Senior BFF (Node) Engineer

Want to work on a state-of-the-art mobile application with modern design, architecture and tools in a true agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic, and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients and we are looking for top talent to build/enhance Node JS middleware for our iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices.

What it takes:

• Highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the team.

• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms.

• Demonstrated API experience building stable API's supporting multiple consumers without causing breaking changes

• Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand.

• Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt.

• Translates stories into design & code. Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests

• Research and employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team

• Follows Agile software development methodology. Follows architecture standards and best practices

• Contributes to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in software engineering or a related field, equivalent training, and experience

• 5+ years of software development experience.

• 3+ years of NodeJS API development experience using frameworks such as NestJS

• Experience with building cloud services in AWS including DynamoDB, ECS, Lambda

Technology Stack: 

• NodeJS  

• Typescript  

• NestJS  

• Visual Studio Code   

• RESTful Services (Spring Boot / Java on AWS) 

• CI/CD Pipeline, Github Actions

• Git/GitHub

• JIRA 

• AWS Cloud - ECS Fargate, EKS, Lambda a plus 

• XCode / SWIFT or Android Studio/ Java experience is a plus. 

• Working knowledge of Adobe Analytics, AppDynamics, Splunk, OpenTelemetry is a plus

Special Factors

Sponsorship

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.