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

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend API Engineer to design, build, and operate enterprise-grade APIs, integration services, and backend platforms that power digital products, data products, AI applications, and business workflows.

This is primarily a software engineering role (80%) focused on modern API development, platform engineering, cloud-native services,



and developer productivity. The remaining 20% supports data engineering initiatives by enabling trusted access to enterprise data assets and integrating with modern cloud data platforms.

The ideal candidate combines solid backend engineering fundamentals with experience building scalable APIs, developer platforms, observability solutions, and AI-assisted software development workflows.

Responsibilities

API and Backend Engineering (80%)

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable GraphQL and REST APIs.
• Build cloud-native microservices using TypeScript and modern backend frameworks.
• Develop reusable backend services supporting digital, AI, analytics, and data-product initiatives.
• Design and implement API contracts, versioning strategies, and service integrations.
• Build MCP servers, consumable by AI Agents
• Build secure APIs using OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect, and enterprise security standards.
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📌 Senior Backend API Engineers (Hyderabad)
🏢 Vanguard India
📍 Hyderabad