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About the Role

As a Distinguished Architect for Trading & Investment Management Technology at LPL Financial, you will shape the future of the company's trading platforms across Broker Dealer, Advisory, and Models capabilities. This role involves defining and driving architecture at enterprise scale while crafting modern, cloud-native, API-first solutions impacting advisors and their clients.

Responsibilities

• Define and steward target-state architecture for mission-critical trading platforms.
• Partner with business, product, and technology leaders to align architectural strategy with enterprise priorities.
• Guide and influence domain-aligned solution and data architects.
• Lead the effective application of enterprise architecture principles.
• Establish and evolve architectural standards, principles, reusable assets, and frameworks.
• Research, develop, and implement innovative solutions.
• Monitor and apply emerging technologies to transform trading operations.
• Drive the adoption of AI-powered capabilities across trading workflows.
• Identify opportunities for enterprise reuse, efficiency, and improved business outcomes.
• Lead modernization initiatives including cloud adoption on AWS, API-first transformation, and migration from legacy systems.
• Define architectural blueprints and best practices for mission-critical trading portfolios.
• Champion Architecture as Code (AaC) practices.
• Contribute to and drive common architectural standards across the enterprise.
• Interface with key business and IT leaders to understand priorities and deliver modern product architecture strategies.
• Proactively engage executive leadership to influence funding, priorities, and architecture change.
• Provide architectural and strategic consulting in the areas of external trends, best practices, and adherence to standards.
• Lead and facilitate the creation of governing principles to guide decision-making across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 or more years of experience in trading technology domains, resulting in both trading business and technology expertise.
• Knowledge of retail, self-directed, and private wealth trading across equities, mutual funds, ETFs, options, annuities, and structured products.
• 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.
• 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.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing strategic roadmaps along with the governance mechanisms to achieve them.
• Hands-on experience developing architecture blueprints, systems diagrams, data models, process flows, data flows, and other key architecture deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience leading major transformations from monolithic to cloud-native architectures, with focus on AWS.
• Experience with Architecture as Code (AaC) practices and tooling.
• 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.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and platforms (e.g., Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, or equivalent).
• Experience embedding AI capabilities into financial services workflows.
• Financial services experience, particularly in wealth management or broker-dealer environments.
• AWS Solutions Architect certification.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards relevant to trading and broker-dealer operations.
• Strategic systems thinking with the ability to translate business strategy into executable trading technology architecture.
• Skilled at conveying technical solutions clearly and facilitating build-versus-buy evaluations with senior leadership.
• Adept at defining IT vision and strategy, including cloud adoption roadmaps and identification of initiatives that lead to target-state architectures and outcomes.
• Continuous learner, especially in emerging areas of technology including AI/ML, generative AI, modern work practices, and digital transformation in financial services.
• Proficiency in Architecture as Code principles and tooling.
• Demonstrated competency in innovative, strategic thinking, and leadership with strong abilities in relationship management.
• Experience working and leading in matrixed, fast-moving environments.
• Influence-based leadership in large-scale technology organizations.
• Extensive experience working in large technology ecosystems with emphasis on integrating high-scale, high-volume, always-on, mission-critical trading systems.

Skills

• Trading Technology
• Broker Dealer
• Advisory
• Models Capabilities
• Cloud-Native
• API-First
• Blockchain
• Tokenized Securities
• AI/ML
• Predictive Analytics
• Intelligent Order Routing
• Anomaly Detection
• Distributed Ledger Technology
• Event-Driven Data Platforms
• Algorithmic Trading Assistance
• Real-time Risk Monitoring
• Portfolio Rebalancing Optimization
• Natural Language Interfaces
• Cloud Adoption (AWS)
• API Transformation
• Microservices
• Event-Driven Architectures
• Architecture as Code (AaC)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• FIX Protocol
• Market Data Infrastructure
• Order Management Systems (OMS)
• Execution Management Systems (EMS)
• AWS
• Structurizr
• Backstage
• ArchiMate
• Amazon SageMaker
• Amazon Bedrock

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Distinguished Architect
• Senior Individual Contributor
• 8+ years of experience designing enterprise-class solution and data architectures
• 5+ years of experience in trading technology domains

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
• Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Salary/Compensations

• $188,902.00 - $314,768.00

Benefits

• 401K matching
• Health benefits
• Employee stock options
• Paid time off
• Volunteer time off

About the Company

• LPL Financial is the nation's largest independent broker-dealer and a Fortune 500 fintech leader, supporting over $1.2 trillion in assets through a modern technology platform.
• Technology is a primary growth engine at LPL.
• LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S.
• The firm 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.
• LPL provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services.
• 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.
• LPL Financial is widely known for its financial strength, exceptional service, and favorable industry reputation among financial professionals.
• Core belief: financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone.
• LPL Financial creates the space to let you do what you do best – create personal, long-term client relationships that turn financial aspirations into realities.

Equal Opportunity

• Principals only.
• EOE.