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(s).

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be a hands-on advocate and leader for test automation, drive continuous integration and deployment strategies with a DevOps philosophy
• Set and communicate automation strategies and processes for web services, APIs, middleware, UI etc., evaluate and implement software test automation tools and tooling standards
• Keep automation current, flexible, and designed to work within a continuous integration / deployment framework
• Develop methods and procedures to create automation test data and data refresh capabilities
• Assist developers with robust unit/component/ commit/ build and deploy/CI/CD test automation as needed; understanding or practice of TDD, ATDD, and BDD a significant plus.

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:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of hands-on application programming and/or test automation/framework experience in an Agile development environment
• Team player with excellent communication skills (oral and written) to partner technically with, influence and collaborate with application architects, development, testing organizations, and business teams
• Working knowledge of agile methodologies and ceremonies, iterative development processes and collaboration Tools (JIRA, Confluence, Hip Chat) is essential
• Motivation and passion for building solutions through automation, driven by innovation and commitment to lifelong learning and staying on top of new and emerging test and automation technologies
• Strong programming, debugging/troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment

Preferred:

• Interact with various levels of individual contributors and management to educate and influence
• Collaborate with automation experts to plan, design, mange, report and prioritize software test automation solutions along with Dev and QA engineers across SAC and AST
• Maintain tools used in automation development, including source control, test management, and release systems
• Influence, develop and execute QA process and testing best practices, working cross-organizationally both within Schwab and with external vendors, both on- and off-shore to define environment requirements and identify test tools
• Work with assigned product teams, product owners and scrum masters to compose and manage integrated project plans, testing schedules, metrics and provide project and release status updates to all levels of management

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