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.

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.

​​Education: Bachelor's in Engineering, CS, or related field.
AI-Assisted Engineering
• Hands-on with GitHub Copilot and/or Claude Code in IDE/CLI workflows.
• Comfortable with spec-driven development — translating designs (class structures, API contracts, data models) into structured prompts that produce production-grade code.
• Uses AI for code, tests, reviews, and automation — with clear ownership of correctness.
Core Engineering
• 3+ yrs: Java, Spring, cloud, REST + SOAP web services in high-volume, highly-available environments.
• 3+ yrs: Distributed/NoSQL DBs — PostgreSQL , Aerospike preferred, MongoDB, Yugabyte.
• 3+ yrs: real-time data and streaming.
• 3+ yrs: ETL data replication pipelines using Spring JMS/Spring Batch
• 3+ yrs: continuous build (Bamboo, Bitbucket/Git).
• 2+ yrs: GCP and/or AWS/Azure.
• 2+ yrs: event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, message queues).
• 2+ yrs: cloud deployment in a CI/CD model.
• 3+ yr: batch / data pipelines (Spring Batch, PySpark).
• 1+ yr: Debezium event stream platform.
Delivery & Collaboration
• Agile + Atlassian stack (JIRA, Confluence).
• Drives features to completion — anticipates risks, proposes solutions.
• Experience collaborating with vendors, offshore teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

​​• Module-level ownership — designs, builds, and supports services with end-to-end responsibility; writes clear technical specs and contributes to architectural discussions.
• Quality and reliability — raises code quality through reviews, automated testing, and operational rigor; treats production stability as a personal commitment.
• Effective communication — delivers concise written and verbal updates; explains technical choices clearly to engineers and non-engineers alike.​​