VP, Full Stack Technology Leader

Job Overview:

Working independently, the VP of Software Engineering Manager oversees software engineering talent across multiple development teams. The individual will be well-versed in financial and advisory technologies. As a trusted technology partner, you will be working with cross-functional teams to ensure the development teams deliver quality that is well-defined and understood by the teams.

The VP of Software Engineering Manager leads the development of cloud services and platform solutions needed to host business-critical applications that differentiate LPL in the market. This is a techno-functional, in some cases hands-on, technical lead role in the prospect and client management organization that will design, architect, and develop cloud-native and on-prem services to support LPL’s overall cloud strategy and migration to AWS.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for leading multiple teams, including managing team members performance and fostering the growth.

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including architecture, data, product, and business partners, and strategies to scale, resilient, and modernize platforms

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• Ability to influence cross-functional teams to adopt best practices or make process changes to drive more value for Advisors

• Ensure that service level agreements and contingency activities related to system or application availability are covered.

• Measure success and operational efficiency by say/do, velocity, defect remediation, and clear value to the products.  

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 can execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• Technical Lead with minimum 10+ years of extensive design and implementation of complex systems in a full range of standard development platforms (.Net, SQL, Angular, C#, Web APIs)

• Full stack developer with 10+ years of experience in web/service-oriented applications.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in SQL server procedures, views, indexes and performance tuning.

• 3+ years of experience in working with AWS, especially AWS EKS, API gateway, Lambda, Glue, Aurora PostgresSQL and S3.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Kafka.

• Excellent understanding of system integration. Great track record of implementing the distributed systems with legacy and modern technical tools.

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

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferences:

• AWS cloud solution architect or developer associate certified.

• Experience working with Confluent Kafka.

• Experience working with Terraform.

 

Pay Range:

$155,288-$258,813/year

 

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

 

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for advisors and institutions, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader in the markets we serve, serving more than 23,000 financial advisors, including advisors at approximately 1,000 institutions and at approximately 580 registered investment advisor ("RIA") firms nationwide. We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-mediated model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial professional.

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