IFS Platform Principal Tech Lead

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!

Excited to learn more? If so, then this could be the role 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:

As an IFS Platform Principal Tech Lead at LPL Financial, you will lead a team and train technical resources to build, support, and enhance Move Money workflows. Workflows include: Checks, ACH, Journals, Wires, and Complex Retirement. Architecting and integrating the system to optimize performance and user experience. Technical knowledge of the Move Money landscape including .Net API's, BetaNXT, Bottomline, GIACT, SmartyStreets, and AWS.

Work with a dynamic, high caliber, cross functional team including engineering, product, and design to create world class solutions that deliver on LPL’s mission and promise to our Advisors: We take care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients.

Work in an empowering environment to build high performing teams that create quality solutions.  The candidate will be working with cutting edge, digital-native cloud technologies and should have experience with those technologies listed below.

Responsibilities:

Engineering Excellence

• Lead and drive a culture of engineering excellence, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions.
• Analyze data and instrumentation to identify trends, make informed decisions, and continuously optimize the software development process.

Leadership and Development

• Build and lead a world-class software engineering team, fostering growth, mentorship, and collaboration among team members.
• Develop and execute talent acquisition and retention strategies to recruit and retain top engineering talent, ensuring a diverse and inclusive team that thrives on continuous learning and development.
• Foster an open and collaborative culture within the engineering organization and cross-functional teams, encouraging innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Promote transparency, effective communication, and feedback loops to maintain a cohesive and motivated team environment.

Strategic Planning and Execution

• Work closely with executive leadership to align engineering strategies with business objectives and develop long-term technology roadmaps.
• Drive the execution of key engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and timely delivery of impactful projects.
• Execute within an agile framework with a focus on delivering high value solutions frequently to our customers.
• Partner with product to translate business problem statements into technical 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:

• 8+ years of proven experience with iPipeline's IFS platform, with an established delivery ability and track record
• 8+ years of experience leading and managing an iPipeline IFS platform workstream including experience leading collaboration with technical and non-technical team members
• 5+ years of experience working with Microsoft, open source technologies, SQL Server databases, CI/CD pipelines
• 5+ years of excellent understanding of SOA principles and design patterns
• 5+ years of knowledge in design, refactoring, and test-driven development

Critical Competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Formulating workable solutions to complex challenges; logically deliberating on courses of action by examining and challenging assumptions, discerning hidden value, objectively evaluating evidence, and assessing conclusions.
• Emotional Intelligence: Leveraging high levels of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management, capacity to manage behavior, navigate social complexities and make personal decisions to achieve positive results.
• Innovation: Generates innovative solutions in work situations; tries different/novel ways to deal with work problems/opportunities.
• Managing Complexity: Understanding and managing the complexity associated with integrating digital touch points into the advisor and client journeys.
• Operational Excellence: Driving efficiency (both TTM and ROI) into product development efforts through strong communication with IT and strong demand management.

Preferences:

• 8+ years of experience within a combination of .NET, JavaScript, SQL Server, Git, Visual Studio and/or front-end technologies including CSS, Semantic HTML and Responsive Design
• Partner architecture, security, and infrastructure leaders to share learnings and reduce technical dependencies.
• Collaborate with product management to deliver world class technical solutions to our customers that are intuitive and frictionless.
• Establish and monitor key engineering metrics to drive performance, productivity, and efficiency improvements throughout the software development life cycle.
• Define, monitor, and govern software development best practices, coding standards, and architecture guidelines to maintain a cohesive and efficient engineering ecosystem.

Pay Range:

Why LPL? 

At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.

We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work.

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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.