Manager, Software Development & Engineering

Your Opportunity

Schwab remains committed to providing increased visibility to career growth opportunities and job requirements. This posting announcement is part of increased transparency and while all qualified applicants will be reviewed and considered, this organization has a preferred candidate identified for this role.

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.

Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

Senior Systems Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer to join the Market Data Technology team in the delivery of highly scalable, resilient, and low latency solutions.  The Market Data Technology team is responsible for aggregating, normalizing, distributing, and tracking millions of data points per second sent by the industry financial exchanges like New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.  The role will be part of one of our Sprint based Agile teams that is currently playing supporting the existing Market Data Ticker Plant platform while build out a new and modernized architecture. 

•          As a developer you will be a self-driven individual contributor; provide efficiently organized and designed logic; be highly motivated and well versed in developing robust easily maintainable applications.
•          You can quickly understand complex problems and come up with simple solutions.
•          Ability to communicate well with teams and leaders of the organization; have good listening skills and ask great questions
•          This position requires good interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
•          Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail is required.
•          Demonstrated ability to utilize integrated AI development tools.
•          A willingness to learn and grow is a must. Team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor
•          Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications

▪ Develops solutions and coordinates with teams to enhance application support
▪ Enhances processes to ensure legal and ethical data compliance
▪ Innovates solutions that strengthen incident response and mitigate outcomes
▪ Generates effective QA testing solutions that boost operational performance and product integrity
▪ Enhances business outcomes by partnering with teams to organize and prioritize requirements
▪ Develops security solutions that meet business requirements
▪ Develops software solutions that align with design principles and business objectives
▪ Optimizes software development testing and verification to enhance component reliability and address operational problems
▪ Leads packaging and orchestration to efficiently deliver software deployments
▪ Delivers scalable, business-aligned system design solutions through predictive or adaptive approaches
• Responsible for aggregating, normalizing, distributing, and tracking millions of data points per second sent by industry financial exchanges like New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
• Responsible for Sprint-based deliver of the existing Market Data Ticker Plant platform while building out new and modernized architecture.
• Responsible as a senior contributor to efficient design logic developing robust and easily maintainable applications.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize integrated AI development tools.
• You can quickly understand complex problems and come up with simple solutions.
• Ability to communicate well with teams and leaders of the organization; have good listening skills and ask great questions.
• This position requires good interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail is required.
• A willingness to learn and grow is a must. Team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations

Preferred Qualifications

▪ Applies analytical thinking to abstract factors, guides outcomes, and sets priorities
▪ Consistently maintains clear, open communication to enhance collaboration with others
▪ Leverages industry expertise to guide strategy and guide team members in industry and marketplace dynamics
▪ Encourages independent problem-solving and decision-making
▪ Anticipates reactions from individuals and groups in situations and plans accordingly
▪ Seeks new methods or technologies to enhance work outcomes
▪ Influences improvements in efficiency and effectiveness within a function
▪ Adapts oral communication to engage diverse stakeholders and inspire action
▪ Earns trust through ethical decisions and deep subject matter knowledge
▪ Uses storytelling, data, and emotion to persuade diverse audiences
▪ Leads activities, implements goal-setting strategies, and resolves a wide range of issues
▪ Analyzes trends and recommends strategies to sustain the firm's competitive advantage
▪ Applies quality standards effectively, ensuring excellence and inspiring precision
▪ Produces high-quality written materials tailored to different stakeholders

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities