VP, Platform Engineering – Database

LPL Financial

VP of Platform Engineering leading cloud data platform architecture and engineering for LPL Financial. Guiding the transformation and modernization of enterprise applications and data solutions.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeAustin • South Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $155,300 - $258,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsETLOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and lead infrastructure platform engineering team responsible for cloud enterprise data platform architecture and engineering
Lead database platform transformation/modernization supporting always-on enterprise applications and services
Accelerate infrastructure transformation to provision / manage infrastructure through infrastructure as code (IaC) to enable self-service and reduce handoffs
Collaborate with IT stakeholders to develop, communicate and execute a multi-year technology strategy to simplify architecture and delivery model
Partner with architecture team to drive tool and data platform alignment to modern data architecture practices (modern data stack)
Provide thought leadership for platform and data architecture as move transition to hybrid-cloud
Provide Tier 2,3 engineering support ensuring effective 24x7x365 support for assigned technology including vendor escalation
Partner with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity organizations to integrate disaster recovery processes with day-to-day technology engineering and operations
Build / Maintain strong partnerships with IT stakeholders including Delivery Engineering, Application Development, Architecture, Security and Operations to ensure technology investment enables/drives business strategy
Foster and drive organizational change through technology and process optimization
Establish KPIs to measure organization performance and effectiveness
Manage ongoing vendor relationships including evaluation products and services
Develop / attract / retain top talent to build and maintain a world class organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of data solution architecture, design, development and platform engineering experience
5+ years of progressive leadership experience working within large, global financial institutions
Demonstrated technology and people leadership experience in architecting/deploying highly scalable data solutions to the cloud
5+ years experience of infrastructure transformation focused on infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for end-to-end infrastructure deployment automation
5+ years experience architecting modern data integration frameworks, data modeling, ETL/ELT workflows, highly scalable distributed systems using open source and emerging data architecture designs and patterns
5+ years experience and proven track record leading migration of data platforms to new data centers and/or AWS

Benefits

Comp & perks

401K matching
health benefits
employee stock options
paid time off
volunteer time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data ArchitectureData ModelingETL/ELT WorkflowsDistributed SystemsCloud TechnologiesAutomationDatabase Platform ModernizationKPI EstablishmentVendor ManagementDisaster Recovery Integration

Soft Skills

Thought LeadershipCollaborationOrganizational Change ManagementPartnership BuildingTalent Development