Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

Location: Austin, TX

Requisition ID 2026-123454
Category Engineering & Software Development
Position type Regular
Pay range USD $160,000.00 - $190,000.00 / Year
Application deadline 2026-07-11

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).

Schwab Technology Services (STS) enables how clients manage their money by delivering innovative, reliable, and scalable technology that supports equitable access to investing and financial planning.

Within Schwab Data’s Data Services team, you will play a meaningful role in shaping the next generation of cloud and AI capabilities that power enterprise-scale analytics. You will use your expertise to design and build core cloud service modules on Google Cloud that support AI/ML and data platforms, enabling resilient, scalable, and secure solutions.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with architects, site reliability engineers, and engineering leaders to implement modern cloud service engineering practices, improve delivery velocity, and influence enterprise standards. Your work will directly contribute to advancing Schwab’s cloud data strategy while solving complex, high-impact engineering challenges.

This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise in cloud platform engineering, automation, and AI-enabled data services while contributing to a highly visible and evolving space within Schwab.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing and enabling cloud service modules for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Composer, Vertex AI), with focus on scalability and operational resilience
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to support automated testing, deployment, and lifecycle management
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure provisioning and management to support secure, multi-tenant, enterprise-scale environments
• Experience in engineering, security, and compliance standards, including governance, audit readiness, and risk controls
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and optimize distributed platform components, including resolving dependencies, performance issues, and breaking changes
• Experience using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform) to automate environment configuration and deployment
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with architects, SRE teams, and engineering partners to support platform reliability and consistency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing reusable platform accelerators, templates, or SDKs that enable faster onboarding and delivery across teams
• Familiarity with AI/ML platform integration patterns and supporting advanced analytics or generative AI use cases
• Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization strategies
• Strong communication and influencing skills to align stakeholders and drive adoption of platform standards
• Ability to proactively identify technical risks and recommend scalable, compliant solutions in complex or regulated environments

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

Eligible Schwabbies receive

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
• Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career
• Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits
• Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment