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About the Role

Schwab is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development & Engineering (PL) to lead multiple Agile and Lean engineering teams supporting large-scale, business-critical technology platforms. This role involves translating business priorities into engineering objectives, guiding delivery, improving platform reliability, and strengthening operational excellence. The ideal candidate is a people and technical leader who can drive strategy and execution, build partnerships, develop talent, and lead teams through platform modernization and GenAI adoption.

Responsibilities

Translate business priorities into clear engineering objectives
Guide delivery execution
Improve platform reliability
Strengthen operational excellence across teams
Partner closely with product, architecture, SRE, QA, program management, finance, talent acquisition, business stakeholders, and adjacent engineering groups to deliver cohesive outcomes
Build trusted partnerships
Develop engineering talent
Lead teams through platform modernization and responsible GenAI adoption
Improve quality
Reduce operational toil
Modernize legacy platforms
Deliver reliable technology outcomes that support Schwab’s clients, business partners, and long-term technology strategy
Continue strengthening leadership across enterprise-scale platform delivery, modernization strategy, operational excellence, and responsible GenAI adoption
Deepen experience leading multiple engineering teams
Improve platform health
Shape engineering practices that influence how technology teams deliver at scale
Expand ability to apply GenAI across the full SDLC, including planning, quality, documentation, automation, operational toil reduction, and modernization
Gain broader exposure to business-critical technology platforms, enterprise architecture direction, SRE practices, QA strategy, and business stakeholder alignment
Develop others
Build trust across teams
Help engineers apply technology in ways that create measurable business impact

Requirements

Demonstrated Engineering Management experience leading multiple software engineering teams responsible for platform delivery, modernization, operational support, and production ownership
Ability to provide Technical Leadership by guiding technical direction, influencing architecture decisions, improving engineering standards, and helping teams navigate complex tradeoffs
Strong Systems Engineering capability, including understanding scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable platforms across applications, services, dependencies, and data flows
Experience leading disciplined Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices across planning, delivery, testing, validation, documentation, deployment, and operational readiness
Ability to use Generative AI or AI-assisted engineering practices responsibly to improve planning, delivery, quality, documentation, automation, modernization, and operational efficiency
Strong Stakeholder Management skills, including the ability to align product, architecture, SRE, QA, program management, finance, business partners, and engineering teams around shared outcomes
Demonstrated ability to develop managers, technical leads, and engineers through coaching, mentorship, feedback, career development, and talent planning
Strong technical judgment, business acumen, communication skills, and ability to make data-informed decisions in complex or ambiguous environments
Experience with large-scale software systems using modern engineering technologies such as Java, .NET, cloud platforms, containers, microservices, relational databases, NoSQL, and messaging platforms
Experience leading teams in a large, complex organization, including onshore and offshore delivery models
Experience improving operational health through KPIs, SLAs, production readiness, monitoring, documentation, and continuous improvement
Experience leading platform modernization, including legacy system analysis, modernization assessment, migration planning, validation, deployment, and adoption of modern engineering practices
Familiarity with tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted engineering tools
Experience building mechanisms that scale adoption and knowledge sharing, such as champion forums, reusable practices, playbooks, or team learning communities

Skills

Agile
Lean
Platform modernization
GenAI adoption
Technical Leadership
Systems Engineering
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Generative AI
AI-assisted engineering
Stakeholder Management
Coaching
Mentorship
Feedback
Career development
Talent planning
Technical judgment
Business acumen
Communication skills
Data-informed decision making
Java
.NET
Cloud platforms
Containers
Microservices
Relational databases
NoSQL
Messaging platforms
GitHub Copilot
Claude Code
Knowledge sharing

Location

On site

Work Type

On site
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Manager
Engineering Management

Salary/Compensations

Bonus or incentive opportunities

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.
We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).