Tech Incubation Leader: GenAI & Digital Assets

Charles Schwab; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Sabbatical program

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Schwab Technology Services invites a Technology Incubation Leader to drive production-readiness for blockchain, GenAI, and digital asset platforms. You will steer an incubator with engineers, architects, and program managers, shaping architecture, security, and transfer readiness across the organization.

You will partner with risk, legal, security, cloud, and product teams to align technology with business value while managing an ambitious roadmap and ensuring scalable, secure delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field (advanced degree a plus).
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and/or applied research, including leading teams delivering prototypes, platforms, or complex technology initiatives.
• 6+ years of people leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain diverse, high-performing teams.
• Strong technical leadership across platform engineering, cloud architecture, DevSecOps, production operations, and enterprise integration.
• Working knowledge of blockchain, digital asset infrastructure, node operations, smart contract patterns, and secure platform design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the dedicated incubation team responsible for Digital Assets Platform Engineering, GenAI, shared architecture/security/cloud enablement, and technical program execution.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary incubation organization, including engineers, architects, platform specialists, and technical program managers.
• Build team capabilities, hiring strategies, and succession plans that support Schwab's emerging technology roadmap.
• Own the roadmap for production-biased incubation initiatives, including platform architecture, delivery milestones, operational readiness, security reviews, and graduation criteria.
• Partner with product, architecture, security, cloud, risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure incubation work is secure, scalable, and aligned to business value.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field

Job description

Schwab Technology Services invites a Technology Incubation Leader to drive production-readiness for blockchain, GenAI, and digital asset platforms. You will steer an incubator with engineers, architects, and program managers, shaping architecture, security, and transfer readiness across the organization.

You will partner with risk, legal, security, cloud, and product teams to align technology with business value while managing an ambitious roadmap and ensuring scalable, secure delivery.