LPL Financial hiring AVP Developer Experience Software Engineer/Technical Lead in Austin, TX | LinkedIn (2024)

Job title: AVP Developer Experience Software Engineer.

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Are you a hands-on developer who likes to drive platform development, enjoy solution designing and developing one click self-service automation, reference application development while passionate to reduce toils and frictions for developers? Do you like thinking outside the box, learning new skills, bring in innovation and problem solving? 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 18,000 financial advisors, 800 institution-based investment programs and 450 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:

As a AVP Software Engineer, you will be a tech lead for the Developer Experience Platform Development and Self-Service automation team to drive and develop the solutioning, coding, platform management working with the team which help improve developer productivity and effectiveness. You will be working autonomously while driving collaboration, development best practices among team.

Responsibilities:

• Drive engineering technical solutions, best practices, design, and development of Cloud native solution.
• Participate in Agile Scrum, PI Planning and work with Scrum Master, RTE, Project Manager to do estimation of key deliverables and milestone management.
• Drive Code review, solution design sessions, Lunch and Learn sessions, developer community of practice, technical demos, Office hours with Developer community for knowledge share, solving and learning pain points while bringing innovative solution to the problems.
• Meet Partner teams and developer community to understand pain points.
• Manage and maintain documentation of technical requirement/Runbooks/DR Strategy/Release Management/Design document (SAS documentation) and drive onsite and offshore team to deliver defined priorities.
• Hands on application development (Web, API and Mobile), Security and vulnerabilities resolution, Coding, testing of Platform/Scaffolding/Templates.
• Work closely with engineers, Tech leads, Architecture, Security, Platform Eng, Quality Engineering, Cloud, Change & Release Management teams etc.., to architect and deliver the technical reference designs for APIs and Web while promote those practices among development communities.
• Drive innovation and automation to simplify challenges and enhance developer productivity & experiences across the enterprise.

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:

• Hands on 10+ years of end-to-end Application development experience in.Net, Angular, Typescript & Python based cloud hosted web, mobile and microservice development.
• 1+ years of experience in Backstage.io (Opensource) or similar Internal Developer Platform setup, plugin development experience using .NET, ReactJS.
• 1+ year of hands-on experience in Self Service Application, Infrastructure and Architecture one clicks template automation and orchestration Engine development Experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Orchestration platform (EKS, OpenShift)
• 5+ years of hands-on experience doing development and automation of AWS Cloud technologies: AWS IAM, Security Groups, API gateway, ECS Faregate, Lambda, Elastic Cache, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Elastic Search, Document DB, SQS, Event Bridge, Step Functions, terraform templates, Secret Manager, Parameter Store, Kinesis, CloudWatch, EKS, Kafka, Cognito, Docker, Istio mesh, Docker, Kubernetes and Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Groovy

Core Competencies:

• Developing complete solutions considering sizing, infrastructure, data protection, disaster recovery, security, application requirements on cloud enterprise systems.
• Experience adhering to an Agile development environment and iterative sprint cycle.
• Have a deep understanding of API design, OpenAPI specifications, GitOps, Dark Release/G deployment practices, IAC,
• Develop Unit Test cases and improve test coverage for existing codebase.
• Hands-on experience working with Code Quality and Code Coverage tools/frameworks (e.g. SonarQube, Vera Code), GitHub Actions, Android Studio Universal, AWSCLI2, ColourContrastAnalyser, Docker, Drawio, GitHubDesktop, HomeBrew, IntelliJ, iTerm, Node.js v18.12.2, Postman, PyCharmCA, Python 3.10.5, Python 3.11.3, Python 3.7, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Xcode, Deveoper_Node 14.21, Eclipse - ARM64, .net 7.0.201, Polaris.

Preferences:

• Master’s degree in computer science
• Expertise in problem-solving, technical leadership, Developer evangelism, Leading developer community of Practices and strong troubleshooting skills and developer support skills.
• Certified Azure/AWS Solution Engineers /Developer/Architect
• Strong Work Ethic, Learning, growth mindset, can do attitude, strong sense of ownership, organizational skills and adaptive capacity for rapidly changing priorities and workloads.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

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.

Want to hear from our employees on what it’s like to work at LPL? Watch this!

We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here!

Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here.

Pay Range: $133,440-$200,160/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!

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.

Want to hear from our employees on what it’s like to work at LPL? Watch this!

We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here

Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

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.