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

This role will focus on modernising Add/Maintain Bank experience and integrating Plaid for secure bank account connectivity and verification. The engineer will work primarily with Angular, React.js, Java, AWS and APIs, building scalable and secure solutions while collaborating with Product, UX, API, Architecture, Security and Quality Engineering teams. The role also involves automated testing, troubleshooting integration issues and supporting production stability.
Responsibilites

• Develop the Plaid integration within the Add Bank / Maintain Bank user experience for secure bank-account connectivity and verification.
• Develop and modernise front-end applications using Angular and React.js, following reusable component patterns and enterprise engineering standards.
• Integrate the UI with Plaid and backend APIs, particularly for instant account verification and micro-deposit flows.
• Modernise account-linking journeys, including verification, consent, error handling and status messaging.
• Improve application scalability, maintainability, performance, accessibility and security.
• Develop unit and integration tests and support end-to-end validation across UI and API layers.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, API, Architecture, Security and Quality Engineering teams to manage dependencies and deliver solutions.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and support release readiness and production stability.
• Work closely with US stakeholders and global engineering teams.
• For TS03, provide technical leadership and mentoring where required. Formal team management is not required for IC roles.

Qualifications and Skills

• 5–8 years of experience in software engineering, full-stack development, or application development.
• Strong hands-on experience in Angular and React.js for developing modern web applications.
• Good experience in Java, AWS and API integrations is required.
• Experience with Plaid APIs, FinTech, or Open Banking would be an added advantage.
• Exposure to Node.js and Preact is desirable but not mandatory.
• Should have strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with global teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, ownership and accountability are expected.
• Experience in the banking or financial services domain would be preferred.

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.