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Job Summary:
LPL Financial is a leading wealth management firm in the U.S. seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Python and AWS. This role involves designing and developing high-quality, cloud-native REST APIs to support core business platforms and modernizing legacy integrations.
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, 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.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in software engineering, API engineering, or cloud application development.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience with: Python for backend and API development, REST API design and implementation, AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building and operating APIs in large‑scale, production environments.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git‑based workflows, and automated testing.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and support on‑call rotations when required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• API Design Mindset — builds clean, consistent, and consumer‑friendly APIs.
• Builder Mindset — emphasizes automation, reuse, and simplicity.
• Systems Thinking — understands how APIs integrate with distributed systems.
• Collaboration — works effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams.
• Ownership & Accountability — takes responsibility for design, delivery, and reliability.
Preferred:
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure API design.
• Experience with OAuth providers and identity platforms.
• Familiarity with AWS SAM or Serverless Framework (tooling experience).
• Exposure to event‑driven architectures (EventBridge, SNS/SQS).
• Experience operating APIs in regulated or enterprise environments (financial services preferred).
• Knowledge of observability tools such as CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, OpenTelemetry.
• Experience designing reusable API frameworks or shared libraries.
Company:
LPL Financial provides investment solutions and tools for independent financial advisors. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in Boston, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.