Senior Data Engineer, Client Authentication
Charles Schwab3 days ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
Charles Schwab is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Client Authentication to join their Global Data and Analytics team in Austin, TX. The role involves building and evolving a large-scale data intelligence platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support advanced analytics and machine learning models.
About the Role
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, write high-performance Python and SQL code, implement complex data models in BigQuery, and architect robust backend data services. You will also write Terraform scripts for infrastructure management, implement data quality engineering practices, and provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers.
About You
Required:
- 8+ years of hands-on software and data engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping complex systems to production.
- 4+ years as a hands-on senior engineer in startups and/or large organizations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong software engineering foundation, applying best practices (CI/CD, unit testing, modular design) to data pipelines.
- Deep, practical experience with BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and IAM.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL, with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
- Mastery of dimensional modeling, distributed systems, and modern data-stack patterns.
- Extensive experience with workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow or Cloud Composer.
- Strong background in dbt (data build tool) implementation and strategy.
- Proven track record with CI/CD, Terraform (infrastructure as code), and containerization (Docker and Kubernetes).
Preferred:
- Deep expertise in real-time data processing using Kafka or Pub/Sub.
- Deep understanding of big-data frameworks such as Apache Beam or Spark.
- Experience with modern data stacks such as Snowflake or Databricks.
- Demonstrated business-domain knowledge in fraud analytics.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey ideas and feedback.
- Google Professional Data Engineer certification.
- Master’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Benefits
- 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
Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab is a different kind of investment services firm – one that strives to disrupt the status quo of the traditional Wall Street approach on behalf of our clients. We believe today, as we did on Day 1, that when you find ways to improve the investing experience for your clients, then business results will follow. Follow our company culture at #SchwabLife and see how we give back at #Schwab4Good. Support hours: 7 a.m.–7 p.m. CT or 24/7 at schwab.com/contact-us. Social Media Disclosures: https://www.aboutschwab.com/social-media (#0424-TM8W)
Austin, TX