Mobile App Technical Lead

at  Vanguard

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 members to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Our team & opportunity:
Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to provide best in class technology services that are designed to scale with our growing business.
As the Mobile Tech Lead, you will report to Delivery Manager joining Platform Services within Vanguard’s Technology team.
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.
The technical lead will partner with stakeholders to provide expert level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing technologies and tools for the Vanguard Australia mobile application, bringing best of class experience to our clients across investments and Superannuation.

What you will do

• Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications
• Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance
• Evaluate appropriate existing and emerging technologies to introduce to Vanguard
• Mentor the team on the “how” of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices
• Collaborate with global partners to plan and implement our global technology strategy
• Stay up to date with platform requirements from vendors and partners
• Effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand
• Work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritise work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt
• Lead system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing React Native mobile application
• Translate stories into design & code. Develop well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests
• Research and employ contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team
• Elevate code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule
• Provide follow-up production support & submit change control requests and documents
• Lead in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues
• Participate in other meetings, such as those for use case creation
• Contribute to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team
• Be a highly collaborative individual, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the team

What we are looking for

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience
• 10+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of experience as a mobile developer
• A passionate mobile app tech, and a drive for innovation and excellence in mobile app development

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Extensive experience in mobile application development using the React Native stack.
• Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Swift/Objective-C, JavaScript)
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding.
• Strong understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modelling principles and best practices.
• A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, Product Managers, customers.
• Experience with Cloud Development Platforms, Mobile/Web development frameworks, and micro-service architecture.
• Experience supporting live apps.
• Knowledge of authn/z techniques and best practices for consumer facing apps
• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms

PREFERRED TECH SKILLS

• Latest iOS SDK / XCode
• Swift 5
• CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub Actions / Fastlane)
• Git (GitHub)
• Honeycomb
• Splunk
• Sentry
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineer concepts.
• Familiarity with Accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.1 Level AA).
• Basic understanding of IaaS platforms, specifically AWS.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts, tools, and continuous delivery pipelines.

What you will do

• Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications
• Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance
• Evaluate appropriate existing and emerging technologies to introduce to Vanguard
• Mentor the team on the “how” of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices
• Collaborate with global partners to plan and implement our global technology strategy
• Stay up to date with platform requirements from vendors and partners
• Effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand
• Work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritise work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt
• Lead system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing React Native mobile application
• Translate stories into design & code. Develop well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests
• Research and employ contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team
• Elevate code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule
• Provide follow-up production support & submit change control requests and documents
• Lead in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues
• Participate in other meetings, such as those for use case creation
• Contribute to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team
• Be a highly collaborative individual, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the tea

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Extensive experience in mobile application development using the React Native stack.
• Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Swift/Objective-C, JavaScript)
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding.
• Strong understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modelling principles and best practices.
• A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, Product Managers, customers.
• Experience with Cloud Development Platforms, Mobile/Web development frameworks, and micro-service architecture.
• Experience supporting live apps.
• Knowledge of authn/z techniques and best practices for consumer facing apps
• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithm