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Vanguard

Platform Engineering Manager

Yesterday• Malvern, PA

Strategy & Vision

  • Define and lead a multi-year platform strategy that accelerates AI modernization, reduces complexity, and maximizes operational efficiency across API management and data replication capabilities.
  • Partner with architecture, security, and product leaders to translate reference architectures and patterns into actionable roadmaps for platform evolution and cloud failover readiness.

API Platforms

Own health and evolution for a state-of-the-art API platform ensuring secure, scalable traffic management, active-active/multi-region configurations, and robust observability/alerting.

  • Plan and execute upgrades and feature adoption in line with vendor roadmaps and user needs
  • Drive operational excellence and m odernization initiatives to improve reliability and deployment throughput.

Data Platforms

  • Lead team to deliver reliable, low-latency replication to modern cloud data stores.
  • Set a vision that progressively reduces dependence on replication as application teams move "gold copy" data into modern stores; guide adoption and education to support the transition.

Other considerations:

  • Own SLAs/SLOs and resiliency response for platform services
  • Ensure compliance with security standards, identity/authentication requirements, and governance
  • Engage product owners, application teams, and enterprise stakeholders to prioritize outcomes and communicate progress and risks.
  • Lead and develop technical specialists; build a learning culture, mentor engineers, and steward talent pipelines.
  • Develops strong partners with stakeholders to resolve production and implementation issues in a timely manner and supports/drives escalations where required to enable rapid delivery.
  • Leads the planning, development and implementation of a new technical product or multiple products with cross-divisional impact
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of leading large cross-functional project teams preferred. Supervisory experience preferred
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required
  • Technical leadership in platform engineering at scale, including API gateways and data integration/replication
  • Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, multi-region/active-active architectures, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and SRE practices.

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If you're passionate about building secure, reliable platforms that accelerate developer outcomes while leveraging AI and modern technologies-and you thrive on mentoring bright engineers -we'd love to talk.

Special Factors

Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Malvern, PA
Job ID: Vanguard-173110
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2026-02-13T20:04:45

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • Pet Insurance

  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave

  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities

  • Office Life and Perks

    • Company Outings
    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria

  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Leave of Absence

  • Financial and Retirement

    • Relocation Assistance
    • Performance Bonus
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • 401(K)
    • Financial Counseling
    • Profit Sharing

  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Internship Program
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Leadership Training Program

  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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