LPL Financial

LPL Financial

Distinguished Architect, Trading Platforms and Technology

Austin TX

Sponsorship not specified$189k-$315kDetected 12 days ago
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About the role

  • Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team's Passion
  • LPL Financial is the nation's largest independent broker-dealer and a Fortune 500 fintech leader, supporting more than $1.2 trillion in assets through a modern technology platform that powers over 22,000 advisors. Technology is not just a support function at LPL — it is a primary growth engine.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business, product, and technology leaders to align architectural strategy with enterprise priorities and funding decisions.
  • Guide and influence domain-aligned solution and data architects to maintain architectural coherence and quality across the trading domain.
  • Lead the effective application of enterprise architecture principles through a deep understanding of the architecture discipline, processes, concepts, and best practices.
  • Establish and evolve architectural standards, principles, reusable assets, and frameworks that drive scalability, availability, security, performance, and quality across the enterprise.
  • Research, develop, and implement innovative solutions across the architecture to enable strategic objectives
  • Drive the adoption of AI-powered capabilities across trading workflows, including algorithmic trading assistance, real-time risk monitoring, portfolio rebalancing optimization, and natural language interfaces for advisors and clients.
  • Research, develop, and implement innovative solutions across the architecture to enable strategic objectives; serve as an expert for enterprise architecture tools, technology, and standards.
  • Lead modernization initiatives including cloud adoption on AWS, API-first transformation, and migration from legacy monolithic trading systems to microservices and event-driven architectures.
  • Define architectural blueprints and best practices for mission-critical trading portfolios; lead continuous evolution of the supporting technology platform, including strategic technology decisions and integration strategies.
  • Contribute to and drive common architectural standards across the enterprise that emphasize scalability, availability, security, performance, and quality.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Hands-on experience with major trading platforms and order management systems (OMS), execution management systems (EMS), and trading venue connectivity, including FIX protocol and market data infrastructure.
  • Experience designing and integrating AI/ML capabilities into trading platforms, including use cases such as intelligent order routing, predictive risk models, anomaly detection, and AI-assisted advisor tools.
  • 8 or more years of experience designing enterprise-class solution and data architectures, including microservices, event-driven systems, and high-volume, mission-critical trading platforms.
  • Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Expertise in pricing, market data, and order management systems across equities, mutual funds, ETFs, options, annuities, and structured products.
  • Experience with retail and self-directed trading platforms, including architecture patterns for high-throughput, low-latency order routing and execution.
  • Experience with blockchain platforms (e.g., Ethereum, Hyperledger, Solana) and their application to financial services use cases such as digital asset custody, tokenization, and on-chain settlement.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and platforms (e.g., Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, or equivalent) and experience embedding AI capabilities into financial services workflows.
  • Familiarity with regulatory standards relevant to trading and broker-dealer operations.

Skills

  • The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools

Compensation

  • $188,902.00 - $314,768.00
  • 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.
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