Vanguard

Application Engineer - II IST Shared Services

Vanguard  •  Hyderabad, IN (Hybrid)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

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’s India Office

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.

Provides intermediate level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of automations, under general supervision.

Core Responsibilities

  • Provides intermediate level system analysis, design, development, and implementation, and support of UiPath automations. Integrates third party products.

  • Translates technical specifications into code for complex new or enhancement projects for internal clients. Writes automations, develops code, tests artifacts, and produces reports. Employs software development techniques to ensure tests are implemented in a way that support automation.

  • Build Agentic AI-based automations

  • Thoroughly understands software development methodology. Thoroughly understands development architecture standards.

  • Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout the life cycle to identify issues. Explains technical considerations at related meetings, including those with internal clients. Performs systems analysis activities.

  • Interfaces with cross functional team members and communicates systems issues at the appropriate technical level for each audience.

  • Conduct discovery and requirement-gathering sessions

  • Interact with business SMEs and stakeholders

  • Analyse business processes and identify automation opportunities

  • Collaborate with UK and India team members

  • Deliver automation solutions across multiple business functions

  • Participate in automation strategy discussions

  • Provide support during transition and knowledge transfer activities

  • Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in developing UiPath automations, with 1-3 years’ experience building Agentic AI solutions within the finance industry.

  • Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or bachelor’s in computer applications (BCA).

Primary Technical Skills (Non-Negotiable / Must Have)

  • UiPath Development (hands-on commercial experience)

  • Agentic AI experience using UiPath Agentic Automation (mandatory)

  • Power Platform exposure (Power Automate, Power Platform ecosystem)

  • End-to-end automation development experience

  • Process discovery and automation solution design

  • Experience delivering production-grade automation solutions

  • Familiarity with API development, integration, and third-party software integration

  • Familiarity with GitHub

Primary non-technical skills (Must have - Domain, soft skills etc)

  • Strong stakeholder management

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Business Analysis (BA) skills

  • Requirements gathering and discovery workshop facilitation

  • Ability to interact with business SMEs and senior stakeholders

  • Presentation and consulting mindset

  • Comfortable working with geographically distributed teams

Primary Tech Skills (Negotiable/ nice to have)

  • Microsoft Copilot Studio

  • Claude Code experience

  • Seismic experience

  • AI-powered automation platforms

  • Exposure to Generative AI solutions

  • Python (not mandatory, low priority)

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. 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.

Vanguard

About Vanguard

Join us as we celebrate 50 years of empowering our 50 million investor-owners.* Since our founding in 1975, we’ve been on a mission to help investors achieve their goals.

With no outside shareholders to answer to, we make decisions—including keeping investing costs as low as possible—with our clients’ needs in mind. Whether you’re investing for your first house, college for your kids, or a comfortable retirement, you can be confident we’re on your side.

We are a community that thinks—and feels—differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Let’s celebrate 50 years together.

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*As of January 2025

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Valley Forge, PA
Year Founded
1975
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