VP, Principal Data Engineering – Data Services

LPL Financial

Vice President, Principal Data Engineer leading the Reference Data Master team at LPL Financial. Driving strategy, design, and delivery of scalable party data solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeAustin • California, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $132,458 - $220,729 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and manage the Party Referenced Data team, providing strategic direction, technical leadership, and mentorship while architecting and implementing cloud-native platforms using AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, RDS, and MSK.
Drive modernization by migrating legacy systems to scalable cloud solutions, integrating third-party data providers like S&P Global’s Markit and Dun & Bradstreet for accurate KYC/AML data ingestion and enrichment.
Design and maintain robust data models for clients, counterparties, issuers, and legal entities, establishing governance frameworks for validation, deduplication, survivorship, and lineage tracking.
Develop APIs and data services for CRM, trading, compliance, and reporting platforms, ensuring observability, resilience, and compliance with privacy and cybersecurity standards.
Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate technical concepts into actionable solutions, champion continuous improvement through emerging technologies, and lead Agile delivery processes using Jira.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 10 years of experience in data engineering, software development, or cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on party or entity reference data.
Minimum of 5 years in a leadership role, managing technical teams and delivering enterprise-scale data solutions.
Experience with data mastering, identity resolution, golden record creation for party data. and data mastering (MDM experience).
Experience in building and modernizing cloud-native platforms for party/entity data.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentCloud InfrastructureAPI DevelopmentData ModelingKYC/AML Data IngestionIdentity ResolutionGolden Record CreationData GovernanceData Services

Soft Skills

MentorshipCollaborationContinuous ImprovementStrategic Direction