Summary We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to build and scale a next-generation AI-ready data platform within our Enterprise Data Storage Engineering team. You'll work on large-scale, distributed cloud systems that power data and AI workloads across the enterprise-designing high-performance storage platforms, enabling analytics, and supporting intelligent applications. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy building software-driven platforms, not just managing infrastructure.
Responsibilities - Design and build scalable, distributed data platforms on AWS supporting AI and analytics workloads
- Develop and optimize modern data storage systems using technologies like Apache Iceberg and Databricks
- Build cloud-native platform services and applications, primarily in Python
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows using GitHub
- Operate and improve production cloud environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across data platforms, infrastructure, and applications
- Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions to improve scalability and efficiency
- Optimize storage performance, data access patterns, and system throughput
- Contribute to disaster recovery, backup strategies, and system resilience
- Establish and enforce engineering standards, configuration best practices, and operational processes
- Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver quarterly platform capabilities and roadmap initiatives
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a high-performing, collaborative team environment
- Work with modern AI-assisted development tools including Copilot and Claude Code
Qualifications - Minimum of five years related work experience in platform, cloud or infrastructure engineering
- Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS
- Experience building or supporting data storage platforms (Apache Iceberg, Databricks, or similar)
- Strong programming skills in Python; Java is a plus
- Experience building software applications and platform services
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub workflows
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable data storage environments
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-system production issues
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
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.
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