AI Enablement and Developer Experience

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 115,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an AI Platform Enablement Analyst to empower engineering teams with foundational tools, starter kits, and reference implementations for AI development.

You will bridge platform engineering and application development, delivering hands‑on engineering work and improving the developer experience across AI workloads and products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7-12 years experience developing backend services, APIs, or developer platforms using Python or Java.
• 7-12 years experience creating reusable libraries, SDKs, templates, or internal frameworks used by other engineers.
• 2-3 years working knowledge of AI or machine‑learning‑powered application development.

Responsibilities

• Build reusable SDKs, sample applications, and reference implementations to support AI-enabled software development.
• Create developer tooling that supports local development, testing, evaluation, debugging, and deployment of AI workloads.
• Translate platform capabilities into clear technical documentation, implementation guides, and onboarding resources.
• Develop templates and examples for common AI use cases such as chat assistants, summarization, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and agent‑based workflows.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to support adoption and promote consistent, scalable AI solutions.
• Gather feedback from early adopters and continuously improve tools, documentation, and the overall developer experience.
• Support internal demos, workshops, hackathons, and innovation initiatives that showcase AI capabilities.

Skills

Python

Java

Backend APIs

AI development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting‑edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Are you excited about turning emerging AI technology into practical, usable solutions for engineers? At LPL Financial, we’re building modern AI capabilities that are safe, scalable, and easy to adopt. In this role, you’ll help engineering teams move faster by creating reusable tools, templates, and examples that simplify how AI is built and delivered across the organization.

Job Overview

As an AI Platform Enablement Analyst, you will help engineering teams adopt AI effectively by building the foundational tools, starter kits, and reference implementations that make AI development easier and more consistent. You’ll work at the intersection of platform engineering and application development, focusing on hands‑on engineering and developer experience. Your work will directly impact how quickly teams can design, build, and ship AI‑enabled products.

Responsibilities

• Build reusable SDKs, sample applications, and reference implementations to support AI‑enabled software development
• Create developer tooling that supports local development, testing, evaluation, debugging, and deployment of AI workloads
• Translate platform capabilities into clear technical documentation, implementation guides, and onboarding resources
• Develop templates and examples for common AI use cases such as chat assistants, summarization, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and agent‑based workflows
• Partner with product and engineering teams to support adoption and promote consistent, scalable AI solutions
• Gather feedback from early adopters and continuously improve tools, documentation, and the overall developer experience
• Support internal demos, workshops, hackathons, and innovation initiatives that showcase AI capabilities

What Success Looks Like

• Engineers can quickly get started building AI solutions without needing deep platform expertise
• AI capabilities are easier to use, easier to understand, and trusted by development teams
• Reusable patterns reduce duplicated effort and improve consistency and quality across teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7-12 years experience developing backend services, APIs, or developer platforms. Preferred Python or Java
• 7-12 years experience creating reusable libraries, SDKs, templates, or internal frameworks used by other engineers
• 2-3 years working knowledge of AI or machine‑learning‑powered application development

Core Competencies

• Developer enablement and platform thinking
• Problem solving and systems design
• Collaboration across engineering and product teams
• Continuous learning and improvementFocus on usability, reliability, and scalability

This position does not offer work authorization sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have valid U.S. work authorization that does not require employer sponsorship.

Pay Range

$115,154.00 - $191,889.00

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

Company Overview

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(6) , 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.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

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.

Information on Interviews

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at [phone].

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