Your OpportunityAt 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).
As a Senior Engineering Manager within Advisor Services Technology, you'll lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building highly scalable, reliable applications that support a growing business. You'll connect technology strategy to execution, guiding teams across locations and technologies while balancing delivery, quality, budgets, resources, and risk.
Your impact will extend beyond delivering software. You'll build and develop engineering talent, strengthen agile development practices, remove barriers, and partner across business and technology teams to solve complex problems. By combining technical leadership with sound decision-making, collaboration, and continuous improvement, you'll help teams deliver quality solutions efficiently while creating an environment where engineers understand their impact, grow their capabilities, and contribute to shared goals.
What you haveRequired Qualifications- 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, including experience with REST APIs, server-side Java or C#, and/or JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or React.
- 4+ years of experience leading and/or managing engineering teams, including project, resource, and offshore management responsibilities.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated engineering management and technical leadership skills, with the ability to guide teams in delivering scalable, reliable software aligned with business and technology priorities.
- Experience building AI-augmented engineering workflows that improve automation, validation, quality, and operational efficiency.
- Deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and agile software development methodologies, values, and practices.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to identify risks and gaps, evaluate options, and implement timely, cost-effective solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to build and develop teams through recruiting, coaching, mentoring, and direct, timely feedback.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and communicate technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across geographically dispersed teams while maintaining focus on delivery, quality, resources, and organizational goals.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with Spring Boot and related technologies.
- Experience with distributed caching technologies and NoSQL databases.
- Working knowledge of UNIX, Linux, or Windows operating systems.
- Knowledge of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Git-related technologies.
- Experience providing hands-on coding support and technical mentoring when needed.
- Experience driving process improvement across software delivery, talent practices, application time-to-market, and quality.
- Experience in the financial services industry.
In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.
