Production Support Engineer
Pay range: USD $48.08 - $55.29 / Hour
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 how clients manage their money by delivering innovative, reliable technology that expands access to investing and financial planning. Within this environment, Schwab's Google Cloud Data & Analytics ecosystem powers firmwide insights across critical businesses including finance, risk, and brokerage-making data availability, reliability, and performance essential.
As a Production Support Engineer within the Schwab Data organization, you will play a critical role in ensuring the stability and reliability of enterprise data platforms operating at scale in a cloud environment. This opportunity centers on maintaining the operational health of large-scale data pipelines and analytics services, where your ability to quickly diagnose issues, drive root cause resolution, and improve system resilience directly impacts business outcomes and decision-making. You will collaborate closely with data engineering, platform engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure production readiness, optimize operational processes, and continuously improve system performance as data complexity and demand grow.
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In this role, you will apply strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to monitor and support batch and streaming workloads, proactively identify risks, and enhance observability across the platform. You will contribute to building more efficient, automated, and scalable support processes while strengthening incident response practices and operational discipline. Your work will help ensure data integrity, availability, and trust across the enterprise while developing your expertise in cloud-based data ecosystems and modern data engineering operations.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 2-3+ years of experience in production support, operations, or reliability engineering within data analytics, data engineering, or data warehouse environments
- Hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms and services (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Airflow or equivalent)
- Experience supporting ETL or data pipeline workloads in production environments
- Strong SQL skills for data analysis, validation, and troubleshooting
- Working knowledge of Python or scripting languages for automation and operational efficiency
- Experience with job scheduling and orchestration tools (e.g., Control-M, Cloud Composer, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub) and deployment workflows
- Understanding of monitoring, alerting, and incident management practices in production systems
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive resolution in a timely manner
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in financial services or regulated environments with exposure to data governance and operational controls
- Experience implementing automation or operational tooling to improve system efficiency and reduce manual intervention
- Exposure to cloud-based observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering practices at scale
- Experience collaborating across cross-functional engineering and business teams in a fast-paced environment
In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
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
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)