{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ae7d713fc8c5775aa93a0920","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ae7d713fc8c5775aa93a0920","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ae7d713fc8c5775aa93a0920","title":"Python API Engineer","description":"Where Ambition Meets Innovation\nBuild 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.\nJob Overview:\nThe Senior Software Engineer (Python / AWS) is a key member of the Data Modernization & Integration organization, responsible for building and supporting scalable cloud-native solutions that enable critical business platforms and enterprise integrations.\nThis role combines Python development, AWS cloud engineering, API integration, automation, observability, and production support. The engineer will develop and maintain Python-based services and REST APIs, support cloud migration initiatives, implement monitoring and resiliency solutions, and help drive operational excellence across AWS-hosted applications.\nThe ideal candidate brings strong experience with Python, REST APIs, AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch), Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise application support. Success in this role requires close collaboration with platform, data, security, middleware, and application teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions while modernizing legacy capabilities.\nResponsibilities\nAPI Engineering & Application Development\nDesign, develop, and maintain Python‑based REST APIs that support business‑critical workflows.\nBuild APIs using AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, following API‑first and REST best practices.\nImplement clean, testable, and well‑documented Python code suitable for enterprise production environments.\nOptimize API performance, reliability, scalability, and error handling.\nEnsure proper API versioning, contract stability, and backward compatibility.\nSecurity & Access Management\nImplement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth2, JWT, and IAM‑based access.\nEnforce API security controls including request validation, throttling, rate limiting, and auditing.\nPartner with security teams to ensure APIs meet enterprise security and compliance standards.\nAutomation & Infrastructure Engineering\nProvision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform.\nCreate and maintain reusable Terraform modules for:\nAPI Gateway\nLambda\nIAM roles and policies\nCloudWatch logging and monitoring\nEnsure environment consistency across DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD.\nCI/CD & Operational Excellence\nDesign and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment of Python APIs.\nSupport automated testing, packaging, versioning, and release management.\nImplement observability through logging, metrics, alerts, and tracing.\nParticipate in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support activities.\nCross‑Team Collaboration\nCollaborate closely with application teams, platform engineering, cloud, and security teams.\nAlign API design and implementation with enterprise architectural standards.\nActively contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation.\nPromote best practices and a culture of engineering excellence.\nStrategic Influence\nInfluence API engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization.\nContribute to architectural reviews and modernization efforts.\nHelp drive consistent, scalable, and maintainable cloud‑native API solutions.\nWhat Are We Looking For?\nWe are looking for strong collaborators who deliver reliable, secure, and high‑quality API solutions in fast‑paced, team‑oriented environments. Ideal candidates pursue technical excellence, act with integrity, and are motivated to build scalable platforms that enable business growth. We value continuous improvement, curiosity, and individuals who take ownership and pride in their work.\nRequirements:\nMinimum of 7 years of experience in software engineering, cloud application engineering, API engineering, platform engineering, or related technical roles.\nHands-on experience with Python development, REST APIs, AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM, S3), and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.\nExperience developing, validating, supporting, or operating APIs and cloud-native applications in large-scale production environments.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.\nWorking knowledge of SQL, data validation, data profiling, system integrations, and enterprise application support.\nCore Competencies\nAPI Design Mindset — builds clean, consistent, and consumer‑friendly APIs.\nBuilder Mindset — emphasizes automation, reuse, and simplicity.\nSystems Thinking — understands how APIs integrate with distributed systems.\nCollaboration — works effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams.\nOwnership & Accountability — takes responsibility for design, delivery, and reliability.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).\nPreferences\nStrong understanding of application monitoring, observability, logging, alerting, resiliency, and operational support.\nExperience troubleshooting production issues, conducting root cause analysis, and supporting release and deployment activities.\nExperience collaborating across application, platform, cloud, security, middleware, and data engineering teams.\nFinancial services, wealth management, or banking industry experience preferred.\nStrong understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure API design.\nExperience with OAuth providers and identity platforms.\nFamiliarity with AWS SAM or Serverless Framework (tooling experience).\nExposure to event‑driven architectures (EventBridge, SNS/SQS).\nExperience operating APIs in regulated or enterprise environments (financial services preferred).\nKnowledge of observability tools such as CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, OpenTelemetry.\nExperience designing reusable API frameworks or shared libraries.\n\nPay Range:\n$106,100.00 - $176,900.00\n\nActual 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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!\n\nCompany Overview:\nLPL 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.\n\nAt 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.\n\nFor further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.\n\nJoin the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.\n\nInformation on Interviews:\nLPL 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 (855) 575-6947.\n\nEAC 5.19.26","company":"LPL Financial","rawCompany":"lpl financial","city":"Fort Mill","state":"SC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T16:12:48.372Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Python API Engineer","description":"Where Ambition Meets Innovation\nBuild 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.\nJob Overview:\nThe Senior Software Engineer (Python / AWS) is a key member of the Data Modernization & Integration organization, responsible for building and supporting scalable cloud-native solutions that enable critical business platforms and enterprise integrations.\nThis role combines Python development, AWS cloud engineering, API integration, automation, observability, and production support. The engineer will develop and maintain Python-based services and REST APIs, support cloud migration initiatives, implement monitoring and resiliency solutions, and help drive operational excellence across AWS-hosted applications.\nThe ideal candidate brings strong experience with Python, REST APIs, AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch), Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise application support. Success in this role requires close collaboration with platform, data, security, middleware, and application teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions while modernizing legacy capabilities.\nResponsibilities\nAPI Engineering & Application Development\nDesign, develop, and maintain Python‑based REST APIs that support business‑critical workflows.\nBuild APIs using AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, following API‑first and REST best practices.\nImplement clean, testable, and well‑documented Python code suitable for enterprise production environments.\nOptimize API performance, reliability, scalability, and error handling.\nEnsure proper API versioning, contract stability, and backward compatibility.\nSecurity & Access Management\nImplement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth2, JWT, and IAM‑based access.\nEnforce API security controls including request validation, throttling, rate limiting, and auditing.\nPartner with security teams to ensure APIs meet enterprise security and compliance standards.\nAutomation & Infrastructure Engineering\nProvision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform.\nCreate and maintain reusable Terraform modules for:\nAPI Gateway\nLambda\nIAM roles and policies\nCloudWatch logging and monitoring\nEnsure environment consistency across DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD.\nCI/CD & Operational Excellence\nDesign and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment of Python APIs.\nSupport automated testing, packaging, versioning, and release management.\nImplement observability through logging, metrics, alerts, and tracing.\nParticipate in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support activities.\nCross‑Team Collaboration\nCollaborate closely with application teams, platform engineering, cloud, and security teams.\nAlign API design and implementation with enterprise architectural standards.\nActively contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation.\nPromote best practices and a culture of engineering excellence.\nStrategic Influence\nInfluence API engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization.\nContribute to architectural reviews and modernization efforts.\nHelp drive consistent, scalable, and maintainable cloud‑native API solutions.\nWhat Are We Looking For?\nWe are looking for strong collaborators who deliver reliable, secure, and high‑quality API solutions in fast‑paced, team‑oriented environments. Ideal candidates pursue technical excellence, act with integrity, and are motivated to build scalable platforms that enable business growth. We value continuous improvement, curiosity, and individuals who take ownership and pride in their work.\nRequirements:\nMinimum of 7 years of experience in software engineering, cloud application engineering, API engineering, platform engineering, or related technical roles.\nHands-on experience with Python development, REST APIs, AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM, S3), and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.\nExperience developing, validating, supporting, or operating APIs and cloud-native applications in large-scale production environments.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.\nWorking knowledge of SQL, data validation, data profiling, system integrations, and enterprise application support.\nCore Competencies\nAPI Design Mindset — builds clean, consistent, and consumer‑friendly APIs.\nBuilder Mindset — emphasizes automation, reuse, and simplicity.\nSystems Thinking — understands how APIs integrate with distributed systems.\nCollaboration — works effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams.\nOwnership & Accountability — takes responsibility for design, delivery, and reliability.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).\nPreferences\nStrong understanding of application monitoring, observability, logging, alerting, resiliency, and operational support.\nExperience troubleshooting production issues, conducting root cause analysis, and supporting release and deployment activities.\nExperience collaborating across application, platform, cloud, security, middleware, and data engineering teams.\nFinancial services, wealth management, or banking industry experience preferred.\nStrong understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure API design.\nExperience with OAuth providers and identity platforms.\nFamiliarity with AWS SAM or Serverless Framework (tooling experience).\nExposure to event‑driven architectures (EventBridge, SNS/SQS).\nExperience operating APIs in regulated or enterprise environments (financial services preferred).\nKnowledge of observability tools such as CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, OpenTelemetry.\nExperience designing reusable API frameworks or shared libraries.\n\nPay Range:\n$106,100.00 - $176,900.00\n\nActual 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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!\n\nCompany Overview:\nLPL 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.\n\nAt 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.\n\nFor further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.\n\nJoin the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.\n\nInformation on Interviews:\nLPL 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 (855) 575-6947.\n\nEAC 5.19.26","datePosted":"2026-08-05T16:12:48.372Z","dateModified":"2026-08-05T16:12:48.372Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"LPL Financial","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Fort Mill","addressRegion":"SC","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"ae7d713fc8c5775aa93a0920"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ae7d713fc8c5775aa93a0920"}}