AI/ML Ops and Data Engineer
Yesterday• Phoenix, AZ
Austin, TXSouthlake, TX
Pay range: USD $134,800.00 - $195,000.00 / Year
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together.
We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
Hands-on technical lead responsible for taking AI/ML projects from development to production in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role owns architecture, implementation, deployment, and operations.
Required Skills
- Expert-level Google Cloud experience, especially services used for AI/ML use cases (e.g., BigQuery, Vertex AI, GCS, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run/GKE, Composer/Airflow, IAM, Cloud Monitoring/Logging)
- Expert Python for production-grade data and backend engineering
- Strong SQL and data modeling for analytics, scalability, and operational workloads
- Strong CI/CD and containerization skills (Docker, Git workflows, automated testing, release pipelines)
- Solid cloud security and governance practices (IAM, secrets, least privilege, auditability)
- Strong observability and reliability engineering skills (monitoring, alerting, incident response, SLAs/SLOs)
- Fundamental understanding of AI/ML lifecycle/model development needed to productionize AI/ML systems (training/serving integration, model versioning, pipeline monitoring support)
What you have
Required Work Experience
- 8+ years in data/software engineering, including 2+ years in technical leadership
- Proven track record delivering production grade AI/ML use cases on GCP or other cloud providers
- Experience building and operating scalable batch/streaming pipelines
- Experience leading design reviews, enforcing engineering standards, and mentoring data engineers
- Demonstrated support of critical systems in production
- Experience partnering with data scientists/MLE/Ops teams to deliver business outcomes
Core Responsibilities
- Design and build production-ready AI/ML powered, security related use cases on GCP
- Lead end-to-end deployment from prototype to production with clear quality gates
- Understand, document, and lead the resolution of technical debts
- Implement coding standards, test strategy, data quality checks, alerting mechanisms, and operational runbooks
- Ensure platform reliability, security, and cost efficiency
- Mentor the MLOps and data engineers while remaining hands-on in code and delivery
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What's in it for you
At Schwab, you're empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration-so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
Client-provided location(s): Phoenix, AZ, Austin, TX, Southlake, TX
Job ID: CharlesSchwab-2026-124398
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-07-24T20:13:36
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Snacks
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Sabbatical
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Financial Counseling
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Internship Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)