Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior

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.

​​- Serve as a hands-on technical leader,owning design and implementation of critical components.
- Drive clean, efficient, and well-structured system design with a strong emphasis on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Break down complex technical and business problems into simple, pragmatic solutions and guide the team through execution.
- Provide technical direction, mentorship, and code reviews to ensure high engineering standards across the team.
- Collaborate effectively with product managers, architects, and engineering leaders to align solutions with business goals.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrate strong listening skills, ask insightful questions, and foster constructive technical discussions.
- Apply strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills to drive timely issue resolution.
- Champion best practices in software engineering, including testing, observability, security, and performance.
- Stay current with technology trends and evaluate existing, new, and emerging technologies for practical adoption.
- Advocate for and help evolve platform principles, architectural standards, and development guidelines.
- Act as a collaborative team player with a positive, inclusive, and growth-oriented mindset.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, distributed environment
- Demonstrate a strong willingness to continuously learn, adapt, and grow as a technical leader.​

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design and development of high‑performance, low‑latency trading systems, including execution posting, TRF reporting.
- Build and evolve distributed, multi‑threaded services using C# .NET / .NET Core, focusing on scalability, resiliency, and performance in high‑throughput environments.
- Design and implement event‑driven architectures leveraging Kafka, Ultra Messaging, and similar messaging technologies to support real‑time data processing and system integration.
- Develop and optimize data persistence and caching strategies using SQL Server, Aerospike, MongoDB, or similar data stores.
- Act as a full‑stack Tech Lead, providing hands‑on development, technical direction, code reviews, and mentorship to ensure engineering excellence.
- Apply modern cloud and platform technologies (AWS, GCP, PCF) and CI/CD practices to enable rapid, reliable delivery.
- Champion test‑driven development and engineering best practices, ensuring code quality, observability, and operational stability.
- Collaborate closely with product, architecture, and business partners in an Agile/Scrum environment, contributing to architectural decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Apply experience with AI technologies, including GitHub Copilot and AI‑assisted development tools, to accelerate development, improve code quality, and enhance testing and documentation—while validating AI‑generated output.
- Proven hands‑on experience within Trading Technology environments is essential.​

What you have

Required Qualifications

​​- Strong knowledge of C# .NET / .NET Core and object‑oriented programming principles
- Strong understanding of Ultra Messaging concepts within high‑performance distributed architectures
- Strong expertise in Aerospike data modeling and event‑sourcing–based system design
- Proven ability to design and lead advanced support and operational processes for high‑performance trading systems, mentoring engineers to optimize functionality, resiliency, and security.
- Strong expertise in TRF reporting workflows for executed trades.
- Strong proficiency in leveraging GitHub Copilot as an AI‑powered coding assistant
- Hands‑on experience building and supporting distributed trading systems
- Hands‑on experience with troubleshooting, performance tuning, and operational analysis​

Preferred Qualifications

- Hands‑on experience implementing telemetry and monitoring solutions with Splunk​

JobSub-FamilySpecific Competencies​​

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

• ​​Software Design and Specifications​-​Developing software solutions that meet requirements using established design principles and standards, employing predictive or adaptive design techniques, including plan-driven or iterative/agile approaches​

• ​​Written Communication​-​Expressing oneself clearly in business writing​

• ​​Oral Communication​–​Expressing oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others​

• ​​Software Design and Specifications​–​Developing software solutions that meet requirements using established design principles and standards, employing predictive or adaptive design techniques, including plan-driven or iterative/agile approaches​

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