Senior GenAI Engineer — Platform & Reliability (SF)

Charles Schwab; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Sabbatical after 5 years of service

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab in San Francisco is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design and deliver GenAI applications that elevate client experience and drive business value. You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with architects and business leaders, and lead rapid iterations from concept to production while ensuring reliability and observability.

This role emphasizes site reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence to keep mission-critical AI systems running at high uptime.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience with 4+ years as a hands-on senior engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years building AI models for production with measurable business impact.
• 3+ years developing applications and data pipelines interfacing with large datasets.
• 3+ years working with containers and cloud-native applications, infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deliver GenAI applications that elevate client experience and generate business impact.
• Champion reliability, monitoring, observability, and operational best practices for AI systems and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align solutions with enterprise strategy and technical standards.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering strong practices and continuous learning.
• Lead by example in solving complex technical challenges and driving rapid iteration from concept to deployment.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks to ensure system health and reliability.
• Advance engineering standards, focusing on operational excellence and quality across all deliverables.

Skills

Software development

AI/ML development

Python

Distributed systems

Observability

Team mentorship

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Charles Schwab in San Francisco is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design and deliver GenAI applications that elevate client experience and drive business value. You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with architects and business leaders, and lead rapid iterations from concept to production while ensuring reliability and observability.

This role emphasizes site reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence to keep mission-critical AI systems running at high uptime.