Director, Architect Principal - Digital Messaging
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Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the target-state architecture for the Digital Messaging platform, including event-driven, cloud-native, and SaaS-integrated solutions
- Design highly scalable and resilient distributed systems using microservices and event streaming architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Design and develop AI agents, including defining agent goals, tool use, memory, and orchestration logic to automate complex engineering tasks
- Provide mentorship and leadership to the development teams, ensure they are following best practices
- Provide leadership on adoption of AI-based tools and development processes within the organization
- Partner with other architects, both within the local organization and across broader Schwab (e.g. Enterprise architecture) to lead the enterprise architecture strategy through policies, standards, and governance
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience in architecture and distributed systems design
- Hands-on experience building and deploying AI agents using frameworks such as LangChain, Copilot Workspace, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Knowledge of secure coding practices
- Experience modernizing legacy applications
- Demonstrated ability to define and communicate strategy and vision and influence across the Enterprise is essential
- Progressive experience supporting highly available, mission critical environments
- Expertise in problem solving and analyzing global scale distributed systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in large enterprise organizations
- 3+ years' experience in Financial Services Industry
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
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