Senior Data Engineer, Platform & AI Enablement

Charles Schwab; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid time off & sabbatical after years

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate a modern data platform. You will own ingestion, transformation, quality, and governance across analytics-ready layers, partnering with Analytics, Governance, Technology, and Product teams.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and enabling AI initiatives. You’ll work on a platform that supports enterprise analytics, automation, and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Analytics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, analytics engineering, software engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• Advanced SQL and data modeling expertise with durable data structures.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, orchestration, and data integration.
• Experience with cloud data platforms and modern warehouse/lakehouse environments.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and partner cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable ingestion, transformation, and integration pipelines.
• Develop reusable data products and shared engineering patterns.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, and maintainability via monitoring and operations.
• Support production operations, releases, and business continuity planning.
• Partner with architects to implement modern data architecture and standards.
• Onboard new data sources across raw, staging, and analytics-ready layers.
• Implement data quality checks, observability, and governance practices.
• Translate business needs into robust technical solutions and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Contribute to standards, documentation, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Data modeling

ETL/ELT pipelines

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

Problem solving

Documentation

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

BigQuery

SQL

Python

Google Cloud Platform

Oracle

ETL/ELT Orchestration

Git & CI/CD

PowerShell

Job description

Charles Schwab is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate a modern data platform. You will own ingestion, transformation, quality, and governance across analytics-ready layers, partnering with Analytics, Governance, Technology, and Product teams.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and enabling AI initiatives. You’ll work on a platform that supports enterprise analytics, automation, and data-driven decision making.