Senior Software Developer

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

At LPL Financial, we empower professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals with confidence. Here, you’ll have access to cutting-edge resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to make a meaningful impact. If you're ready to take the next step in your engineering career, discover what’s possible with LPL Financial.

Job Overview

We are seeking a talented Senior Engineer to join the Investment Planning Technology team. In this role, you will work across the full engineering lifecycle, including software development, test automation, DevOps, and end-to-end ownership of key capabilities. You will play a critical role in delivering high‑quality systems that enable advisors to provide investment planning solutions for their clients, leveraging modern tooling and cloud technologies to build scalable, reliable platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software products used by advisors and investors to support investment planning and client engagement.

• Perform peer-to-peer and team code reviews, promoting engineering best practices and sharing knowledge on emerging technologies.

• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical partners to support product delivery, system operations, and continuous improvement.

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and actively contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and demonstrations.

• Support Agile product development teams building cloud‑based, modern technology solutions.

• Work closely with Development, Architecture, QA, Release Management, and Support teams to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain integrated platforms.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies and follow SAFe methodology, including daily scrums, sprint planning, and PI planning.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re seeking collaborative engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and deliver exceptional results. Our ideal candidates embrace innovation, act with integrity, and take ownership of delivering high-quality solutions. We value those who contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and shared success, and who are motivated by building technology that helps advisors better serve their clients.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience designing and building RESTful APIs and services in Java.

• 5+ years of development experience on the AWS platform.

• 5+ years of experience working with Docker and Kubernetes.

• 2+ years of experience with test automation (e.g., unit, integration, or end-to-end testing).

• 5+ years of experience providing engineering team leadership or technical guidance (mentoring, leading initiatives, or driving technical decisions).

Core Competencies

• Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to operate effectively in Agile environments, managing priorities and delivering on commitments.

• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills applied to complex software and systems challenges.

• Commitment to quality, reliability, and continuous improvement in engineering practices.

Preferences

• Experience developing cross-functional and integrated systems across multiple platforms or domains.

• AWS Developer or Solutions Architect Associate certification.

• Experience with GitHub or similar version control and collaboration tools.

• Familiarity with REST integrations, relational databases, and data modeling.

• Experience with DevOps automation, including scripting and GitHub Actions (or similar CI/CD tooling).