AVP, Lead Data Engineer

• Lead hands‑on development efforts while mentoring and inspiring engineers to design, build, deploy and support high‑quality software and data solutions.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, design reviews and code reviews, ensuring alignment with LPL SDLC standards and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional partners including Product, Architecture, Operations, QA, Release Management and DevOps to deliver cohesive, end‑to‑end solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs, ETL pipelines, and cloud‑native services.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation covering system architecture, components, and workflows.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance existing systems to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Actively participate in and help drive day‑to‑day POD activities using Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands‑on experience designing and developing ETL processes and data pipelines on AWS, utilizing Glue, S3, Python, RDS/Aurora, Athena and Event Bridge.10+ years of software development experience building scalable APIs and services using .NET/C#, Angular and AWS.
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• Strong experience with Kafka and implementing event‑driven architectures.
• Experience using Terraform for infrastructure automation and data lake development is a plus.
• 8+ years of experience with source control and CI/CD pipelines, including tools such as GitHub, TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins or Jules.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team‑oriented environment.
• Experience leveraging AI‑assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Copilot Chat, Cursor, or similar technologies.

Core Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, estimation, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Proven capability to plan, prioritize and execute effectively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Team‑oriented mindset with a strong commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, wealth management, or asset management.
• Familiarity with external‑facing platforms and customer‑centric systems.
• AWS Certifications (Developer Associate and/or Solutions Architect Associate).
  • Strong understanding of object‑oriented programming (OOP) principles, data modeling, and industry‑standard design patterns and frameworks.