This role pays more than
53%
of similar roles. Most pay
$166,134–$225,125
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$208k
versus about
$196k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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
59 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$140,959–$234,882
across 54 roles with salary data.
The Principal Data Architect will lead the enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native platforms and systems of record. This role involves defining roadmap blueprints, establishing architectural standards, and designing scalable solutions for batch, streaming, and near real-time workloads. The architect will build modern data ecosystems using Lakehouse architectures with Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake while implementing Data Mesh principles and self-service platforms. Key responsibilities include managing metadata, lineage, and governance while ensuring security through encryption and multi-region high availability. The role requires expertise in AWS services, including Glue, Athena, Redshift, and S3, alongside experience with domain-driven design and event-driven architecture. This position addresses the challenge of creating trusted, governed data assets within a regulated financial services environment to support digital transformation and large-scale modernization initiatives for complex wealth management products.
Python
SQL
AWS
Azure
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
Data Warehousing
Data Lake
Lakehouse
MLOps
ETL
ELT
Scala
Java
Data Mesh
Medallion Architecture
Big Data
Agile Methodology
GenAI
Data Modeling
SQL
Python
AWS
S3
Glue
Redshift
Athena
Lake Formation
ETL
ELT
Data Governance
Data Quality
Metadata Management
Data Cataloging
Lineage
Agile
Data Architecture
Python
SQL
AWS
S3
Glue
Redshift
Athena
Lake Formation
dbt
Airflow
ETL
ELT
Data Modeling
Data Governance
Metadata Management
Data Cataloging
Agile