Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud Microservices (C#, AWS)

LPL Employee Services; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial LLC in San Diego seeks a Senior Engineer, Software Developer to design and build enterprise backend systems using .NET/C#, microservices, and cloud technologies. You will lead development, implement REST APIs, and ensure scalable, secure solutions.

Focus on CI/CD, architecture reviews, and mentoring junior engineers while adhering to SDLC and release management practices to deliver high-quality software for critical financial systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, with five years of software development/architecture experience.
• Alternative: Master’s degree with three years of software development/architecture experience.
• Experience with .NET/C#, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Experience with cloud and messaging systems (AWS, Kafka/RabbitMQ).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement enterprise backend software and distributed systems.
• Lead design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable backend solutions.
• Build and maintain microservices, REST APIs, and cloud-native components.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and IaC scripts for reliable delivery.

Skills

.NET/C# backend

Microservices architecture

REST APIs

Cloud AWS

Event-driven messaging

Terraform IaC

Git release workflows

Docker / Kubernetes

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/IT

Master’s degree in CS/CE/IT

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

LPL Financial LLC in San Diego seeks a Senior Engineer, Software Developer to design and build enterprise backend systems using .NET/C#, microservices, and cloud technologies. You will lead development, implement REST APIs, and ensure scalable, secure solutions.

Focus on CI/CD, architecture reviews, and mentoring junior engineers while adhering to SDLC and release management practices to deliver high-quality software for critical financial systems.