Your opportunity

At Schwab, you are 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.

Charles Schwab’s Model Risk Oversight (MRO) team oversees the use and risk of predictive modeling at the firm. MRO is responsible for performing validations of the conceptual soundness and technical implementation of models to ensure their reliability.

The Model Risk Solutions Architect will review the technical implementation of model systems, applications, and platforms, and collaborate with lead validators to determine the technical soundness of model implementation. Departments across the firm develop and implement these models. MRO acts as the gatekeeper to ensure compliance with standards and best practice prior to production use. In this role you’ll conduct independent testing on model systems, applications, or processes to identify implementation errors or opportunities for improvement. This is a key role in which you will author professional reports that deliver results for an in-depth validation. The role will require you to challenge model implementation within the following areas:

Implementation design including platform and architecture/infrastructure.Model use within the development, testing, and production environments.Data management and related controls for handling, moving, transforming, consuming, producing, and protecting data.Change management concepts across versioning, source code controls, and deployment methodologies.Comprehensive testing plans including regression tests, unit tests, feature tests, and other implementation testing practices to ensure proper development and implementation of models.What you have

Required Qualifications

Master’s degree in information systems, software engineering, or computer science or equivalent work experience.3+ years' experience in software development and implementation, software engineering, full stack application development, IT system architecture, or other IT related areas3+ years’ experience with testing, including knowledge of best practices for unit tests, regression tests, feature tests, and other types of implementation testing.

Preferred Qualifications

Initiative-taker with the ability to work independently and within a team environment.Proven ability to review and challenge complex application infrastructures and software implementation.Excellent writing skills with proven ability to prepare and create executive-level reports and documentation.Excellent communications skills with the ability to present and describe issues and solutions to their team, model owners, developers, and executive staff.Experience developing, implementing, or executing quantitative or predictive models using statistical programming languages (e.g., Python, R, Matlab).Experience with object-oriented programming languages (e.g., C#, Java).Experience with SDLC concepts and related systems (e.g., JIRA, Bamboo, Zephyr, Bitbucket, Remedy).High attention to detail, sharp critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.Ability to partner with model developers and implementation teams to establish proper controls and determining best practice for model implementation.Ability to support a team of conceptual validators.
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 planPaid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positionsPaid parental leave and family building benefitsTuition reimbursementHealth, dental, and vision insurance Apply Save job