At LPL, people leaders hold the key to the employee experience - shaping culture, driving performance, and guiding individuals to new heights. Because when that happens, we all win: clients, LPL, and, most importantly, our employees.
If you're ready to lead with intention and discover what's possible, LPL Financial invites you to apply today.
Job Overview
The VPII, Data Engineering Manager will lead a team and provide the day-to-day technical and delivery leadership needed to move complex programs forward. The leader will oversee LPL's enterprise data orchestration capability, data observability, and modernization of legacy batch workloads onto the Data Foundations Platform. Success requires deep data engineering experience, strong AWS and orchestration expertise, the ability to navigate legacy environments, and a track record of building teams that can operate with increasing autonomy.
Responsibilities
- Set and execute the engineering roadmap for enterprise data orchestration, data observability, batch modernization, and migration of legacy workloads to the Data Foundations Platform.
- Direct the end-to-end design, delivery, testing, deployment, reliability, and production support of large-scale data pipelines, databases, platforms, and event-driven workflows.
- Provide sufficient technical depth to challenge designs, guide architecture decisions, review engineering trade-offs, unblock teams, and ensure solutions are secure, reliable, scalable, and supportable.
- Modernize inconsistent and legacy patterns across Informatica, SQL Server and stored procedures, .NET, and proprietary technologies while reducing dependency on legacy capabilities, including DIS and LPL SQL.
- Establish engineering standards for data quality, lineage, observability, infrastructure as code, testing, deployment, resiliency, and operational support.
- Partner across Product, Architecture, SRE, Quality Engineering, Scrum, and business teams to sequence work, manage dependencies, communicate trade-offs, and deliver roadmap commitments.
- Build team capability through hiring, coaching, succession planning, vendor management, and development of junior engineering talent; create an operating model in which teams increasingly self-organize.
- Evaluate emerging data technologies and recommend adoption based on business value, architectural fit, operational risk, and total cost of ownership
What are we looking for?
We're looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity and continuous improvement, and who contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of progressive data engineering or data-platform experience, including at least 5 years leading technical teams and delivery in complex enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated experience designing and modernizing large-scale data pipelines, databases, and data platforms that process high-volume, business-critical workloads.
- Production experience delivering end-to-end workflows in AWS, including infrastructure as code with Terraform and orchestration using Airflow or comparable technologies.
- Experience leading through both modern and legacy data environments, including SQL, relational and NoSQL databases, ETL and batch processing, event-driven architectures, data modeling, lineage, and production support.
Core Competencies
- Deep data engineering and platform architecture expertise
- Technical leadership, sound judgment, and decisive execution
- Large-scale team leadership, coaching, and talent development
- Roadmap ownership, prioritization, and executive communication
- Production reliability, observability, and operational accountability
Preferences
- Experience with AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, and API Gateway, as well as Confluent Kafka and Snowflake.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, SQL, or .NET, with the ability to participate credibly in architecture discussions, technical designs, and code reviews.
- Experience applying domain-driven design and delivering capabilities across backend, middleware, and front-end technologies.
- Financial-services or other highly regulated industry experience with complex data, control, resiliency, and audit requirements.
- Experience modernizing environments with approximately large ETLs and workloads ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of records per job.
Pay Range:
$169,126.00 - $281,808.00Actual 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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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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of progressive data engineering or data-platform experience, including at least 5 years leading technical teams and delivery in complex enterprise environments.
- Experience designing and modernizing large-scale data pipelines, databases, and data platforms handling high-volume, business-critical workloads.
- Production experience delivering end-to-end workflows in AWS, including infrastructure as code with Terraform and orchestration using Airflow or comparable technologies.
- Experience with SQL, relational and NoSQL databases, ETL and batch processing, event-driven architectures, data modeling, lineage, and production support across modern and legacy data environments.
- Experience with AWS Glue, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, Confluent Kafka, and Snowflake.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, SQL, or .NET, with the ability to participate in architecture discussions, technical designs, and code reviews.
- Experience applying domain-driven design and delivering capabilities across backend, middleware, and front-end technologies.
- Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry with complex data, control, resiliency, and audit requirements.
- Experience modernizing environments with large ETL workloads processing hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of records per job.
LPL Financial Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LPL Financial and has not been reviewed or approved by LPL Financial.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a company 401(k) match that is frequently highlighted as a strong component of total rewards. Feedback suggests these features meaningfully enhance long‑term financial value.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a meaningful discount and lookback is highlighted as accessible ownership. Feedback suggests the plan adds tangible upside beyond base salary.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave has been expanded alongside family‑building and adoption support. Feedback suggests these benefits compare well to large‑employer standards.
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What We Do
Financial advice is changing, and at LPL Financial, we’re at the forefront. We’re building a future where advisors can—with no friction or complexity, as simple as turning the dials—pick the business model, services, technology, and product mix that best meet their clients’ needs. With one platform, one sign-on, and one team to call, you can take your business anywhere you want it to go. There are no limits to your growth, and we’ll partner with you every step of the way. Your greatness is our goal. LPL Financial is a leader in the retail financial advice market and the nation’s largest independent broker/dealer*. We serve independent financial advisors and financial institutions, providing them with the technology, research, clearing and compliance services, and practice management programs they need to create and grow thriving practices. LPL enables them to provide objective guidance to millions of American families seeking wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning and asset management solutions. LPL.com Securities and Advisory Services offered through LPL Financial. A registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.
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