Vanguard
Financial Services
ApplicationEngineer-IV(AI)
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“Application Engineer - IV (AI) at Vanguard. Skills: AI advisor, Agentic orchestration, Model inference. Provide system analysis. Design applications”
Industry & Context.
Resolve elevated issues
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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