Technical Lead - Fund Accounting Platforms (AWS/Python)

Provides the most senior level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing technologies and tools across a breadth of platforms. Often provides direction across multiple teams.

Role Summary

This role provides the most senior level IT technical lead services, directing technology strategy across platforms and teams, while delivering user-centric full-stack solutions and managing scalable backend integration.

Responsibilities

• Provides senior-level technical leadership for complex software, middleware, and hardware initiatives across multiple platforms. Delivers high-impact architectural design, development, and maintenance solutions.
• Ensures viability and effectiveness of IT deliverables by evaluating development options, approving architectural decisions, conducting functionality and security testing, and overseeing production support.
• Resolves complex technical problems, performs root cause analysis, and proactively mitigates risks introduced by less experienced staff. Anticipates and prevents potential system failures.
• Serves as a key technical communicator with stakeholders, evaluating and articulating the impact of change requests, while influencing and persuading on solution strategies.
• Maintains deep expertise in IT development methodologies, architecture, and emerging tools; mentors team members and leads adoption of best practices and new technologies.
• Oversees creation, approval, and maintenance of detailed technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and development standards.
• Champions continuous improvement of development methodologies, technical standards, and enterprise tooling.
• Develops robust, maintainable, and automated test-backed code. Creates reusable components, ad hoc queries, and reports. Leverages modern development frameworks to enhance automation and code quality.
• Drives team-wide productivity through collaborative frameworks, technology integration, and mentorship. Proactively identifies and resolves potential technical issues before escalation.
• Ensures compliance with IT and Information Security protocols and contributes to improvements in security policies and practices across teams.
• Possesses a comprehensive understanding of business operations across front, middle, and back-office functions. Designs technology solutions that support efficient workflows and strong control mechanisms.
• Participates in special projects and cross-functional initiatives as assigned.
• Collaborates with UI/UX and front-end teams to deliver user-centric, full-stack solutions.
• Integrates and manages seamless data flow across APIs, databases, and backend services to ensure performance and scalability.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience in software development, with at least 5 years in a technical lead role.
• Bachelor s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in relevant fields such as Computer Science, IT, or Software Engineering, or a master s degree/Diploma in Computer Science.
• Need a Senior tech lead experience (not just hands on development).
• Strong expertise in AWS, Python Back Office - Fund Pricing, treasury and oversight expertise experience.
• Familiarity with CFT/Terraform that define whats being deployed.
• Ability to apply technology with strong business context.
• Influence and leadership at a senior individual contributor level.

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

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