Salary: USD $133,600 - $296,800 / Year
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together.
This role will lead several large-scale platform engineering initiatives for Schwab's retail platforms (Schwab.com and mobile) in addition to developing cross enterprise services and shared capabilities. The role focuses on building scalable, and resilient cloud native platform components that enable 30+ scrum teams to deliver client experiences with speed to market and architectural consistency.
The Director role will collaborate with other product and technology teams, as well as lead an engineering org with a client-focused mindset, responsible for developing frameworks, platform components, and templates that are consistent with Schwab's architectural standards.
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An ideal candidate must have a solid background in cloud-native distributed architecture leading a team of architects, platform engineers and team leads with a flair for solving business problems with technology. A key focus for this role will also be to enable the public cloud transformation of Schwab's retail web platforms.
An ideal candidate will enjoy being part of an impactful and growing engineering team, working in a fast-paced environment, be process and data driven, have strong communication skills, and have extensive experience building platform components leveraging cloud native and distributed architectures. This role requires a leader who has a creative mind set for problem solving with a strong client focused mindset, and ability to forge relationships with many internal and external partners.
This leader will ideally be based in Southlake, TX.
What you have
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field is required.
- 10+ years of software development management/leadership experience with at least 3 years focused on cloud technologies
- 10+ years of direct people leadership experience (team members report directly to you, you are responsible for performance appraisals, hiring etc.)
- 5+ years' experience running medium to large/complex projects with multiple dependencies. Demonstrated ability to define, communicate strategy and vision and influence across the Enterprise is essential.
- Hands on experience with Azure, AWS, Google Cloud or one of the other major Cloud providers
- Experience being a hands-on Cloud architect
- Proficient in cloud native and distributed architecture patterns to develop highly available, scalable and resilient software conforming to 12 Factor design principles.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively inspire and influence teams and partners in delivering technology enabled business solutions that exceed business expectations.
- Ability to execute at scale in a dynamic environment, build strong relationships and promote collaboration, identify talent, recruit, hire, coach, mentor and build high performing technical teams; experience setting direction, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability.
- Technical professional experience building scalable enterprise applications with high availability and reliability. Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail and the ability to design, execute against strategic goals.
- Ability to analyze, propose and implement timely, cost effective, quality solutions for all issues or problems within area of responsibility.
- Strong influencing, negotiation, and, problem-solving skills with an ability to identify stakeholders, assess their needs and manage their expectations through effective communication.
- Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations. Good verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficient in distributed architecture patterns, SOLID principles, BDD and TDD development practices
- Proven expertise in working across cross-functional and cross-platforms teams driving developer experience initiatives
- Financial Industry experience (plus)
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
What's in it for you
At Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance