Senior Platform Engineer, Self-Service Analytics Platform

Charles Schwab; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and sabbatical after 5+‑

Parental leave and family benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer to join the Self‑Service Analytics Platform team. You will own the reliability of our self‑service analytics platform, modernize workloads, and de‑centralize analytics to business units while partnering with Architecture on upgrades and security.

The role requires deep Java, Python, C#/ .NET experience and a strong UNIX/SQL foundation, with cross‑functional collaboration across teams to deliver scalable, secure analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with Object‑Oriented Programming (Python, Perl, .NET, Java)
• Strong UNIX skills, SQL skills, and infrastructure knowledge
• Advanced Python and .NET skills for platform enhancements and automation

Responsibilities

• Own platform health and reliability for the self‑service environment: monitor/triage, root‑cause analysis, and support on Linux.
• Lead modernization to migrate Batch Framework workloads to Farnam and support during transition.
• Onboard new user groups; collaborate with Architecture on environment changes and upgrades; enforce security best practices.
• Drive operational excellence by evaluating utilities and automation to increase efficiency and reduce toil; ensure DR and resilience for mission‑critical data platforms.
• Build with a multi‑language toolbox (Java, Python, C#/ .NET, Control‑M, BigQuery, SQL) to improve developer experience and scalability.

Skills

Python

Java

.NET

UNIX

SQL

Perl

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Control‑M

Bitbucket

GitHub

Jira

Remedy

Job description

Charles Schwab is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer to join the Self‑Service Analytics Platform team. You will own the reliability of our self‑service analytics platform, modernize workloads, and de‑centralize analytics to business units while partnering with Architecture on upgrades and security.

The role requires deep Java, Python, C#/ .NET experience and a strong UNIX/SQL foundation, with cross‑functional collaboration across teams to deliver scalable, secure analytics capabilities.