Engineering Manager – Java Full Stack & Cloud

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

The IT Delivery Manager leads engineering teams responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and reliable technology solutions. The role combines people leadership, technical delivery, and strong Java full-stack expertise, with responsibility for technology execution, stakeholder alignment, engineering quality, and team development.

The ideal candidate brings a strong software engineering background along with demonstrated experience managing and developing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering teams, providing coaching, performance guidance, and technical direction.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of software solutions, ensuring alignment with business, quality, security, and delivery objectives.
• Provide technical oversight across Java full-stack development, APIs, databases, cloud, and modern web technologies.
• Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to define priorities, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery challenges.
• Guide application design and development using modern engineering and microservices architecture practices.
• Promote strong SDLC, Agile, code quality, testing, security, and CI/CD practices.
• Manage delivery risks, priorities, resources, and dependencies across technology initiatives.
• Support architecture and technical decisions for scalable and reliable enterprise applications.
• Drive continuous improvement across development processes, engineering practices, and team effectiveness.
• Build a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture through effective leadership, communication, and mentoring.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT project management, Full-Stack development experience, or IT service delivery. Previous leadership experience required.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. PMP, ITIL, or Agile certifications preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of people management experience, with demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop technology professionals.
• Strong technical background in Java full-stack development, including Java, Spring Boot, JPA, RESTful APIs, GraphQL and microservices; exposure to Python is beneficial.
• Front-end development knowledge across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Node.js, web components, and AEM.
• Experience working with databases such as Oracle, SQL, DB2, and PostgreSQL.
• Strong cloud and infrastructure knowledge, particularly AWS, with exposure to Google Cloud, Nginx, and Akamai beneficial.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC, IT project/service delivery, risk management, IT governance, cybersecurity, and compliance practices.
• Excellent people leadership, stakeholder management, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

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.