This is a Application Engineer role with one of the leading companies in AU right now Vanguard Australia with an amazing team. They are continuing to grow rapidly. This is the chance to join right as the takes off. More About the Role at Vanguard Australia About Vanguard More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners. Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation Our Team & Opportunity The Investment Management Systems team services all of our Investment Management Group, consisting of the Equity Investment Group, Fixed Income Investment Group, Capital Markets, Investment Strategy Group, as well as external clients and vendors throughout the Asia-Pac region. The Desk Developer team in Australia is responsible for providing software development and support services for critical systems that support our trading desks. Core Accountabilities - Refactor and migrate existing python based solutions to AWS. This will also include integration with existing IT systems owned by other teams. - Develop new solutions for trading desks to assist them with their job - Closely work with global partners to design solutions, ensuring that we are aligned to the architectural direction of the platform. - Business outcome focus using CI/CD and DevSecOps principles. - Provide BAU and production support. - Thoroughly understands and complies with IT policies and procedures, especially those for quality and productivity standards that enable the team to meet established milestones - Perform Automation testing and requirements solicitation when required. - Translate requirements to stories to be placed on the backlog Key Technical Skills - AWS (DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, Cloud Formation, SNS, SQS, IAM) - Python - Intermediate SQL Specialization that will make an impact: - React Web - Django - Test automation and test-driven development practices and frameworks – mutation testing, functional testing (JUnit, Cucumber), mock frameworks (Mockito, etc.), contract testing - Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts, tools and continuous delivery pipelines – github, github actions, Jira, Confluence. - Experience with API management platforms, design standards, patterns and best practices is a plus If you don’t think you're a perfect fit, you should still sign up to Hatch and create a profile, we'll match you to other roles that suit your profile. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. We model this in our hiring process for our partners like Vanguard Australia. ✅ Applying here is the first step in the hiring process for this role at Vanguard Australia. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural identity, disability, age, or any other non-merit factors. To put it simply, Hatch is for everyone.