Senior AI Architect - Enterprise Platform & Governance

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a Principal Architect for Artificial Intelligence to define and drive architecture across the enterprise AI portfolio, including advisor-facing workspaces and agent runtimes. You will govern AI PDLC, ensure secure, observable, and cost-aware AI at scale in a regulated financial services environment.

You will mentor teams, define reusable platform services, and own non-functional requirements from discovery to retirement, balancing governance and innovation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise, platform, or software architecture.
• 2+ years architecting generative AI or ML platforms.
• 2+ years ownership of AI product lifecycle outcomes.
• 2+ years hands-on credibility with AI apps, agents, RAG, and POCs.
• 7+ years cloud-native design with IAM, observability, resilience.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve reference architectures for AI-enabled apps and agents.
• Define patterns for durable user experiences and memory continuity.
• Lead LLMOps and AgentOps: versioning, deployment, and FinOps.
• Define governance, security, and runtime policy enforcement.
• Mentor solution architects and align with risk stakeholders.

Skills

AI Architecture

Cloud-native design

LLMOps/AgentOps

Security in AI

Python/Java

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS or related

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

APIs

CI/CD

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a Principal Architect for Artificial Intelligence to define and drive architecture across the enterprise AI portfolio, including advisor-facing workspaces and agent runtimes. You will govern AI PDLC, ensure secure, observable, and cost-aware AI at scale in a regulated financial services environment.

You will mentor teams, define reusable platform services, and own non-functional requirements from discovery to retirement, balancing governance and innovation.