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.

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.

Join Schwab Mobile as a Android Developer and help shape modern, high-impact mobile experiences used by millions of clients across Retail, Retirement, and Intelligent Assistant. This role offers the opportunity to lead complex Android development, mentor engineers, and influence technical direction across a highly visible native mobile platform. You will partner closely with product, design, and engineering teams while leveraging modern practices, including AI-assisted development, to accelerate delivery and raise the bar for quality, performance, and innovation. It is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who wants to build meaningful client experiences and make a lasting mark on Schwab’s mobile future. 

•Prepare specifications, design, develop and support mobile applications and prepare documentation per Schwab mobile best practices
•Assess and optimize designs through review, evaluation tools and analysis to ensure appropriate user experiences for phones and tablets
•Create and perform unit testing for the spectrum of mobile devices
•Build native mobile apps, support the mobile systems in production and resolve and troubleshoot technical problems
•Prepare documentation for new development work while maintaining Schwab development standards
•Must have a depth of knowledge in Kotlin and ability to ramp up on new languages quickly
•Experience with enterprise level branching/merging with GitHub
•Knowledgeable of security best practices for mobile application development/integration
•In-depth knowledge of current technological trends, developments, and best practices in information security, wireless network architecture, mobile technologies, and associated concepts

What you have

•BS degree in Computer Science or related field
•4-6 years of Android development experience developing large scale Android applications.
•Expert in-depth working experience in Kotlin
•Experience working with Jetpack Compose
•Experience with REST, JSON, XML and interfacing Android applications to server-side APIs.
•Experience writing Unit Test and Automated UI tests.
•Experience integrating with REST APIs is a required
•Experience working with CI/CD and debugging issues that arises
•Experience performing code reviews and mentoring junior developers is required
•Experience with building native features as a module
•Experience/understanding of the SOLID design principles
•Experience working with Architects and Stakeholders to craft appropriate solution
•Experience debugging memory and performance issues
•Experience working with native accessibility features.
•Experience with understanding of technical issues, designs, best practices
•Great interpersonal and communication skills. 
•AI assissted development. 

Job Sub-Family Specific Competencies

• Analytical Thinking – Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach

• Fostering Innovation - Developing, sponsoring or supporting new and improved methods, products, procedures, or technologies

• System Design and Architecture - Implementing concepts for system design, ensuring compatibility with cloud architectures, and utilizing adaptive approaches for lifecycle models and methodologies

• Business Acumen – Ability to perform with insight, acuteness, and intelligence in the areas of the industry
  
  Make decisions and act in situations in which there is not enough information to be certain of outcome or implications of the decision

• Influencing Others – Ability to gain others support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions

• Application Maintenance and Support – Delivering effective management and technical services to address technical issues and minimize disruption to application users