AVP Tech Lead - Software Development

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.

Job Overview:

We are seeking an AVP Tech Lead to provide technical leadership for a development team focused on enhancing and evolving our advisor workstation experience. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing scalable cloud-enabled web applications and services that support new business capabilities and digital experiences.

The position partners closely with business stakeholders, architects, quality assurance, release management, and governance teams to deliver solutions aligned with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on development expertise for AWS-based applications and services.
• Guide development teams in implementing cloud-native architectures, web applications, and service-oriented solutions.
• Mentor and support developers in adopting new technologies, frameworks, and development practices.
• Analyze existing applications and systems to identify modernization and improvement opportunities.
• Assess technical risks and develop recommendations for issue resolution and solution delivery.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to create and maintain technical documentation in accordance with SDLC standards.
• Communicate technical concepts, designs, and delivery plans to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade services and application components.
• Participate in code reviews and present solution designs to development peers and stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide advanced debugging support.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, design proposals, and process improvements to enhance scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Contribute to solution estimation activities, including ROM-level effort assessments.
• Maintain platform documentation and ensure alignment with enterprise governance requirements.
• What Are We Looking For?

We are seeking professionals who are motivated to  pursue greatness ,  act with integrity , are  driven to help our clients succeed , consistently  win together , and actively  create and share joy  while contributing to innovative technology solutions in a collaborative environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience with Angular or a similar UI framework.
• 7+ years of experience with .NET development.
• 7+ years of experience with SQL Server.
• 5+ years of experience with AWS services, including CloudFront, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Fargate/EKS, and Aurora.
• Preferences: Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tooling.
• Experience supporting business-to-business customer experience portals.
• Pay Range: $140,500.00 - $234,100.00
• Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
• Company 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.
• EAC 5.19.26