Engineering Manager, AI Platforms & Architecture

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 India 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.   Role Summary Lead a team of engineers and technical leads responsible for architecting, developing, and supporting enterprise technology solutions across multiple platforms. This role provides senior-level technical leadership, drives modern engineering practices, oversees secure API integrations, and ensures alignment between technology architecture, business priorities, and user needs. The incumbent champions innovation, software quality, documentation standards, and the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions. Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop high-performing engineering teams by setting clear expectations, fostering career growth, and driving accountability for results. Provide strategic technical leadership and architectural direction for complex, enterprise-scale software and platform solutions. Drive the design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, and support of secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions. Review and approve technical designs, architectural recommendations, and engineering deliverables to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and business objectives. Partner with business, product, UX, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver technology solutions that enhance user experience and operational efficiency. Lead resolution of complex technical challenges through root-cause analysis, risk mitigation, and proactive problem prevention. Establish and maintain engineering best practices, technical standards, governance processes, and software documentation frameworks. Guide the adoption of modern software engineering methodologies, development tools, automation, and cloud-native technologies. Drive API strategy and integration architecture to support secure and seamless data exchange across enterprise systems and applications. Ensure solutions comply with information security, privacy, risk, and regulatory requirements. Mentor engineers and technical leaders, fostering continuous learning and technical excellence across the organization. Contribute to strategic technology roadmaps, architecture evolution, and long-term investment planning. Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, software quality, development efficiency, and platform scalability.