Director, Principal Architect

Pay range: USD $204,000.00 - $235,000.00 / 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).

Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as a part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

Workplace Services Engineering is growing at Schwab! We are looking for an Architect who can help drive our modernization efforts specific to our Equity Compensation Technology department. A successful candidate would be a servant leader who likes to stay hands to keyboard. They will be asked to design solutions, build tools, use AI to accelerate delivery, and develop products. This role will also provide mentorship to junior associates; present designs to governance boards; and work directly with delivery teams.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads architectural initiatives from design to support
• Establishes methods to optimize enterprise architecture alignment and drive tactical execution
• Champions efforts that optimize system reliability through advanced life cycle management techniques
• Guides transformative initiatives to optimize organizational capabilities for impactful results
• Leads the execution of system design strategies for cloud-based environments

• Champions architectural strategies across teams and enterprises
• Builds enablement tools to improve time to market for delivery teams
• Has developed and demonstrated AI strategies that can be multipliers for technical leads
• Directs the strategic priorities for organizational capability improvement
• Shapes strategic frameworks for innovative, system design and architecture
• Demonstrated strong coaching and mentorship skills for junior associates creating a culture of curious learning
• Proven to be iterative and strategic in solution designs with a focus on Site Reliability Engineering tenants
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• 10+ years experience with Java / Spring
• 5+ years experience with front end technologies - Angular, React, JavaScript
• 3+ years experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS

• Anticipates and responds to evolving business needs while managing organizational priorities
• Leverages analytical insights to shape policy, drive outcomes, and guide strategy
• Communicates key information with stakeholders across multiple channels to ensure successful outcomes
• Utilizes intelligence of the industry, market, and competition to influence strategy in the business area
• Utilizes holistic, abstract, or theoretical perspectives to guide strategic direction and anticipates industry trends
• Transforms data into actionable insights and mentors others in diagnostic techniques
• Influences innovative solutions and contingency plans in the broader business area
• Promotes creativity, experimentation, and strategic thinking to differentiate Schwab from its competitors
• Exerts executive influence to drive enterprise-wide direction and optimize partnerships
• Crafts persuasive messages that shape and influence behaviors to drive outcomes

• 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