VANGUARD

Application Engineer - III

Manchester, United Kingdom Full time
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.