Vanguard

Financial Services

ApplicationEngineer-IV(AI)

$175–250k ~AI est. Charlotte, North Carolina, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Application Engineer - IV (AI) at Vanguard. Skills: AI advisor, Agentic orchestration, Model inference. Provide system analysis. Design applications”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Resolve elevated issues

Eligibility Requirements

Not offering visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Eight years related work experience, Two years development experience

Nice to Have

Graduate degree preferred

What You'll Do.

Provide system analysis

Implement applications

Integrate third party products

Achieve application performance levels

Ensure IT deliverables viability

Recommend development options

Conduct functionality testing

Conduct technical limitations testing

Conduct security testing

Elevate code to production

Provide production support

Submit change control requests

Provide subject matter expertise

Resolve elevated issues

Recommend enterprise-wide improvements

Participate in design inspections

Participate in code inspections

Participate in test inspections

Explain technical considerations

Perform systems analysis

Understand client business functions

Understand client technology needs

Understand Vanguard technologies

Understand Vanguard tools

Understand Vanguard applications

Interface with cross functional team members

Communicate systems issues

Comply with IT policies

Comply with Information Security policies

Verify deliverables meet requirements

Participate in special projects

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross functional team members

Communication Scope

Technical level communication

Full Job Description

**Build the technology changing the world — and change the future of financial advice.** **Come lead Vanguard into the new frontier — and build our clients ' future with us.** Vanguard's mission is to give every investor the best chance for investment success. **Advice is the most direct expression of that mission** — the moment where our purpose meets a client's real life, real goals, and real decisions. Client Assist - Vanguard's first AI advisor is how we scale that promise to every client we serve. What we build now will define how we connect with our clients - how Vanguard grows and becomes synonymous with Advice. Come work with us to build the AI Platform of the future and work with: **AWS Bedrock** for model inference **LangGraph** for agentic orchestration **Gemini** in the multi-model mix **RAG + agent memory** so Client Assist learns and grows with every client **MCP**(**Model Context Protoco** l) unlocking tools, data, and actions **Arize** + **Evals** so we ship with confidence and measure what matters **Novel interaction patterns** reimagining how humans and AI collaborate You must be hands on - you must always be learning - and you must be willing to lead at the frontier. Primarily used technical skills: Node Typescript Python AWS Bedrock **Core Responsibilities** * Provides expert level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases. Integrates third party products. Ensures that expected application performance levels are achieved. * Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options, including design, build/buy, and vendor purchase. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security. * Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up production support. Submits change control requests and documents. * Provides subject matter expertise in software development methodology and development architecture standards.

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