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.

Schwab is looking for a Senior Software Development & Engineering Manager with large scale experience to join our organization and lead 4 or 5 teams spanning tech stack ownership and data configuration and load. Given the nature of this role, you will have the opportunity to learn about many aspects of our platform and play a key role in building trust with our internal customers.

Offer Order (O2) is a platform used by many products and services at Schwab to understand our clients, so that we can provide them consistent individualized experiences across the Schwab ecosystem, based upon their needs. The O2 organization is made up of several Agile/Lean software development teams that deliver technology solutions for our clients across different lines of businesses and different domains within Schwab. Our technology is a key foundation for internal system integrations, our front-end customers and reporting capabilities.

The primary responsibility of the Senior Manager within this group is to manage platform support for key Schwab systems. This individual will engage primarily with direct and indirect reports and business partners, including application developers, technical directors, enterprise architects, SRE, QA, Project Managers, program management, and business partners. This individual must have strong organizational, people leadership capabilities and experience with onshore/offshore staffing models. Candidates should have a passion for understanding problems, running experiments and learning. Specifically in this role, we are looking for someone who can understand the demand on the teams, how to manage the demand, delivery with efficiency and collaborate with customers and partners on improvements.

What you have

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, related degree OR related practical experience.10+ years as a Solution Architect or Domain Architect; Application Modernization involving Mainframe Legacy systems and Cloud Transformation experience.8+ years of managing the integration of an organization’s technology strategy with business capabilities and goals to develop an effective architecture.5+ years of leading the design, implementation, and ongoing support of architectural initiatives from inception to operational maintenance.Fosters a culture across the organization of having conversations based on organizational strategy and principles to create alignment. Ensures goals are understood and continuously worked towards across the organization.Takes ownership of decisions made in the engineering organization by helping organization members make clear decisions in alignment with organizational goals and backing decisions made. Raises awareness for how biases impact decisions and ensures accountability is practiced throughout the organization.Mentors across the organization in an open, respectful, flexible, empathetic manner. Fosters an organizational culture of mentoring by seeking out mentoring opportunities for themselves and others, and supports others in their growth as mentors.Leads strategic organizational decisions and plans. Consistently works at a strategic level, influencing decisions to achieve organizational alignment on major goals.Works to build and improve relationships across the organization. Leverages those relationships to better plan for and position the organization.Evangelizes technical vision within and beyond an organization.5+ years managing the life cycle of software and services incorporating quality, reliability, and security throughout.5+ years Implementing standards, processes, and methods to create, test, and verify software components, ensuring reliability, and resolving operational problems and bugs.4+ years of experience implementing concepts for system design, ensuring compatibility with future cloud adoption.Strong architecture, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, along with an ability to lead sometimes ambiguous, and constantly evolving requirements.Strong technological affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail and a passion for quality is required.Ability to communicate effectively with peers and executives translating technical language into actionable plans.Strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor. You can transition and cross train peer teams on your designs and technology development.Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations.Ability to effectively transition your design reference materials to engineering organizations, and engineered solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong understanding of various applications, servers and network security best practices.Experience designing mission critical, 24x7 systems.Working proficiency with SCM and DevOps tool suites; examples include Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Concourse etc.Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum, experience adopting or leading continuous integration and continuous delivery concepts and frameworks.Experience in the Financial Services industry.Google Professional, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solution Architect Cloud Provider Certifications.4+ years utilizing services from cloud platforms to support and improve organizational functions.3+ years utilizing code-based methods to manage deployments.4+ years experience with data as service , data pipelines pipelines and storage systems for data mining, analytics, and machine learning, prioritizing compliance, security, and scalability.2+ years experience with AI capabilities.Previous experience in a highly regulated environment with appreciation for audit and regulatory principles will benefit the applicant.
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