Sr Manager, Architect Lead

Charles Schwab Inc.•Southlake, TX

40d•$189,000 - $215,000•Onsite

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. 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). Workplace Services Engineering (WSE) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services that is embarking on a major transformation. We support Workplace Services, and we’re shaping the future of how people experience financial well‑being at work. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger financial futures. This is a fast‑growing, high‑impact business where scale meets purpose—where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed. As a key growth engine for the firm, we’re investing more than ever to expand our capabilities, modernize platforms, and elevate the experiences we deliver to employers and their employees. Our teams work at the intersection of technology, service, and financial expertise—supporting workplace clients with solutions that scale, adapt, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Here, your ideas help shape what’s next for workplace financial services. If you’re energized by solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and making a real difference in the workplace services industry, you’ll find your place here. We’re looking for a Sr Manager, Architect Lead to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable Java‑based systems that support critical business functions. You will influence architectural direction, mentor engineers, and lead development efforts across distributed systems. This role is ideal for a technical leader who values collaboration, curiosity, and modern engineering practices—including the use of AI tools to drive quality and efficiency.

Requirements

15+ years of related experience required; BS/MS degree preferred or equivalent experience.
10+ years of hands‑on Java development (writing and reviewing production code).
Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases (Oracle, MongoDB).
Expertise with Spring or Spring Boot frameworks.
Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs and microservices in cloud/hybrid environments.
Proven to be iterative and strategic in solution designs with a focus on Site Reliability Engineering tenants
CI/CD pipeline experience using Bamboo, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
Experience mentoring junior or mid‑level engineers.
Experience influencing architectural direction, business and product leadership.
Understanding of distributed systems, messaging, and integration patterns (RabbitMQ, Kafka).
Ability to translate system requirements into scalable, secure technical designs.
Experience across the full SDLC using Agile or Scaled Agile methodologies.
Strong communication, analytical thinking, and problem‑solving abilities.
Knowledge of secure coding practices, performance optimization, and system resiliency.
Familiarity with modern testing practices (TDD or BDD).

Nice To Haves

Experience leading teams across co‑located, remote, and offshore environments.
Experience with cloud‑native development, containers, or orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Exposure to performance engineering tools (AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana).
Frontend experience with Angular or React.
Experience using test automation frameworks (Cucumber, Selenium).

Responsibilities

Lead technical design, development, and delivery of cross‑functional, multi‑platform application systems.
Utilize AI and automation technologies to enhance code quality, testing, and development workflows.
Guide and mentor 3-4 Java engineering teams across frontend and backend technologies.
Ensure all deliverables meet high standards of code quality, test coverage, and secure development practices.
Conduct code reviews and provide constructive team feedback.
Create Proof‑of‑Concept solutions to establish reusable patterns and accelerate feature delivery.
Collaborate across teams to drive solution design, architecture documentation, and technical approvals.
Promote secure coding practices, vulnerability prevention, and system resiliency.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Bamboo) for cloud deployments.
Contribute to Agile ceremonies and partner closely with product, architecture, and operations teams.