VP, Functional Design Engineering

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Functional Design Engineering is where enterprise architecture intent becomes shippable Terraform. At LPL, you'll partner with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, and Fin Ops to translate big-picture designs into opinionated, well-architected reference patterns that engineers actually build. If you'd rather spend your time turning architects' diagrams into code, ADRs, and proof-of-concept platforms — and want a senior leadership role where you're as comfortable in a design review as you are in a pull request — this is your seat.

Job Overview:

As the VP, Functional Design Engineering, you lead the Functional Design Engineering & Strategy pod within the Foundations team in LPL's Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE). You partner with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, and engineering teams and pods across CCOE to translate enterprise architecture intent into implementable, well-architected, code-driven solutions. You take high-level designs from architects and produce detailed, opinionated, build-ready engineering specifications aligned to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and LPL's standards.

You also curate the cross-CCOE reference pattern library — domain-tagged Terraform module bundles, reference architectures, anti-patterns, and architecture decision records (ADRs). LPL is an AWS-first CCOE: a multi-account landing zone with 100+ private reusable Terraform modules that enable 60+ AWS services, all delivered through Terraform Cloud and Git Hub Actions. You are both a people leader for a small, senior team across the US and LPL's India GCC and a hands-on senior engineer who produces reference patterns, code, and proof-of-concept builds when ambiguity is highest.

Responsibilities:

Lead the Functional Design Engineering & Strategy pod within the Foundations team in CCOE; partner with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, the other Foundations pods (Security & Governance, Fin Ops, Network Engineering, Monitoring), and the Platforms, Containers, Support, and Delivery teams to translate enterprise architecture intent into implementable, well-architected, code-driven solutions

Take high-level designs from architects and produce detailed, opinionated, build-ready engineering specifications aligned to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and LPL standards

Define and curate the cross-CCOE reference pattern library: domain-tagged Terraform module bundles, reference architectures, anti-patterns, and architecture decision records (ADRs)
Partner closely with the Principal Engineer, Cloud Strategy Lead so that tooling, IaC, and self-service platform strategy stay aligned with enterprise design direction

Lead design reviews, architecture review boards, and engineering deep-dives across all five CCOE teams (Foundations, Platforms, Containers, Support, Delivery) and the four peer Foundations pods (Security & Governance, Fin Ops, Network Engineering, Monitoring)
Champion the application of the AWS Well-Architected Framework across all six pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability) and drive measurable improvements against each Hands-on contribute to reference patterns, Terraform modules, and proof-of-concept builds, especially in the highest-ambiguity areas where engineering is still discovering the right answer

Embed agentic AI capabilities into the team's engineering practice (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Bedrock, MCP servers, agentic IaC and review workflows) and into the platform's self-service experience for internal customers

Embed agentic AI capabilities into the design function: AI-assisted pattern generation, automated Well-Architected reviews, ADR drafting, cross-pattern impact analysis, and MCP-backed agents that surface…