VP, Software Development Manager

LPL Financial

VP leading engineering teams and cloud modernization for LPL Financial’s trading platforms. Driving scalable AWS solutions, reliability, and technology strategy for financial advisors.

Posted 8/13/2026full-timeFort Mill • Arizona, California, New York, South Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $155,300 - $258,800 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading software engineering teams and driving cloud modernization strategies using AWS. Proficient in developing scalable, resilient trading platform solutions while ensuring high availability and operational excellence.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Cloud Architecture and Modernization StrategyAWS Services (EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, Route53, EFS, EBS)Distributed Systems and Event-Driven ArchitecturesTechnical Leadership and Engineering Team DevelopmentFinancial Services and Trading Technology Experience

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Hard Skills

C#JavaPythonCloud-Based SolutionsDevOpsSDLCSoftware Delivery GovernancePlatform ReliabilityScalable Application DevelopmentHigh-Availability Systems

Soft Skills

Strategic Problem SolvingAnalytical Decision-MakingCross-Functional CollaborationStakeholder ManagementContinuous Improvement

Tools & Technologies

KafkaEnterprise Messaging PlatformsEvent-Streaming TechnologiesAutomation FrameworksSelf-Service Engineering Platforms

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesCapital MarketsTrading TechnologyWealth ManagementFintech

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsEC2JavaKafkaPythonSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead software engineering teams developing, modernizing, and supporting trading platform applications and services
Define and execute cloud modernization strategies using AWS and enterprise platform technologies
Partner with Architecture, Product Management, Data, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with strategic objectives
Drive design, development, and deployment of scalable, resilient, secure cloud-native and hybrid platform solutions
Establish engineering standards, development best practices, modernization frameworks, and software delivery processes
Support cloud services covering compute, storage, containers, databases, integration, and APIs
Promote self-service platform capabilities, automation, and engineering productivity improvements
Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, solution design, mentorship, and engineering governance
Ensure platform performance, resiliency, availability, disaster recovery, and service-level objectives
Foster collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, inclusion, and innovation
Monitor engineering delivery, quality, reliability, and operational performance metrics
Partner with business and technology leaders to deliver scalable, resilient, high-performing trading technology solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of leadership experience overseeing software engineering teams, technology delivery, and engineering best practices
3+ years of experience designing, deploying, or supporting cloud-based solutions using AWS services and modern cloud architecture principles
5+ years of experience developing or supporting distributed systems, messaging platforms, event-driven architectures, or related application technologies
Experience using languages such as C#, Java, or Python
7+ years of experience supporting high-availability, scalable, performance-sensitive application platforms
Experience in financial services, capital markets, trading technology, wealth management, fintech, or related regulated industries
Technology leadership and engineering team development
Cloud architecture and modernization strategy
Strategic problem solving and analytical decision-making
Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
DevOps, SDLC, and software delivery governance
Platform reliability, resiliency, and operational excellence
Preferred experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, Route53, EFS, and EBS
Preferred experience with Kafka, enterprise messaging platforms, event-streaming technologies, or distributed integration architectures
Preferred experience with trading platforms, brokerage operations, advisor technology, or capital markets systems
Preferred experience leading cloud migration, platform modernization, and transformation initiatives
Preferred experience building self-service engineering platforms, automation frameworks, or developer enablement capabilities

Benefits

Comp & perks

401K matching
Health benefits
Employee stock options
Paid time off
Volunteer time off
LPL Total Rewards package
Professional development and career opportunities implied by leadership and mentorship responsibilities