Application Engineer - III

Manchester, United Kingdom May 23, 2026 Full Time Workday
We are seeking a highly skilled web developer to contribute to our Design System, a library of reusable Angular components consumed by multiple product teams across Vanguard. The ideal candidate is passionate about component-driven development, design consistency, and engineering quality at scale.

We are seeking a highly skilled web developer to contribute to our Design System, a library of reusable Angular components consumed by multiple product teams across Vanguard. The ideal candidate is passionate about component-driven development, design consistency, and engineering quality at scale.


Key Responsibilities


- Develop and maintain reusable UI component libraries using Angular v18+ and TypeScript, following modern Angular patterns including standalone components and server-side rendering.

- Manage multi-project builds and enforce project boundaries using the Nx monorepo tooling, running targeted builds and tests across affected packages.

- Integrate AI capabilities into engineering workflows.

- Introduce AI powered engineering tools, including agents, AI driven testing solutions and by utilising various MCPs.

- Document and showcase components using Storybook, including accessibility auditing, design integration, and MDX-based documentation.

-  Understanding of Package publishing processes, managing, and versioning with semantic versioning conventions.

- Integrate with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) using the AEM SPA SDK for headless and hybrid content delivery patterns.

- Maintain CI/CD pipelines covering build, lint, test, and publish workflows across multiple packages.

- Deploy and support applications on AWS infrastructure.

- Uphold code quality standards.



Nice to Have


- Experience with Java and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including Maven build tooling for AEM package deployment.

- Advanced NodeJS experience. 

- Experience with other Programming Languages (e.g. Java, Python).

- Familiarity with GraphQL.

- Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards and automated accessibility testing practices.

- Experience publishing and versioning npm packages to private registries.

- Exposure to charting libraries such as amCharts.

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.

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How to Get Hired at Vanguard

  • The Vanguard Group is the world's second-largest asset manager with ~$10T AUM and ~21,000 employees, headquartered on a 100-acre wooded campus at 100 Vanguard Boulevard in Malvern PA, with major U.S. offices in Charlotte NC, Phoenix AZ, and Scottsdale AZ, plus international offices in London, Melbourne, Mexico City, and Shanghai.
  • Vanguard is mutually owned by its own funds (and through them by the funds' investors) — there is no IPO, no parent company, no founding family equity stake, and no external shareholder. This structure is the source of the firm's roughly 0.07 percent average expense ratio and is referenced in nearly every internal cultural conversation. Engaging with this structure understandingly is the single biggest cultural-fit signal you can send.
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