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Director, Data Engineering Senior (PL)

Charles Schwab

Austin, TX · HybridJobSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Austin, TXHybrid
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Director, Data Engineering Senior partners with business teams to define architecture and deliver complex data and reporting projects. The role oversees project planning, risk, quality, budgets, vendors, and system development, while managing, hiring, and mentoring employees. It requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and extensive progressive experience spanning data architecture, engineering tools, analytics platforms, and cloud environments.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementTeam ManagementPlanningRisk MitigationIssue ResolutionSchedule ManagementFinancial ManagementQuality ManagementProject GovernanceData ArchitectureData GovernanceData ModelingERWINSolution ArchitectureOLAPOLTPData SecurityEncryption and DecryptionDevOpsJenkinsBitbucketGitHubInformatica IICSInformatica PowerCenterPython ETLAlteryxSQL Server Integration ServicesBusinessObjectsPower BITableauSmartViewOracleSQL ServerDB2InformixMongoDBAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformMicrosoft Azure

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or Related Field120 Months Progressive Post-Bachelor's Experience60 Months Experience in Listed Areas

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

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.

Duties : Partner with business to understand strategic and financial objectives, recommend solutions, and work with the team to define the right architecture to support operational and analytical business reporting needs. Manage the technical delivery of medium to large, complex projects on time, on budget, and with the desired product quality. Plan, mitigate risk, resolve issues, and conduct technical feasibility analyses for highly complex system projects. Manage day-to-day team operations, including assigning tasks, providing guidance and support, and evaluating performance. Source, hire, and onboard the right talent for key open roles. Upskill and mentor existing employees to support career growth opportunities. Accountable to business and technology management for end-to-end application scoping, planning, development, and delivery that meets and exceeds quality standards. Ensure system alignment with Enterprise Architecture policies and best practices; ensure that process methodologies are followed in system development. Contribute to defining standards and guidelines for design and development. Accountable for developing work orders and cost estimates to and from suppliers. Coordinate delivery of work from all System Integrators for various projects, including risk, quality, change management, and schedule. Size and review projects with product vendors. Review and approve vendor invoices, expenditures, and timesheets. Monitor and manage achievement of SLAs with suppliers. Identify and manage dependencies and downstream impacts of projects to minimize adverse effects on other projects and/or programs. Identify opportunities for system reuse and system simplification.

Position supervises other employees.

Starting compensation for this location depends on related experience. Annual bonus opportunity and other eligible earnings are not included in the range(s) above. We offer a competitive benefits package, see below for details.

What you have

Job Requirements : Requires Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and 120 months of progressive, post-Bachelor’s experience in a related occupation.

Experience must include 60 months of experience involving the following: Program management skills including team management, planning, risk mitigation, issue resolution, schedule and financial management, quality of deliverables and governance of large projects complex in nature; Data architecture and governance, data modeling using ERWIN, solution architecture, OLAP and OLTP concepts and techniques, data security, encryption/decryption using various tools and technologies, Dev Ops using Jenkin, Bitbucket and GITHUB; Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS), Informatica Power Center, Python based ETL framework, Alteryx and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS); Business Objects (BO), Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx and Smartview; and Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Informix, Mongo DB, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.

We offer competitive pay and benefits. Starting compensation depends on related experience. Annual bonus and other eligible earnings are not included in the ranges above. Benefits include: 401(k) w/ company match; employee stock purchase plan; paid vacation, volunteering, 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; hybrid/remote work schedule available for eligible positions (subject to Schwab’s internal approach to workplace flexibility).

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 (https://www.schwabjobs.com/hybrid-work) 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 (https://www.schwabjobs.com/summary-of-benefits) 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

What’s in it for you:

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. 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

Schwab is an affirmative action employer, focused on employing and advancing in employment, qualified women, racial and ethnic minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodations in the application process, contact Human Resources at [email protected] or call 800-275-1281.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,838 open Data Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$107–200K/yr134 salary ranges
  • US median$48–54/hr88 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 200 open Data Engineering jobs in Texas and 2,838 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Data Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,417 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,007 of the 2,838 open Data Engineering jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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