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.

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.

As SDET leader you will play a critical role in helping to create a Better Tax experience to enrich Clients’ lives. This is an

exciting opportunity to join a highly visible team that delivers innovative business solutions and leverages emerging

technologies. Own the quality engineering strategy across TCT, ensuring consistent standards, tooling, and execution

across multiple teams, platforms, and vendors. Serve as the technical quality authority for complex initiatives that

span legacy and modern systems, enabling faster decision‑making and clearer accountability. Drive automation at

scale, including CI/CD integration, non‑functional testing, and cross‑system validation that cannot be effectively

addressed by individual team‑level SDETs.

• Define and govern automation frameworks, testing standards, and quality gates across TCT.

• Lead performance, resiliency, and non‑functional testing efforts to ensure platforms scale reliably during

peak volumes.

• Partner with engineering, DevOps, architecture, and security teams to ensure quality is built into design and

delivery—not inspected at the end.

• Act as a quality liaison for upstream and downstream partner systems, ensuring integration risks are

identified and addressed early.

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

▪ Designs advanced support processes and mentors peers to optimize functionality and security

▪ Establishes robust processes to create, secure, and monitor data pipelines and stores

▪ Designs efficient processes to resolve incidents and minimize downtime

▪ Develops QA processes that confirm compliance and ensure operational reliability

▪ Streamlines requirement analysis and validation for enhanced efficiency

▪ Designs security processes to enhance security and regulatory compliance

▪ Enhances processes that merge predictive and adaptive software design techniques

▪ Designs efficient processes that ensure quality and resolve issues in software components

▪ Optimizes processes for secure, compliant, and reliable software releases

Preferred Qualifications

▪ Synthesizes complex data, manages resources, and develops strategic insights

▪ Establishes communication processes for smooth information flow with others involved in a project or effort

▪ Provides thought leadership in the business area and independently drives strategic initiatives

▪ Enables stakeholders to align decisions with business goals

▪ Influences best practices to plan to prepare for opportunities or challenges

▪ Champions innovative solutions to improve efficiency

▪ Influences decisions that drive functional success and operational improvements

▪ Verbally articulates ideas impactfully, fostering open dialogue

▪ Inspires confidence with proven expertise, integrity, and accurate communication

▪ Presents compelling arguments to inspire action

▪ Sets performance-driven goals across groups and drives continuous improvement

▪ Leverages diverse expertise to develop strategies in cross-functional projects or programs

▪ Sets and upholds high-quality standards while empowering teams to to strive for excellence in their work

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