Asset Management Operations Technical Architect

Charles Schwab; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Sabbatical after 5 years

Parental leave and family benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Schwab Technology Services seeks an Asset Management Operations Technical Architect to shape architecture strategy across investment operations, cloud, data, integration, and AI-enabled solutions.

You will define modernization roadmaps, collaborate with product, engineering, data, and security teams, and balance business value with risk to deliver reliable platforms in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, enterprise/solution architecture, or technology leadership.
• Senior-level architecture leadership with responsibility for strategy across complex tech ecosystems.
• Experience defining AI-enabled technology strategies and governance.
• Deep knowledge of investment operations, asset management platforms, or financial services tech.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture and modernization roadmaps for investment operations.
• Guide cloud, data, integration, and AI-enabled solutions balancing value and risk.
• Influence decisions across business, product, engineering, data, infrastructure, and security.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture strategy

AI-enabled strategy

Investment operations

Cloud architectures

Enterprise data

APIs & integration

Governance & risk

Job description

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. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money through innovative and reliable technology products and services. As an Asset Management Operations Technical Architect, you will shape the architecture strategy for technology supporting investment operations, connecting business priorities with scalable, resilient, secure solutions.

You will define target-state architecture and modernization roadmaps across investment operations capabilities, guiding cloud, data, integration, and AI-enabled solutions while balancing business value, risk, and long-term technology health. Working across business, product, engineering, data, infrastructure, and architecture teams, you will solve complex technology challenges, influence critical decisions, and establish alignment without relying on direct authority.

Your impact will include strengthening architecture governance, simplifying technology, advancing innovation, and helping teams deliver reliable platforms that support Schwab’s evolving investment operations needs.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technology leadership, including significant experience within financial services, asset management, wealth management, banking, or capital markets
• Experience serving as a Principal Architect, Enterprise Architect, Chief Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or comparable senior technical leadership role with responsibility for architecture strategy across complex technology ecosystems
• Experience defining or implementing AI-enabled technology strategies, including machine learning, generative AI, intelligent automation, and responsible AI practices
• Deep experience with investment operations, asset management platforms, or financial services technology spanning front-, middle-, and back-office workflows, operational processing, data management, and regulatory considerations
• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise architecture strategies and modernizing large-scale, mission-critical platforms using cloud architectures, distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience applying architecture governance, standards, reference architectures, technology lifecycle management, design reviews, and risk-based decision-making
• Expertise in data architecture and engineering, including data platforms, analytics, data governance, and enterprise data integration
• Experience influencing architecture strategy and decisions across business, product, engineering, data, infrastructure, and security stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading platform modernization, application rationalization, and technology simplification within complex, regulated environments
• Experience with modern engineering practices, including Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud engineering, platform engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering
• Ability to apply Strategic Thinking and Decision Making to translate business objectives into scalable technology strategies and architecture roadmaps
• Strong Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Management, and Influencing Others skills to build alignment across multiple organizations
• Strong Problem Solving and Adaptability when evaluating technologies, navigating competing priorities, and addressing complex architecture challenges
• Strong Communication and executive-level presentation capabilities, with the ability to clearly communicate architecture strategies and recommendations

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. 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