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About the Role

The Senior Software Engineer (Python / AWS) is a key member of the Data Modernization & Integration organization, responsible for building and supporting scalable cloud-native solutions that enable critical business platforms and enterprise integrations. This role combines Python development, AWS cloud engineering, API integration, automation, observability, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python‑based REST APIs that support business‑critical workflows.
• Build APIs using AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, following API‑first and REST best practices.
• Implement clean, testable, and well‑documented Python code suitable for enterprise production environments.
• Optimize API performance, reliability, scalability, and error handling.
• Ensure proper API versioning, contract stability, and backward compatibility.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth2, JWT, and IAM‑based access.
• Enforce API security controls including request validation, throttling, rate limiting, and auditing.
• Partner with security teams to ensure APIs meet enterprise security and compliance standards.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules for API Gateway, Lambda, IAM roles and policies, and CloudWatch logging and monitoring.
• Ensure environment consistency across DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment of Python APIs.
• Support automated testing, packaging, versioning, and release management.
• Implement observability through logging, metrics, alerts, and tracing.
• Participate in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support activities.
• Collaborate closely with application teams, platform engineering, cloud, and security teams.
• Align API design and implementation with enterprise architectural standards.
• Actively contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation.
• Promote best practices and a culture of engineering excellence.
• Influence API engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization.
• Contribute to architectural reviews and modernization efforts.
• Help drive consistent, scalable, and maintainable cloud‑native API solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in software engineering, cloud application engineering, API engineering, platform engineering, or related technical roles.
• Hands-on experience with Python development, REST APIs, AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM, S3), and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience developing, validating, supporting, or operating APIs and cloud-native applications in large-scale production environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Working knowledge of SQL, data validation, data profiling, system integrations, and enterprise application support.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).

Skills

• Python
• AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch)
• REST APIs
• Terraform
• CI/CD pipelines
• OAuth2
• JWT
• IAM
• SQL
• Git
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• application monitoring
• observability
• logging
• alerting
• resiliency
• operational support
• event-driven architectures
• AWS SAM
• Serverless Framework
• Dynatrace
• Datadog
• OpenTelemetry

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Master's degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $106,100.00 - $176,900.00

Benefits

• 401K matching
• health benefits
• employee stock options
• paid time off
• volunteer time off

About the Company

• 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, 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.
• 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.
• Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities.

Equal Opportunity

• Principals only.
• EEO