Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven, Scalable FinTech Leader

Charles Schwab; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Sabbatical after 5 years

Paid parental leave and family life

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Leader to guide architecture, scale critical verification and fraud prevention platforms, and mentor teams. You will balance security, performance and enterprise standards while delivering high-visibility initiatives.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, security and technology partners to accelerate innovation through AI-enabled practices, modern software development, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of progressive software engineering with technical leadership of complex enterprise initiatives.
• Experience leading software teams delivering large-scale, highly available distributed systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Ability to lead teams in adopting AI-native development practices and using AI responsibly to improve delivery.
• Deep expertise with Apache Kafka and distributed systems concepts (scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance).
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Experience deploying and supporting applications in PCF environments.
• Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Experience driving architecture decisions balancing security, maintainability, performance, and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering teams delivering large-scale, distributed systems.
• Shape architecture and drive scalable, secure product solutions across stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security and business partners to deliver outcomes.
• Mentor engineers, establish coding standards, reviews and quality controls.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven design

AI-native development

Kafka

SQL/NoSQL

CI/CD

Leadership

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Automated testing

CI/CD pipelines

PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry)

Job description

Charles Schwab is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Leader to guide architecture, scale critical verification and fraud prevention platforms, and mentor teams. You will balance security, performance and enterprise standards while delivering high-visibility initiatives.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, security and technology partners to accelerate innovation through AI-enabled practices, modern software development, and continuous improvement.