Principal AI Engineer & Platform Leader (GenAI)

LPL Financial; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 134,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bedrock experience

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a highly technical AI engineering leader to design, build, and deploy next-generation AI solutions for advisors and business partners. This role involves developing production-grade AI/ML capabilities, mentoring engineers, and influencing enterprise architecture within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in AI/ML, Generative AI, and scalable, secure implementation.

Qualifications

• ,Minimum of 8 years of software engineering, AI/ML engineering, or machine learning development experience
• Strong hands-on programming expertise in Python and experience with modern AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, LangChain, or similar technologies.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying Generative AI and machine learning solutions, including LLM-based applications, NLP, RAG architectures, AI agents, model serving, or related AI technologies.
• Strong cloud engineering experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including experience deploying scalable AI/ML workloads and cloud-native applications.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries such as Wealth Management, Financial Services, Banking, FinTech, Insurance, Healthcare, or similar environments with strong governance, security, risk, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI/ML solutions that support business objectives and advisor experience.
• Architect and build AI-powered applications using modern technologies (LLMs, generative AI, agentic workflows, RAG, ML models).
• Lead end-to-end software engineering lifecycle for AI solutions (design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, optimization).
• Partner with Wealth Management, Operations, Risk, Marketing, Product, and Engineering to identify high-value AI use cases.
• Develop and deliver AI-enabled products, platforms, and tools to improve advisor productivity and client experience.
• Build and maintain cloud-native AI solutions utilizing AWS services (Bedrock etc.).
• Design and implement APIs, microservices, and platform services for reusable AI capabilities.
• Establish engineering best practices for AI development, model evaluation, deployment, observability, security, and responsible AI.
• Collaborate with data, engineering, and architecture teams to ensure secure, compliant AI solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend opportunities for adoption.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to engineers.
• Present AI architecture decisions and innovations to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG architectures

AWS

Azure

GCP

Regulated industries

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Ph.D. preferred

Tools

Bedrock

API design

Microservices

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a highly technical AI engineering leader to design, build, and deploy next-generation AI solutions for advisors and business partners. This role involves developing production-grade AI/ML capabilities, mentoring engineers, and influencing enterprise architecture within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in AI/ML, Generative AI, and scalable, secure implementation.