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LPL Financial · 10 hours ago

Sr Engineer, Software Developer

positionAustin, TX
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$106K/yr - $177K/yr
date6+ years exp

LPL Financial is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S., empowering professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals. They are seeking a Senior Developer Lead to guide their cloud transformation journey, focusing on the development of high throughput mission-critical business applications using AWS technologies. The role involves leading a tech team, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring the delivery of quality solutions.

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Responsibilities

Lead a tech team to design, develop, test and implement technical solutions based on business requirements and strategic direction utilizing AWS cloud native technologies (EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, ELB, RDS, R53, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS)
Deep understanding and seasoned on cloud migration strategies with AWS and e2e SDLC
Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including architecture, data, product, and business partners, and strategies to scale and modernize existing trading platforms
Work collaboratively with quality assurance engineering teams, DevOps and PMO to ensure all SDLC processes and Agile best practices are followed
Code and 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 industry best practices adhering to LPL’s modernization practices, cloud practices, SDLC and release management processes
Provide production support, maintain, troubleshoot, optimize and enhance trading platforms/applications
Ensure service level agreements and contingency activities are covered related to system/application availability ensuring zero Advisor experience disruption

Qualification

C# .NETAWS technologiesSQL ServerPostgreSQLMicroservicesKafkaEvent-driven architectureTest-driven developmentAngular/JavaScriptCloud migrationAgile best practicesCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

6+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack application development utilizing C# .NET, Angular/JavaScript, REST APIs, and relational databases, with a strong emphasis on a test-driven development (TDD) approach to ensure high-quality software delivery
6+ years of experience in enterprise software development, including documenting designs through sequence and activity diagrams, presenting in architecture board reviews, and developing microservices using API‑first principles with strong knowledge of cloud patterns for scalable, high‑performance solutions
6+ Years SQL server, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, etc
6+ years of hands on experience with Kafka and event driven architectures/patterns
6+ years of experience with AWS technologies, showcasing hands-on development expertise with AWS Lambda and Step Functions to build robust cloud-based solutions (CloudFront, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Fargate/EKS, DynamoDB)

Preferred

Experience working in trading domain with knowledge of backend trading and order execution workflows
Experience with on-prem to cloud migration/transformation
Experience working with global delivery teams
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Benefits

401K matching
Health benefits
Employee stock options
Paid time off
Volunteer time off

Company

LPL Financial

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LPL Financial provides investment solutions and tools for independent financial advisors.
dateFounded in 1968
location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.lpl.com

H1B Sponsorship

LPL Financial has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.5B
2025-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2024-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2010-11-18IPO

Leadership Team

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Rich Steinmeier
Interim CEO
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Sid Vyas
Chief Technology Officer/EVP
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Recent News

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Wealth Management Leaders Suzanne Elovic and Mike Murphy Join LPL Financial to Strengthen Advisor and Client Service
2026-01-15
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LPL Financial appoints Ilan Davidovici as EVP, corporate strategy
2026-01-13
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LPL Financial Appoints Ilan Davidovici as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy
2026-01-12
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