Sr. Software Development Engineer

Location: Fort Mill

Where Ambition Meets Innovation Build 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.

Job Overview:

The Senior Developer will be responsible for working in the development team to build high quality back-office workflow applications and services for operators and internal stakeholders. They should have experience developing backend microservices and REST APIs with Java, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Open Feign, gRPC (Zeebe/Camunda clients), and Docker containers, and working in event-driven systems using Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Camunda 8 (Zeebe) workflow orchestration (job workers, user tasks, BPMN-driven processes).

The developer should be able to work independently as well as part of a larger team comprised of multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities:

Participates in code reviews and sprint ceremonies

Implements feature requests, produces testable solutions meeting business and functional requirements, and ensures that all solutions are properly tested and validated

Accountable for service level objectives defined for their own work Collaborates with other designers and engineers on the team(s) to ensure that technical designs and implementations are consistent across the product(s), platform(s), and solution(s); communicates effectively with other designers and engineers to exchange information and ideas about software architecture, engineering best practices, and the like Responds to user support issues and requests for assistance;

assists users with navigating the application(s) and resolving basic problems with data entry, uploading files, navigation, printing, and the like Communicates regularly with stakeholders and end-users to understand their needs and ensure those needs are addressed through timely delivery of new features and resolution of reported defects

Establishes and maintains ongoing relationships with customers

Understands the markets and products that the company serves, as well as the competitive landscape

Creates operating mechanisms to ensure all voices are heard within the project team; commits to team decisions once made Identifies opportunities to streamline processes and import best practices; articulates and advocates for needed changes in processes, policies, and tools

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements:6+ years of experience building scalable enterprise applications6+ years of experience building backend services and APIs with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Spring Data JPA, Spring Kafka, Open Feign, gRPC, PostgreSQL, and Docker containers3+ years hands-on experience with workflow or process automation (e.g., Camunda 8 / Zeebe job workers, process instances, Tasklist/Operate integrations)3+ years experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerized deployment on Kubernetes Preferences:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred

Experience with BPMN 2.0 and Camunda 8 deployment pipelines

Experience with Confluent/Kafka (SASL, topic design, consumer reliability)

Experience with Liquibase or similar relational migration tooling

Familiarity with Angular and micro-frontends (e.g., Nx,…