Principal, Software Engineering

Why Investor Experience Technology?

Investors, the end-client of financial advisors, are demanding personalized experiences tailored to their needs, lifestyle, and financial goals. Investors expect seamless and user-friendly access to tools and information across devices and through their financial advisors. The Investor Experience technology team is critical to deliver this vision, and we will do this by empowering our workforce to align with our strategy and making substantial investments in technology modernization. You will be part of a highly motivated engineering team that’s leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver world-class products and services to end investors, driving positive investor engagement and, ultimately, success for our advisor clients.

Are you a team player? Are you curious to learn? Are you interested in working in meaningful projects? Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology? Are you interested in being part of a team that is working to transform and do things differently? If so, LPL Financial is the place for you!

LPL Financial (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for the advisor, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader* in the markets we serve, supporting more than 22,000 financial advisors, 1,100 institution-based investment programs, and 500 independent RIA firms nationwide. We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-centered model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial advisor. At LPL, independence means that advisors have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run their perfect practice. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a Vice President of Software Engineering at LPL Financial who will play a pivotal role in leading and shaping the technology delivery for the Banking and Lending solutions space. This role will require strong technical skills, execution and delivery expertise, and proven track record while fostering engineering excellence with an open innovative culture. Work with a dynamic high caliber, cross functional team including engineering, product, and design to co-create world class products. Lead the engineering effort to deliver technology solutions with high standards, pre-production environments, and development tools. Activities will also include daily oversight of development quality, partnering with solution architecture to establish patterns that the progress the teams towards scalable platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Expertise: Successful candidate is expected to have a deep understanding of the technology stack used in LPL Financial Services and be able to provide technical guidance to their team members. They are expected to keep up to date with the latest technologies and best practices.

• Lead delivery and modernization of a domain and the application landscape and re-architect for public cloud delivery based on modern microservices based architecture and delivery best practices.

• Define technical OKRs and work with agile teams to drive capabilities, transformation, and business outcomes for the domains/platforms. Drive technology program delivery through established enterprise processes.

• Apply modular design principles for better maintainability and reusability and adopt/follow the principle of separation of concerns.

• Stakeholder Management: This role is responsible for managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This includes collaborating with other departments within the organization, as well as managing relationships with vendors, clients / advisor teams, and partners.

• Risk Management: This role is responsible for identifying and mitigating risks associated with software development projects. They need to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to manage risks related to cybersecurity, data privacy, and compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Strategic Planning: This role is responsible for contributing to the strategic planning process of the team. They need to be able to identify opportunities for technology to drive business growth and identify potential risks associated with emerging technologies.

• Drive the decision in moderate to complex problems through understanding the points of view of other team members balanced with business requirements to get alignment on the solution.

• Continuous Improvement: Candidate is responsible for driving continuous improvement in the software development process. They need to be able to identify areas for improvement and implement changes that drive greater efficiency, productivity, and quality.

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience as an Engineering/Tech Lead capacity, guide the team’s development efforts towards successful project delivery and application support.

• 8+ years in a Solution Architect capacity, designing and implementing complex systems, including developing solutions from scratch.

• 10+ years of experience in Full- stack development designing interactive web applications, developing microservices, public cloud solutions, web services (REST APIs), Kafka messaging, and integrating with vendor APIs.

Core Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both technical and non-technical

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to interface with customers to gather business needs and to present solutions.

• Capable of effectively planning, prioritizing, and executing tasks utilizing resources and tools

• Experience working with remote teams and contingent workers/SOW.

• Experience using Agile – champion Agile Manifesto within the team.

Pay Range:

Why LPL? 

At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.

We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work.

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Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.