Data Platform Engineer

About the Role
Join Schwab Asset Management (SAM) Data Platform Engineering team, responsible for designing, building, operating, and enhancing the shared platform capabilities underpinning SAM Data platform. This junior platform engineer role helps expand and operate the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD tooling, orchestration layers, and Snowflake resources that support all SAMDA tenants in a multi-cloud, multi-custodian, multi-vendor ecosystem.

Responsibilities
- Support creation and configuration of GCP infrastructure including Cloud Storage, Composer, Cloud Run, and IAM roles
- Assist in provisioning Snowflake resources (databases, schemas, compute warehouses, RBAC roles, service accounts) aligned with tenant isolation and governance models
- Contribute to Git repository setup, branching strategies, and automated CI/CD pipelines for deployments
- Support ingestion workflows for file-based ingestion, vendor Snowflake secure data shares, and internal source ingestion
- Configure monitoring and alerting using GCP Operations, Snowflake usage monitoring, and platform dashboards for pipeline health
- Help onboard new tenant applications, including infra creation, repository setup, Snowflake footprint provisioning, RBAC setup

Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 1-2 years of experience or relevant project work with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
- Foundational experience with Python, SQL, Git, and CI/CD concepts
- Exposure to cloud-native services (GCS, Cloud Run, Composer, Pub/Sub) or Snowflake
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
- Preferred: Exposure to Snowflake or other cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Redshift)
- Preferred: Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or Deployment Manager

Benefits
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance