Sr. Full Stack Engineer

at  LPL Financial

Are you a team player? Are you curious to learn? Are you interested in working in meaningful projects? Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology? Are you interested in being part of a team that is working to transform and do things differently? If so, LPL Financial is the place for you!
LPL Financial (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for the advisor, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader* in the markets we serve, supporting more than 22,000 financial advisors, 1,100 institution-based investment programs, and 500 independent RIA firms nationwide. We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-centered model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial advisor. At LPL, independence means that advisors have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run their perfect practice. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

JOB OVERVIEW:

We are looking for a Senior Engineer who will be part of the Technology organization that is responsible for modernizing, developing and supporting innovative products in Wealth Planning solutions space for advisors and home office. This is a hands-on technical developer role that requires working with key stakeholders to deliver set vision and integrated capabilities via self-service on the investor-facing platforms and experiences. Successful candidate will focus on fostering engineering excellence and working with high-performing teams with an open innovative culture. Work with a dynamic high caliber, cross functional team including engineering, product, and design to create world class products. Contribute to the team in an empowering environment to create high-quality solutions.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of experience with a combination of Java, Angular, JavaScript, API integrations, Git, JSON, XML, front-end technologies and SQL & No-SQL databases. Experience in creating ETL and data pipelines from structured and unstructured sources (e.g. text files)
• 5+ years of experience in a Senior Engineer capacity, contributing to the team’s development efforts towards successful project delivery and application support
• 5+ years of experience in hands-on design, development, and implementation of complex systems, including data and reporting
• 5+ years of experience in Full-stack development designing interactive web applications, developing microservices, public cloud solutions, web services (REST/SOAP APIs), Kafka messaging, CI/CD pipelines and integrating with vendor APIs. AWS cloud experience with serverless application architecture, end-to-end cloud development and deployment
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

• As a Senior Engineer, participate in the team’s development efforts towards successful project delivery and application support.
• Design, develop, test, and implement technical solutions based on premise and on AWS in a Containerized Microservices Architecture
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through technical design, code reviews and implementation of best practices, adhering to LPL’s SDLC and RM processes.
• Collaborate with other Development teams, Enterprise Architecture and Support teams to design, develop, test, and maintain the various platforms and their integration with other systems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvements and prepare documentation outlining platform road map.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance existing systems.
• Communicate with technical and non-technical groups on a regular basis as part of product/project support.