LPL Financial · 2 days ago
VP, Development Manager - Trading
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$155K/yr - $259K/yr
7+ years expLPL Financial is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. The VP of Development Manager will oversee software engineering talent across multiple teams and lead the development of cloud services and platform solutions for trading applications.
FinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Lead research/design/architecture/development of enterprise services on ALZ, including EC2, S3, ECS, EKS,RDS, Lambda, API Gateway
Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including architecture, data, product, and business partners, and develop strategies to scale, make platforms resilient, and modernize them
Code / Implement guardrails to enable self-service and frictionless delivery, allowing teams to build and own end-to-end applications and services in the cloud
Formulating workable solutions to complex challenges; logically deliberating on courses of action by examining and challenging assumptions, discerning hidden value, objectively evaluating evidence, and assessing conclusions
Measure success by say/do, velocity, defect remediation, and clear value to the trading platforms
Provide technical leadership to teammates through technical design and implementation of best practices, adhering to LPL’s modernization practices, Cloud practices, SDLC, and release management processes
Ability to influence cross-functional teams to adopt best practices or make process changes to drive more value for Advisors
A servant leader who applies leadership principles and fosters a culture of inclusivity and diversity
Maintain, troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance Trading Platform applications
Ensure that service level agreements and contingency activities related to system/application availability are covered
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in technology leadership roles that span across Technology development, Engineering best practices, product development, and delivery leadership roles, preferably within a financial service or related FinTech firm
3+ years of designing/deploying infrastructure utilizing standard AWS services (EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, ELB, RDS, EFS, EBS, Route53, API Gateway)
5+ years of designing and delivering Pub Sub like EMS & MQ, Streaming like Kafka, and programming languages like C#, Java, or Python
7+ years of experience in event-driven, high-availability, and low-latency platform building with the trading platforms
7+ years of related experience in capital markets with a strong understanding of the financial, trading, and advisory platforms
Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities and evaluate results against established objectives
Benefits
401K matching
Health benefits
Employee stock options
Paid time off
Volunteer time off
And more
Company
LPL Financial
LPL Financial provides investment solutions and tools for independent financial advisors.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.5B2025-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2024-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2010-11-18IPO
Leadership Team
Rich Steinmeier
Chief Executive Officer
Sid Vyas
Chief Technology Officer/EVP
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