Senior Platform & Cloud Engineering Lead

Charles Schwab Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation seeks a Senior Software Development & Engineering Lead to drive modernization of its engineering ecosystem. You will guide cloud adoption, enterprise migrations, and SDLC modernization while delivering scalable APIs and automation.

Lead hands-on development, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Schwab's distributed teams to enable risk-aware, high-performance software delivery in an on-site, collaborative environment in Austin.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/IT or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise applications.
• 5+ years designing APIs, distributed systems, or microservices.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, C# or similar backend tech.
• Experience with Linux/Windows scripting and DevOps practices.
• Experience with integrations, REST APIs, and SOA concepts.
• Experience leading large-scale technology transformations.
• Strong security, observability, and reliability understanding.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support enterprise platforms, services, and integrations.
• Lead modernization initiatives including cloud adoption and migrations.
• Design scalable APIs and automation to improve developer productivity.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and platform teams to drive roadmaps.
• Drive best practices in DevOps, observability, security, and testing.
• Contribute hands-on development, scripting, and troubleshooting.
• Support production systems and drive resiliency improvements.
• Evaluate new technologies, including AI-enabled practices.
• Mentor engineers and foster learning across distributed teams.
• Coordinate across US and India-based teams for complex programs.

Skills

Java

Python

C#

APIs

Linux scripting

CI/CD

DevOps

REST APIs

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Jira Cloud

Atlassian tooling

Job description

Charles Schwab Corporation seeks a Senior Software Development & Engineering Lead to drive modernization of its engineering ecosystem. You will guide cloud adoption, enterprise migrations, and SDLC modernization while delivering scalable APIs and automation.

Lead hands-on development, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Schwab's distributed teams to enable risk-aware, high-performance software delivery in an on-site, collaborative environment in Austin.