Lead Software Engineer – Identity Platform, Hybrid Work

Charles Schwab; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Sabbatical after 5 years of service

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and volunteering

Job summary

Schwab Technology Services is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in San Francisco to drive hands-on technical leadership while delivering scalable identity platform solutions. You will design, implement, and guide architecture decisions across Java-based enterprise applications, REST APIs, and microservices, leveraging cloud services management and DevOps practices.

The role emphasizes collaboration, architecture influence, and production ownership, with opportunities to work on modern engineering

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in Java development, including designing, building, and supporting high-volume, highly available enterprise applications
• Ability to provide Technical Leadership by setting direction, guiding architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and raising engineering standards across delivery teams
• Strong Systems Engineering capability, including designing scalable, resilient, maintainable systems across applications, services, and data flows
• Experience designing and supporting REST APIs, Microservices, and enterprise integration patterns that enable reliable system interoperability
• Experience with Cloud Services Management and cloud-based deployment practices in a CI/CD delivery model
• Demonstrated DevOps mindset, including continuous build, source control, deployment automation, code quality, and production ownership
• Strong Data Management experience with relational or NoSQL databases, data models, data integrity, and real-time or batch data movement
• Ability to use Generative AI or AI‑assisted engineering tools responsibly to support code development, testing, review, documentation, and automation while maintaining ownership of quality and correctness
• Strong Stakeholder Management skills, including the ability to partner with product, architecture, vendors, offshore teams, and internal stakeholders to drive delivery outcomes

Skills

Java development

Technical Leadership

Systems Engineering

REST APIs

Microservices

Cloud Services Management

DevOps mindset

Data Management

Generative AI

Stakeholder Management

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Yugabyte

Event-driven systems

Message queues

Streaming platforms

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Schwab Technology Services is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in San Francisco to drive hands-on technical leadership while delivering scalable identity platform solutions. You will design, implement, and guide architecture decisions across Java-based enterprise applications, REST APIs, and microservices, leveraging cloud services management and DevOps practices.

The role emphasizes collaboration, architecture influence, and production ownership, with opportunities to work on modern engineering