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As Vanguard continues to evolve its fraud capabilities, we are building a unified case management platform that simplifies operations, improves investigator experiences, and creates a scalable foundation for future growth.\nThis role will serve as a key technical leader responsible for helping design, build, and deliver a resilient case management ecosystem that integrates multiple existing applications into a common platform supporting fraud investigations globally.\nThe ideal candidate combines strong hands-on engineering experience with leadership, collaboration, and systems-thinking skills. They are energized by ambiguity, enjoy building new capabilities from the ground up, and can influence teams without formal authority.\nLead Architecture and Platform Delivery\nDrive the technical design and implementation of a modern fraud case management platform that integrates multiple applications and services into a unified solution.\nPartner with architects, engineers, and product leaders to establish a scalable and resilient platform strategy.\nMake architectural and engineering decisions that balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability and operational excellence.\nContribute directly to solution design, technical planning, and critical engineering decisions.\n\nChampion AI-Enabled Engineering and Innovation\nDrive adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices to improve developer productivity, code quality, testing effectiveness, and delivery speed.\nEvaluate and incorporate emerging AI capabilities into engineering workflows, including code generation, automated testing, documentation, and development lifecycle optimization.\nPartner with architecture and platform teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven capabilities within the fraud case management ecosystem.\nEstablish engineering practices that balance innovation, security, governance, and responsible AI adoption.\n\nInfluence Across Teams and Systems\nAct as an informal technical leader contributing to the fraud modernization roadmap.\nBuild strong partnerships with teams supporting existing case management and fraud-related applications.\nInfluence roadmaps, integration strategies, and technical standards to ensure a seamless end-to-end solution.\n\nBuild a New Engineering Team\nHelp establish engineering practices, standards, and delivery processes for a newly formed team of full-stack engineers.\nMentor and develop engineers through technical leadership, coaching, design reviews, and collaboration.\nPromote a culture of ownership, innovation, automation, and continuous improvement.\nChampion agile delivery practices that enable rapid iteration and continuous value delivery.\n\nDrive Long-Term Platform Evolution\nHelp define a strategic roadmap that enables onboarding of additional fraud capabilities, workflows, and regions over time.\nIdentify opportunities to leverage cloud-native technologies, automation, integration patterns, and modern engineering practices.\nEstablish the foundation for a scalable global platform that can support future growth and evolving fraud prevention requirements.\n\nQualifications\nApproximately10+ years of application engineering experience.\nUndergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. 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