Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Lead

About the role

The role of Staff Engineer at Schwab involves setting the technical bar for how we build, how we adopt AI in our workflows, and how client-facing capabilities ship. This position requires a deep understanding of Java, cloud technologies, and a proven track record in delivering high-quality, scalable software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of client-facing functionality from scoping through production rollout.
• Set technical direction — architecture guidance, unblocking delivery, raising the engineering quality bar.
• Build hands-on in Java on GCP and PCF; you remain a working engineer.
• Establish team-level AI-assisted engineering practices — define how the team uses Copilot, Claude Code, agentic and spec-driven workflows; identify gaps and build the solutions to bridge them.
• Mentor engineers and partner across product, architecture, vendors, and offshore teams.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's in Engineering, CS, or related field.
• AI-Assisted Engineering: Working knowledge of agentic and spec-driven development; uses AI for code, tests, reviews, and automation.
• Core Engineering: 12+ years of experience with Java, Spring, cloud, REST + SOAP web services in high-volume, highly-available environments; 4-6 years of experience with distributed/NoSQL DBs (PostgreSQL preferred, MongoDB, Yugabyte); 4+ years of real-time data and streaming; 4+ years of continuous build (Bamboo, Bitbucket/Git); 3+ years of GCP and/or AWS/Azure; 3+ years of event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, message queues); 2+ years of cloud deployment in a CI/CD model; 1+ year of batch / data pipelines (Spring Batch, PySpark).
• Delivery & Collaboration: Agile + Atlassian stack (JIRA, Confluence); drives projects to completion; anticipates risks, proposes creative solutions; experience working with vendors, offshore teams, and internal stakeholders; strong interpersonal, analytical, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills; excellent written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, analytical, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills; excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strategic influence: drives data-based decisions, leads high-impact programs, and shapes business unit strategy and resource allocation.
• Communication & standards: delivers persuasive verbal and written communication that engages diverse audiences; upholds high standards of reliability and subject-matter authority; raises quality benchmarks and establishes new standards of excellence.