Engineer II, Software Dev

LPL is a Fortune 500 wealth management firm in the US, supporting close to 30,000 financial advisors and over 1,000 institutions through its platforms and services. The firm manages approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and has a global workforce of 9,000+ employees, continuing to grow year over year.

As part of this growth, LPL is expanding its global footprint through LPL GBS and setting up a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Hyderabad to build scalable business, technology, and operations capabilities.

Job Description

Are you a team player whos curious, eager to learn, and motivated by meaningful work? Do you enjoy challenging the status quo and working with cuttingedge technology? If you want to be part of a collaborative team thats transforming how technology enables advisors and their clients, LPL Financial is the place for you.

We are seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Direct Business and LPL Data Experience (LDX) Technology organization. This role will focus on building innovative, secure, and scalable solutions that empower advisors and support home office operations through modern, selfservice digital platforms.

You will partner closely with Product, Design, Platform, and Operations teams to deliver integrated capabilities and foster engineering excellence in an open, innovative culture.

About the Role

This is a handson, serviceoriented engineering role where you will own features endtoend—from design and implementation to testing, deployment, observability, and production support. You will leverage AIassisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of quality, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and implement fullstack solutions using Python, Angular, AWS and database interactions using SQL.
• Build and maintain cloudnative, containerized microservices architectures.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and bestpractice implementation aligned with LPL SDLC and RM processes.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams (Product, Design, Platform, Ops) to deliver highquality, integrated solutions.
• Identify opportunities for application and process improvements; contribute to platform roadmaps and technical documentation.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance existing systems.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
  

What You Will Do (Key Capabilities)

ServiceOriented APIs

• Design and implement REST/gRPC services using Python with clean architecture and domaindriven principles.
• Implement resiliency and security patterns (retry, circuit breaker, idempotency, least privilege).
  
  

Modern Web Development

• Build responsive, accessible Angular (v16+) applications and MFEs using RxJS and modern UI patterns.
• Integrate frontend applications with backend services using typed clients.
  

AIAccelerated Engineering

• Use AI developer tools to accelerate code generation, refactoring, testing, documentation, and reviews (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, CodeWhisperer).
• Apply human judgment and engineering standards to ensure correctness and security.
• Demonstrate measurable improvements in delivery efficiency and quality.
  

Full SDLC Ownership

• Author unit, integration, and E2E tests (xUnit/NUnit, Testcontainers, Playwright/Cypress).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated quality and security gates.
• Instrument applications with logging, metrics, tracing, and operational dashboards.
  

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of handson fullstack software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing complex, distributed systems.
• Strong experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, SQL & NoSQL.
• 5+ years of AWS cloud development and deployment experience, including EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, Athena, Glue, and EventBridge.
• Experience building ETL and data pipelines from structured and unstructured sources.
  
  

Required Tools & Platforms

• Gitbased source control and pullrequest workflows.
• Agile tools such as Jira (or equivalent).
• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• API testing tools such as Postman.
• Code quality and security tools such as SonarQube/SonarLint and Snyk.
• AIassisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot/Copilot Chat, Cursor, or similar.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in financial services, wealth management, or asset management.
• Reporting and data experience; Python (PySpark/NumPy) a plus.
• Experience with observability, featureflagging, and production support in regulated environments.
• Experience developing enterprise applications and microservices using .NET/C# is a plus.

Core Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, estimation, and problemsolving abilities.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and execute in a fastpaced environment.
• Teamoriented mindset with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.