Director, Architect Principal at Charles Schwab Inc. | Austin | Rezi

Director, Architect Principal at Charles Schwab Inc.

Director, Architect Principal

Charles Schwab Inc. · Austin

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Director, Architect Principal

Charles Schwab Inc. · Austin

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About the Role

This role provides enterprise architecture leadership for large-scale modernization, governance, and platform evolution across mainframe, distributed, and public cloud systems. You will influence how teams modernize legacy platforms, adopt cloud-native patterns, and scale applications securely and resiliently.

Responsibilities

  • Provide enterprise architecture leadership across heterogeneous platforms including mainframe, distributed, and cloud-native systems.
  • Define and evangelize application modernization patterns and practices (e.g., strangler, decomposition, re-platforming).
  • Establish and govern public cloud application patterns and reference architectures.
  • Lead architecture governance, including standards, design reviews, and exception management.
  • Define and promote scalable application patterns supporting diverse deployment models and technologies.
  • Influence developer productivity through modern tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and GitHub-based workflows.
  • Shape enterprise API architectures and integration strategies.
  • Optimize security requirements into architecture governance processes.
  • Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to define current, transitional, and target-state architectures.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in enterprise application and platform architecture.
  • Proven leadership in large-scale modernization initiatives.
  • Demonstrated depth in modern distributed/cloud architectures.
  • Strong experience defining and enforcing architecture standards and governance.
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and translate complex systems into clear architectural direction.
  • Deep understanding of modern delivery practices including Agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD.

Skills

  • Enterprise Architecture leadership across application, platform, and integration domains.
  • Application modernization patterns and migration strategies.
  • Public cloud application architectures and hybrid integration models.
  • Architecture governance frameworks and operating models.
  • Developer tooling, CI/CD, and automation using GitHub and modern pipelines.
  • API and event-driven architectures
  • AI Solution Architectures
  • Familiarity with mainframe application architecture, SDLC, optimization, and modernization.
  • Scaling patterns for high-volume, mission-critical applications across heterogeneous environments.
  • Familiarity with Business Architecture concepts and practices

Location

  • Westlake, TX
  • Austin, TX

Work Type

  • In-office collaboration
  • Onsite

Experience Level

  • 15+ years of experience

Education Level

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

About the Company

  • 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.
  • As part of Schwab’s Enterprise Architecture community, you will join an elite group representing the pinnacle of technical expertise and architectural leadership.