Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team’s Passion
At LPL Financial, people leaders and technical leaders alike shape how we innovate, collaborate, and deliver value. When you lead with intention—through influence, expertise, and integrity—you help transform not just platforms, but experiences for advisors and clients nationwide. If you’re ready to lead at scale and drive meaningful transformation, LPL Financial invites you to apply.
Are you passionate about modernizing legacy systems and building cloud‑native platforms that power critical financial processes? Do you thrive at the intersection of data engineering, architecture, and business transformation? Join LPL Financial’s Compensation Transformation Program and play a pivotal role in redefining how compensation is calculated, validated, and delivered across the enterprise.
Job Overview
LPL Financial is seeking a VP, Principal Engineer / Tech Lead to design and deliver modern, cloud‑based data and application capabilities that transform enterprise compensation processing. In this role, you will provide hands‑on technical leadership across data pipelines, event‑driven workflows, and cloud architecture—ensuring scalability, resiliency, transparency, and automation.
You will partner closely with architects, product teams, compensation subject‑matter experts, and engineering teams to modernize end‑to‑end compensation systems using AWS‑native services and Python‑driven data pipelines.
Responsibilities
Design and implement end‑to‑end cloud data pipelines supporting compensation ingestion, calculation, validation, and downstream distribution
Build and maintain ETL/ELT workflows using Python, AWS Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, and S3
Architect and develop event‑driven workflows leveraging AWS EventBridge, SQS, and SNS
Implement data quality, reconciliation, auditing, and monitoring capabilities to ensure accuracy and integrity of compensation data
Partner with architects and product teams to modernize legacy compensation platforms into scalable, cloud‑native solutions
Work with relational databases (RDS/Postgres/SQL Server) for data modeling, transformation, and performance optimization
Apply CI/CD and DevOps best practices to automate build, test, and deployment processes
Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root‑cause resolution under tight timelines
Communicate technical concepts clearly to business stakeholders, compensation SMEs, and cross‑functional partners
Identify opportunities to improve transparency, scalability, and automation across compensation workflows
What Are We Looking For?
We’re looking for a collaborative, technically strong leader who thrives in fast‑paced environments and enjoys transforming complex, rules‑driven systems. You bring a deep sense of ownership, a passion for cloud and data engineering, and a commitment to delivering high‑quality, resilient solutions that support LPL’s advisor‑centered mission.
Requirements
10+ years of experience designing and delivering complex enterprise systems
7+ years of hands‑on data engineering experience using Python and SQL
Experience with AWS services including Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, RDS, and S3
Ability to design scalable, event‑driven and cloud‑native architectures
Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and modern software engineering standards
Core Competencies
Cloud and data architecture leadership
Systems thinking and problem solving
Cross‑functional collaboration and stakeholder communication
Technical mentorship and influence
Continuous improvement mindset
Preferences
Experience with .NET, C#, JavaScript, Angular, or API development
Experience with Snowflake or modern cloud data warehouses
Background in compensation, payroll, financial calculations, or rules‑driven systems
Familiarity with Jira, TeamCity, or Octopus Deploy
Please note: This position does not offer work authorization sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have valid U.S. work authorization that does not require employer sponsorship.
Pay Range:
$175,924.00 - $293,138.00Company Overview:
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.
At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.
For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.
Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.
Information on Interviews:
LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.
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