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Job Overview:LPL Financial is seeking a Senior Data Services Engineer to join our Reference Data Master team within the Data & Analytics organization. This role is ideal for a highly skilled, hands-on engineer with strong expertise in party reference data, cloud-native data platforms, and enterprise data engineering. You will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable party data solutions that support key business initiatives including client onboarding, KYC/AML, regulatory reporting, and operational efficiency.
As a senior engineer, you will work closely with technical leads, architects, and business stakeholders while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to engineering best practices.
ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, and maintain party reference data services and pipelines supporting clients, counterparties, issuers, and legal entities.
Build and enhance cloud-native data solutions using AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, RDS (Aurora/Postgres), and MSK/Kinesis.
Contribute to modernization efforts by migrating legacy party data systems from on-premise platforms to scalable, cloud-based architectures.
Integrate and manage third-party data providers (e.g., S&P Global Markit, Dun & Bradstreet, KYC/AML vendors) to ensure accurate ingestion, enrichment, and synchronization of party data.
Implement data mastering capabilities including deduplication, survivorship rules, identity resolution, and golden record creation.
Develop and maintain APIs and data services to deliver party data to downstream systems such as CRM, trading, compliance, and reporting platforms.
Ensure data quality, reliability, and lineage through validation frameworks, monitoring, and metadata management.
Build resilient, observable systems with appropriate logging, alerting, and fault-tolerant design patterns.
Collaborate with architecture, security, and governance teams to ensure compliance with data privacy, regulatory, and cybersecurity standards.
Participate actively in Agile delivery processes including backlog refinement, sprint planning, code reviews, and production support.
Mentor junior developers and contribute to coding standards, design reviews, and engineering best practices.
Requirements:
Minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering or software development with a strong focus on enterprise data platforms.
Experience with AWS services, including Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, RDS (Aurora/Postgres), and MSK/Kinesis.
Hands-on experience working with party or entity reference data domains.
Experience with data mastering concepts such as identity resolution, source system prioritization, and golden record management.
Experience building data pipelines, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
Technical CompetenciesSolid background working with relational and cloud-native data stores such as Snowflake, Aurora, Postgres, MSSQL, or similar.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred), and modern DevOps practices.
AWS certification(s) are a plus.
Strong hands-on engineering mindset with attention to quality and scalability.
Deep understanding of party data concepts and regulatory use cases (KYC, AML, FATCA).
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently on complex technical challenges.
Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
Ability to design and implement secure, resilient, and maintainable data solutions.
Motivation to learn, improve systems continuously, and adopt emerging technologies.
Team-oriented approach with a willingness to mentor and support peers.
Pay Range:
$106,125-$176,875/yearActual 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.
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At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.
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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.
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