Application Architect

Your OpportunityThe Portfolio Accounting Technology team is looking for a talented technologist to be the lead architect for our technology and application modernization initiatives. The team is in the process of building ultra-low latency, high volume and reliable next generation platforms. Our applications should support processing several billions of operational transactions during market hours. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly visible team that delivers innovative business solutions leveraging emerging technologies at Schwab.What you’re good atYou will be joining us as a Principal (Senior Technical Architect) focused on providing architectural guidance across multiple projects and teams. We are looking for a curious person with excellent technical skills, leadership and communication to guide the team through technology challenges while driving towards a target architecture. This position will report to a Managing Director of Portfolio Accounting.

Minimum of 5 years of experience as an architect in building complex, highly scalable and low latency applications

Work closely with Enterprise Delivery Managers, Solution Architects and with business teams to architect technology solutions to meet client needs

Understand complex problems easily and come up with simple solutions

Lead technical requirements gathering sessions and producing technical requirements and design documents

Manage the technical delivery of integrations, security, single-sign-on and application customizations

Publish and present architecture and solutions to technology leaders and business executives

Provide hands on expert level assistance to developers for technical issues

Suggest alternative technical solutions to meet client requirements efficiently, with greater reusability, and longer life

Promote and coordinate technical knowledge harvesting within the organization

Define, communicate and enforce design/coding standards

Identify reusable code required for our code library and ensure high quality creation of the code

Track and identify new technologies to solve existing and new business problems

What you have

10+ years of solid development experience in distributed and cloud platforms

Experience with C# and/or Java in a Windows/Linux data center environment

Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a mission critical service

Experience with Agile development methodology and Test Driven Development (TDD)

Experience with cloud services including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Pivotal Cloud Foundry, and public cloud providers

Experience using telemetry and metrics to drive operational excellence

Experience growing high performing engineering teams

Good judgment and the ability to handle stressful situations

Broad knowledge of software engineering: languages, frameworks, techniques, industry trends, etc.

Experience as a technical leader in an organization. This includes coaching and mentoring, working through complex problems, and working with our business partners to deliver an amazing experience for our clients. You have qualities that engineers recognize and respect.

The ability to step in and code to drive a solution that your engineers can build upon

Deep knowledge of REST and the Web Services

Knowledge and experience with server side .NET and Java development

Knowledge of NoSQL and SQL databases (Aerospike, MongoDB, Oracle are preferred)

Knowledge of IBM MQ, RabbitMQ and Kafka

Apply for this jobRefer a friendWhy 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.Hear from employees:: a package designed to empower your health, wealth, career and life.Schwab is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued.As an equal employment opportunity employer, our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to any status that is protected by law.Schwab is also an affirmative action employer, focused on advancing women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace.We believe diversity and inclusion are part of our success as a company and our purpose of serving every client with passion and integrity.Job Locations US-TX-Austin | US-TX-WestlakeRequisition ID 2020-63612Posted Date 7 hours ago (6/4/2020 2:53 PM)Category TechnologyPosition Type Full time