Trading Technology Lead: AI-Driven, Cloud-Native Platform

Charles Schwab; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off and sabbatical after 5 ?

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab is seeking a senior technology leader to guide hands-on initiatives at Schwab Asset Management, building scalable, cloud-enabled platforms that power trade analytics and execution. You will shape platform strategy across on-prem and cloud, balancing regulatory requirements with innovative engineering and strong partner engagements.

You will lead a high-performing team, drive DevOps maturity, and partner with business, product, and engineering to deliver compliant, performant

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in financial services technology.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise end to end best-ex, directed and trade-away trading workflows
• 5+ years of experience with trading order management systems (OMS), such as BlackRock Aladdin, Charles River, or a similar platform.
• Experience with execution management systems (EMS), such as Virtu Valor or similar platforms
• 5+ years people leadership experience.
• 3+ years implementing/ operating on a Cloud platform; GCP experience is preferred.
• Strategic experience setting the vision for trading systems and support to drive operational efficiency and minimize disruption.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and modernization of order management and trade execution platforms, ensuring scalable, compliant, and cloud-native solutions aligned with business strategy.
• Define and execute technology strategy across the trading domain, driving innovation, platform optimization, and alignment with regulatory and client experience goals.
• Partner closely with business, engineering, and product teams to define trading architecture for an AI-enabled Digital Advice platform, shape solution designs, and deliver outcomes through agile and co-development models.
• Build and lead a high-performing team while managing vendor relationships, strengthening DevOps and production models, and continuously improving engineering processes and collaboration.

Job description

Charles Schwab is seeking a senior technology leader to guide hands-on initiatives at Schwab Asset Management, building scalable, cloud-enabled platforms that power trade analytics and execution. You will shape platform strategy across on-prem and cloud, balancing regulatory requirements with innovative engineering and strong partner engagements.

You will lead a high-performing team, drive DevOps maturity, and partner with business, product, and engineering to deliver compliant, performant