Sr Tech Lead
Your Opportunity
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you are 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).
CCAT (Corporate Customer & Account Technology) is part of CDT (Client Data Technology), with a mission to establish unified customer identifier to support comprehensive 360 view of Schwab client across all line of business. This group identifies the same customer across different Schwab affiliates and bring each instance under the umbrella of single Schwab Customer Identifier (SCID) that enables the enterprise to take holistic view of customer to drive more focused service and offerings using event driven architecture, API, batch, and eligibility frameworks to establish resilient and scalable solutions.
We are currently in the process of designing the next iteration of our platform that enables the enterprise to grow and offer new capabilities to its clients. We are looking for a motivated Team Lead to deliver net-new, greenfield functionality that directly impacts clients.
You will be responsible for:
- Understanding the needs of the business, conducting research on potential options and recommending optimal solution based on context.
- Identifying gaps and mitigating risks to delivery, scalability, performance, security, compliance, operational readiness, and work to respond to them or advocate for prioritization.
- Participating in strategic planning discussions with technical, business, and stakeholders
- Designing effective solutions that are in line with the organization’s vision.
- Actively participating in product design and development sessions
- Writing efficient, easy to follow technical documentation.
- Reviewing cross-team work in planning to ensure teams understand work break down and dependencies when considering work sequencing and prioritization.
- Technical lead on cross-team strategic efforts to influence decision and alignment.
- Understanding several teams' testing strategies and uses the knowledge to educate and help teams level-up their testing. Recommending org testing strategies/solutions.
- Ensuring economic thinking is part of the delivery execution across
- Fostering a culture of engineering excellence and challenging the status quo
- Identify gaps in processes and services across environments.
- Cultivating a culture of open feedback that promotes accountability for getting better together
- Facilitating discussions within the CCAT and beyond, ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to share their opinion and be heard, and that discussion outcomes tie to stated goals.
- Supporting teams on critical production issues
- Building relationships with adjacent domains and teams.
- Providing coaching, mentorship, and career development
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TEAM
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What you have
Required qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in actively developing large scale software using: Java, Spring framework, cloud development, and Web Services supporting high volume transactions in a highly available environment.
- 6+ years of experience working with containers and microservices in the cloud.
- 6+ years of experience in cloud deployment in a continuous integration, and continuous delivery model (CI/CD).
- 2+ years of experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), or AWS or GCP.
- 2+ years’ experience working with databases like MongoDB, Aerospike, and/or PostgreSQL.
- 2+ years Prior experience in IT Transformations and system modernization initiatives from legacy to distributed platforms, i.e., Mainframe Cobol apps/DB2 to Java apps/SQL or MongoDB
- Track record of pursuing and maintaining high quality while delivering on tight schedules
- Collaborative mindset coupled with a bias for action to effectively engage with all areas of the business including Product Management, Architects, SRE, and adjacent teams, etc.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams and manage offshore development activities
- Ability to effectively engage subject matter experts and understand technical topics
- Demonstrated ability to disagree, argue your case with data, and commit to deliver regardless of the outcome of the disagreement
- Demonstrated ability in solution discovery and crafting a design based in engineering principles
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Ability to analyze and solve problems creatively
- Track record of mentoring and coaching that results in a stronger organization
Preferred Qualifications:
- Good knowledge of messaging technologies (Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or equivalent)
- Experience in Financial Services industry
- Experience in Test Driven Development, QA Automation and Quality mindset and behaviors
- Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural and design documentations, functional and technical specifications, automated test process
- Willingness to learn all aspects of tech stack and document
- Ability to research and document production and test environments along with architecture and design work
- Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment
- Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA and Confluence)
- Experience in building interfaces with legacy mainframe stack
In addition to the salary range, this role is also 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
What you are good at
What you have
Required qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in actively developing large scale software using: Java, Spring framework, cloud development, and Web Services supporting high volume transactions in a highly available environment.
- 6+ years of experience working with containers and microservices in the cloud.
- 6+ years of experience in cloud deployment in a continuous integration, and continuous delivery model (CI/CD).
- 2+ years of experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), or AWS or GCP.
- 2+ years’ experience working with databases like MongoDB, Aerospike, and/or PostgreSQL.
- 2+ years Prior experience in IT Transformations and system modernization initiatives from legacy to distributed platforms, i.e., Mainframe Cobol apps/DB2 to Java apps/SQL or MongoDB
- Track record of pursuing and maintaining high quality while delivering on tight schedules
- Collaborative mindset coupled with a bias for action to effectively engage with all areas of the business including Product Management, Architects, SRE, and adjacent teams, etc.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams and manage offshore development activities
- Ability to effectively engage subject matter experts and understand technical topics
- Demonstrated ability to disagree, argue your case with data, and commit to deliver regardless of the outcome of the disagreement
- Demonstrated ability in solution discovery and crafting a design based in engineering principles
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Ability to analyze and solve problems creatively
- Track record of mentoring and coaching that results in a stronger organization
Preferred Qualifications:
- Good knowledge of messaging technologies (Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or equivalent)
- Experience in Financial Services industry
- Experience in Test Driven Development, QA Automation and Quality mindset and behaviors
- Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural and design documentations, functional and technical specifications, automated test process
- Willingness to learn all aspects of tech stack and document
- Ability to research and document production and test environments along with architecture and design work
- Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment
- Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA and Confluence)
- Experience in building interfaces with legacy mainframe stack
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
Why Schwab?
At Schwab, “Own Your Tomorrow” embodies everything we do! We are committed to helping our employees unleash their potential and achieve their dreams. Our employees get to play a central role in disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry, creating a better, more modern way to build and manage wealth. We’re a modern financial services firm that stands apart from the industry, where you can go as far as your ambition takes you.
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