.
  • Build secure, scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Develop and maintain AWS-based microservices and serverless solutions.
  • Implement API authentication and authorization using OAuth, Okta, and JWT.
  • Monitor application performance using Splunk, Honeycomb, and CloudWatch.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvements.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.
  • Support production applications and drive service reliability.
  • Willingness to mentor mid and junior level developers on the team
  • Strong communication Skills
  • Good stakeholder management skills to influence technical decisions.
  • Hands-on experience with Agile, Confluence, JIRA, and monitoring and refining dashboards

Qualifications and Skills

  • Minimum 5+ years of experience in application development, system analysis, or database management.
  • Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor's in Computer Applications (BCA).
  • Proficiency in Java, Spring boot,Python Basics
  • Excellence in AWS - Lambda, step functions, Dynamo DB, S3, ECS .
  • Working knowledge of Splunk, Honeycomb, Cloud watch
  • Good understanding in API - security - OAUTH/OKTA jwts
  • Proficiency in TDD / BDD- Test Automation Skills (Cucumber).
  • Experience in Version: Java 17; Python 3.9+; Spring Boot 3.0 +

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard India. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

Our mission

Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Our commitment to you

Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success-at work and in life-with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life:

Financial wellness
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.

Physical wellness
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.

Personal wellness
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.

How we work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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.

Key skills

Required

AWSJavaPythonSpring BootTest Automation

About company

The Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment companies, advising clients and the general public on savings, investment, retirement, personal finance, the economy, and much more.

Job market insights

384active AWS jobs in Hyderabad
270active Java jobs in Hyderabad
504active Python jobs in Hyderabad
₹8L – ₹22L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in Hyderabad (middle half of 66 posts that show a salary; median ₹15L)
27 more open jobs at Vanguard

Most IT Jobs posts in Hyderabad ask for 3–6 years of experience (47% of 1131 that say).

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Questions about this job

What is the salary for this Senior Application Engineer job?

The post does not state the pay. As an estimate, comparable posts on CoreHRx advertise ₹8L – ₹22L a year (typical for IT Jobs in Hyderabad, 66 posts).

How much experience does this job need?

The post asks for 5 Yrs experience.

Where is this job based?

In Hyderabad (hybrid).

What kind of job is this?

It is a full time job.

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