Director, Architect Principal

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).

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.

In this role, you will:

• Drive modernization initiatives, including API and foundational system improvements that enable faster, safer integration and partnerships 
• Improve platform stability, performance, and resilience to reduce risk and deliver seamless experiences at scale 
• Modernize legacy components to address high risk remediation and compliance while maintaining industry leading standards 
• Leverage AI to innovate processes and outcomes for maximum efficiency and quality   
• Be part of a collaborative team where you are an influencer, not simply an “order taker”
• 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
• Help build a critical part of Schwab's growth in the Workplace market
• Design and build scalable platforms supporting critical workplace applications - like Equity Administration, PCRA and Retirement Plan Services of millions of participants

What you have

Required Qualifications:

• Experience being a champion for architectural strategies across teams and enterprises
• Experience building enablement tools to improve time to market for delivery teams
• Experience developing demonstrated AI strategies that can be multipliers for technical leads
• Experience directing the strategic priorities for organizational capability improvement
• Shapes strategic frameworks for innovative, system design and architecture
• Demonstrated knowledge of 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​

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.