AVP Tech, Software Development

LPL Financial

Actively hiring Posted this week
Fort Mill/Charlotte Posted 5 days ago $115,360$192,198 / year

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TL;DR

As an AVP Tech Lead within LPL’s Trading & Advisory organization, you will lead a high-performing engineering team in modernizing mission-critical trading systems using AWS cloud-native services and .NET technologies. Your responsibilities include designing scalable solutions for large-scale initiatives, driving cloud migration strategies, and ensuring adherence to Agile best practices. You will also build self-service capabilities and provide hands-on technical leadership across full-stack development, including .NET, Angular, databases, and event-driven architectures. The role requires deep trading domain expertise, proficiency in AWS services like EC2, S3, ECS/EKS, ELB, RDS, Route 53, Lambda, API Gateway, as well as experience with Kafka, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, and Angular. You must thrive in complex environments, communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, and deliver pragmatic results for large-scale transformation efforts.

Skills

AWS EC2 S3 ECS/EKS ELB RDS Route 53 Lambda API Gateway .NET SQL Server PostgreSQL Kafka Angular CI/CD Agile NoSQL

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team for large-scale trading initiatives.
  • Design and implement scalable cloud solutions using AWS services for mission-critical systems.
  • Drive the modernization of on-premises Windows services to AWS, ensuring security and performance.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership across full-stack development (.NET, Angular, databases).
  • Ensure production stability through support, troubleshooting, optimization, and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of experience in capital markets with deep trading domain expertise.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience leading full-stack application delivery as an Engineering Tech Lead.
  • Strong expertise in AWS cloud-native services and .NET/C#, SQL Server, PostgreSQL.
  • Proven ability to design, migrate, and operate .NET applications and databases on AWS.
  • Experience driving cloud migration strategies and modernizing on-prem Windows services.
  • Excellent communication skills with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Ownership of mission-critical, high-availability production systems.

Employer

About LPL Financial

LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management

LPL Financial currently has 24 open roles on FindRole.

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