Architect Manager - Infrastructure & Platform

LPL Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
Fort Mill, NCCharlotte, NCNew York, NYAustin, TX
Salary
$192,095–$320,227 / yr
Posted
51 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $204k
This role $256k
$125k most similar roles pay here $341k

This role pays more than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$233,312 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $256k versus about $204k for comparable roles.

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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.

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TL;DR · Architect Manager - Infrastructure & Platform

VPII, Architect Manager - Infrastructure & Platform is a senior leadership role within the Enterprise Architecture organization. This individual will build and lead a high-impact Solution Architecture function, managing a diverse team of solution architects to deliver modern, scalable, and resilient platform and domain architectures. The manager will oversee platform engineering strategy, including developer platforms, CI/CD, observability, API management, and self-service tooling. Key responsibilities involve defining domain-driven design principles, governing cloud adoption, and leading architectural strategies for hybrid integration, event-driven systems, and DevSecOps practices. The role also focuses on integrating AI/ML capabilities through MLOps frameworks and responsible AI governance. Required expertise includes cloud-native architectures, microservices, and experience in highly regulated financial services environments to solve complex business problems while ensuring consistency across the enterprise technology landscape.

What you'll do

  • Build and lead a diverse team of solution architects while fostering an inclusive culture.
  • Translate business priorities from product and technology leaders into scalable architecture strategies.
  • Develop platform engineering capabilities including CI/CD, API management, and self-service tooling.
  • Define and govern domain-driven design principles such as bounded contexts and integration patterns.
  • Lead architectural strategy for cloud adoption, hybrid integration, and event-driven systems.
  • Guide the development of AI/ML architecture patterns and responsible AI governance frameworks.
  • Establish architectural standards, reference architectures, and reusable assets to accelerate delivery.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
  • 10 or more years of experience leading architecture functions or serving as a senior architect in large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Experience defining and executing platform and domain architecture strategies including governance mechanisms.
  • Experience with cloud-native architectures, platform engineering, DevSecOps, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.
  • Experience applying domain-driven design principles and modern architecture patterns across complex business domains.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to senior executives and enterprise stakeholders.
  • Preferred experience building internal developer platforms or platform products at enterprise scale.
  • Preferred familiarity with AI/ML platforms, MLOps frameworks, vector databases, and responsible AI governance.

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