VP, AI Solution Engineering Lead

LPL Financial

Actively hiring
Fort Mill/Charlotte · San Diego · New York Posted 17 days ago $163,900–$273,100 / year
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TL;DR

The VP, AI Solution Engineering Lead at LPL Financial is a senior leadership role responsible for building and delivering AI-powered business solutions that drive enterprise-wide outcomes. This individual will lead teams in developing a safe, secure, and compliant AI platform to create intelligent, scalable solutions embedded into business workflows. Key responsibilities include designing the runtime infrastructure for AI-driven applications, ensuring model access through standardized APIs, enabling secure interactions with enterprise services, establishing safety governance, and maintaining observability and reliability at scale. The ideal candidate has over 12 years of software engineering experience, including five in leading teams that build customer-facing solutions, along with expertise in modern AI systems like LLMs and RAG architectures, cloud-based distributed applications, and operating in regulated environments.

Skills

Python Kubernetes AWS Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL LLMs RAG Agent Workflows Cloud Services APIs Vector Search Graph Databases Security Controls Compliance Observability Monitoring Tracing Cost Management

What you'll do

  • Design and operate AI runtime infrastructure for multi-step workflows.
  • Provide standardized access to AI models with versioning and lifecycle management.
  • Build secure knowledge retrieval systems for enterprise data access.
  • Enable safe execution of automated workflows through integration frameworks.
  • Establish safeguards for operating AI systems in regulated environments.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 12 years of software engineering experience and 5 years leading teams.
  • Experience with modern AI systems like LLMs, RAG architectures, and agent workflows.
  • Strong background in building and scaling cloud-based distributed applications.
  • Proven ability to translate business needs into production-grade solutions.
  • Deep understanding of translating AI capabilities into real-world use cases.
  • Experience operating systems in regulated or enterprise environments.
  • Ability to establish and grow high-performing engineering teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $163,900–$273,100 range sits above 59% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$168,000–$245,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000–$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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 18 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $127,514–$212,489 across 18 roles with salary data.

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