Node.js/TypeScript API Technical Lead II

Posted:
7/9/2026, 1:45:34 AM

Location(s):
North Carolina, United States ⋅ Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Pay:
$119k–$179k/yr

Want to work on a state-of-the-art mobile application with modern design, architecture and tools in a true agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic, and talented Mobile development team!  Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients and we are looking for top talent to build/enhance NodeJS middleware for our iOS and Android native apps. 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.

This is a hybrid role (in office Tues, Wed, Thurs) based in Charlotte, NC.

What it takes: 

  • Highly collaborative, a fast learner and willing to work wherever you’re needed on the team. 

  • Partner with architects to implement high-performance mobile applications 

  • Research and summarize adjacent technology trends to provide guidance 

  • Mentor the team on the “how” of better use of existing platform components and performance best practices.

  • Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms. 

  • Use Observability to continuously optimize your product capacity, performance, monitoring and alerting.  

  • Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand. 

  • Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product. 

  • Able to work with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt. 

  • Leads system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. 

  • Translates stories into design & code.  Develops well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests 

  • Research and employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure quality and improve velocity of the team 

  • Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up Production support. Submits change control requests and documents. 

  • Follows Agile software development methodology. Follows architecture standards and best practices 

  • Leads in design, code, and test inspections throughout life cycle to identify issues. Participates in other meetings, such as those for use case creation. 

  • Contributes to develop and maintain an inclusive and highly collaborative environment for the team.


Qualifications:

  • Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.

  • 3+ years of NodeJS experience.

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Technology Stack: 

  • NodeJS  

  • Typescript  

  • NestJS  

  • Visual Studio Code   

  • RESTful Services (Spring Boot / Java on AWS) 

  • CI/CD Pipeline, Github Actions

  • Git/GitHub

  • JIRA 

  • AWS Cloud - ECS Fargate, EKS, Lambda a plus 

  • XCode / SWIFT or Android Studio/ Java experience is a plus. 

  • Working knowledge of Adobe Analytics, AppDynamics, Splunk, OpenTelemetry is a plus

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.