Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior (PL)
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you are 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.
As a member of the Advisor Services Technology team, you will be immersed in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment. We're looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager who is enthusiastic about learning new and existing technologies to deliver exceptional software solutions. The role will require a strong work ethic, problem solving skills, and the ability to partner with business and technologists across the organization. This role requires a highly skilled manager to help lead our engineering team, evolve our practices, and deliver on business priorities. This position supports the Advisor Digital Account Management DocuSign experience.
This is a People Leader role for a team based primarily in Austin.
What you’ll do:
• Lead technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets/timelines while ensuring alignment to strategic technology vision.
• Manage day-to-day activities and influence team members to leverage, follow and support agile software development practices, including the following:
• Develop and document resourcing roadmaps and schedules
• Ensure teams are properly engaged, aware of career milestones/path, aware of their role on the team and how it relates to others, lastly aware of their contributions to our overall goals
• Lead all recruiting activities across the team (create different avenues when necessary)
• Identify and document the roles, tasks, and responsibilities of each team member
• Assist the team in building durable systems/applications and ensuring a low MTTR (mean time to resolution).
• Identify gaps/risks early and establish mitigation plans (both technically & with regards to resources)
• Increase the overall visibility of this team; celebrate/track accomplishments and build relationships with key leaders in other groups
• Continually strive for improvements in process, talent acquisition/retention, application time-to-market and quality
• Provide hands-on technical coding and mentoring when necessary
What you have
Required Qualifications:
Leadership and Management
• 4+ years of leading and/or managing engineering teams, includes project, resource, and offshore management responsibilities
• Ability to identify, recruit, hire, and build high-performing teams
• Ability to coach, mentor, and provide direct, timely performance feedback
• Proficient managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, geographically dispersed environment
• Deep understanding of SDLC, agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
• Ability to analyze, propose and implement timely, cost effective, quality solutions for all issues or problems within area of responsibility
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and problem-solving skills with an ability to identify stakeholders, assess their needs and manage their expectations through effective communication
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (includes ability to compose and deliver technical presentations or other forms of documentation to various levels of technical and non-technical management)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry a plus
Technical
• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience including one or more of the following:
• REST-based web services
• Server side applications with either Java or C#
• Javascript frameworks (Angular, React, etc...)
• Working proficiency with SCM and DevOps tool suites; examples include Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Harness etc.
• Participate in engineering practices such as code reviews, service discovery, and environment strategy
• Knowledge of cloud computing platform technologies (i.e., AWS, GCP, Azure, PCF)
• Knowledge of logging aggregation tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana or similar tools
• Solid understanding of resiliency and disaster recovery solutions
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
Apply Now
At Schwab, you are 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.
As a member of the Advisor Services Technology team, you will be immersed in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment. We're looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager who is enthusiastic about learning new and existing technologies to deliver exceptional software solutions. The role will require a strong work ethic, problem solving skills, and the ability to partner with business and technologists across the organization. This role requires a highly skilled manager to help lead our engineering team, evolve our practices, and deliver on business priorities. This position supports the Advisor Digital Account Management DocuSign experience.
This is a People Leader role for a team based primarily in Austin.
What you’ll do:
• Lead technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets/timelines while ensuring alignment to strategic technology vision.
• Manage day-to-day activities and influence team members to leverage, follow and support agile software development practices, including the following:
• Develop and document resourcing roadmaps and schedules
• Ensure teams are properly engaged, aware of career milestones/path, aware of their role on the team and how it relates to others, lastly aware of their contributions to our overall goals
• Lead all recruiting activities across the team (create different avenues when necessary)
• Identify and document the roles, tasks, and responsibilities of each team member
• Assist the team in building durable systems/applications and ensuring a low MTTR (mean time to resolution).
• Identify gaps/risks early and establish mitigation plans (both technically & with regards to resources)
• Increase the overall visibility of this team; celebrate/track accomplishments and build relationships with key leaders in other groups
• Continually strive for improvements in process, talent acquisition/retention, application time-to-market and quality
• Provide hands-on technical coding and mentoring when necessary
What you have
Required Qualifications:
Leadership and Management
• 4+ years of leading and/or managing engineering teams, includes project, resource, and offshore management responsibilities
• Ability to identify, recruit, hire, and build high-performing teams
• Ability to coach, mentor, and provide direct, timely performance feedback
• Proficient managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, geographically dispersed environment
• Deep understanding of SDLC, agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
• Ability to analyze, propose and implement timely, cost effective, quality solutions for all issues or problems within area of responsibility
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and problem-solving skills with an ability to identify stakeholders, assess their needs and manage their expectations through effective communication
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (includes ability to compose and deliver technical presentations or other forms of documentation to various levels of technical and non-technical management)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry a plus
Technical
• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience including one or more of the following:
• REST-based web services
• Server side applications with either Java or C#
• Javascript frameworks (Angular, React, etc...)
• Working proficiency with SCM and DevOps tool suites; examples include Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Harness etc.
• Participate in engineering practices such as code reviews, service discovery, and environment strategy
• Knowledge of cloud computing platform technologies (i.e., AWS, GCP, Azure, PCF)
• Knowledge of logging aggregation tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana or similar tools
• Solid understanding of resiliency and disaster recovery solutions
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
Apply Now