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Automation Developer, Specialist

Vanguard

Malvern, PA · HybridFull-timeSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
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Location
Malvern, PAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Automation Developer, Specialist partners with business and technology teams to identify automation opportunities and deliver production automation and workflow solutions. The role develops and supports integrations, monitors application performance, troubleshoots production issues, and contributes to engineering practices. Vanguard describes a hybrid working model for the majority of its crew members and is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software DevelopmentTroubleshootingTestingProduction SupportWorkflow PlatformsAutomation PlatformsCloud ServicesProgramming LanguagesAPIsIntegration TechnologiesBusiness Process AnalysisRequirements TranslationStakeholder CollaborationAmbiguity ManagementTechnical Decision-Making

Qualifications

1+ Years ExperienceUndergraduate Degree or Equivalent

Full job description

Automation Developer, Specialist

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locations

Malvern, PA

time type

Full time

posted on

job requisition id

183641

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with business and technology teams to understand business processes, identify automation opportunities, and translate requirements into effective technical solutions.

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support production automation and workflow solutions using approved enterprise technologies.

  • Develop scalable and maintainable applications that align with established architecture, security, data, testing, and delivery standards.

  • Build and support integrations with enterprise platforms, shared services, APIs, and data sources.

  • Monitor application performance and operational effectiveness, troubleshoot production issues, and implement appropriate resolutions.

  • Maintain technical documentation covering solution design, integrations, processes, support requirements, and operational procedures.

  • Collaborate across business, technology, risk, and control teams to communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and technical considerations.

  • Contribute to continuous improvement of automation solutions, development standards, and engineering practices.

  • Participate in technology initiatives and special projects aligned with broader business and technology objectives.

Education & Experience:

  • 1+ years of experience developing, testing, implementing, or supporting software, automation, workflow, or related technology solutions.

  • Experience with software development practices, troubleshooting, testing, and production support.

  • Experience with or demonstrated ability to work with workflow or automation platforms, cloud services, programming languages, APIs, and integration technologies.

  • Ability to analyze business processes and translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.

  • Ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, developers, product owners, and other technology partners.

  • Ability to work through ambiguous requirements, evaluate technical options, and make sound implementation decisions.

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience.

  • Experience developing enterprise automation or workflow solutions, preferred.

  • Experience integrating applications with APIs, enterprise platforms, cloud services, or shared data sources, preferred.

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.

About Us

Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.

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How this job compares

Set against the 42,014 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Pennsylvania median$112–205K/yr547 salary ranges
  • Pennsylvania median$43–65/hr28 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 802 open Software Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 42,014 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,412 postings).
Education
13,315 of the 42,014 open Software Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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