2026 Charles Schwab Technology Intern - Site Reliability Engineering

Charles Schwab • Southlake, TX

95d

About The Position

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. Throughout the 9-week paid Site Reliability internship, there will be inspiring opportunities that welcome you into the Schwab culture and immerse you into your technology role. The interactive internship program focuses on a variety of opportunities which feature a business track project, an intern cohort project, learning activities, a dedicated intern leader, networking, and exploring your unique personal strengths! You will learn how to improve, automate, and safeguard systems while being engaged in system planning, configuration, monitoring, administration, maintenance, reliability, or security for Schwab systems. Site Reliability interns will be guided on what it takes to improve the reliability and effectiveness of services through monitoring and correcting tactical and strategic direction to troubleshoot system-specific problems.

Requirements

• Be currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program.
• Have enough credit hours to put you at a junior level status at a 4-year college or university.
• Have not already completed your bachelor's degree.
• Able and willing to relocate at your own expense if relocation is needed.
• Able to commit to working 40 hours a week for the 9 weeks of the internship dates of June 8, 2026 - August 7, 2026.
• Able to start full time employment during business hours between August 2026 - September 2027.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Majoring in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related subject area.
• Solid foundation of Windows and/or Linux systems.
• Systems support, scripting, and/or development (Python, Java) exposure.
• Desire to learn and gain exposure to reliability, automation, orchestration, or continual improvement principles.
• Good analytical problem-solving, influencing, prioritization, decision-making skills.
• Passion for solving problems while embracing innovation and experimentation.
• Optimism and curiosity, who possess a keen sense of purpose, awareness, and knowledge.
• Resourcefulness and flexibility, who enjoy working through cross-functional partnerships and collaboration to achieve a common purpose.
• An innovative and questioning demeanor, who constantly look for better ways to do things, have a passion for service, and seek to exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Balance solving problems, engineering solutions, and coding or scripting applications.
• Prevent problems by improving observability, monitoring solutions, metrics, and system design.
• Collaborate with business and technical partners to identify an issue's root cause, resolution prioritization, and quality improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities, such as stress tests, disaster recovery tests, and certificate renewals.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities pertaining to information security risk monitoring.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree