Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Lead (PL)

Charles Schwab Inc.•Austin, TX

4d•$150,600 - $215,000•Onsite

About The Position

Schwab is looking for a Senior Manager, Software Development & Engineering (PL) to lead multiple Agile and Lean engineering teams supporting large-scale, business-critical technology platforms. In this role, you will translate business priorities into clear engineering objectives, guide delivery execution, improve platform reliability, and strengthen operational excellence across teams. You will partner closely with product, architecture, SRE, QA, program management, finance, talent acquisition, business stakeholders, and adjacent engineering groups to deliver cohesive outcomes. This role is ideal for a people leader and technical leader who can operate across strategy and execution, build trusted partnerships, develop engineering talent, and lead teams through platform modernization and responsible GenAI adoption. Your leadership will help teams improve quality, reduce operational toil, modernize legacy platforms, and deliver reliable technology outcomes that support Schwab’s clients, business partners, and long-term technology strategy.

Requirements

Demonstrated Engineering Management experience leading multiple software engineering teams responsible for platform delivery, modernization, operational support, and production ownership
Ability to provide Technical Leadership by guiding technical direction, influencing architecture decisions, improving engineering standards, and helping teams navigate complex tradeoffs
Strong Systems Engineering capability, including understanding scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable platforms across applications, services, dependencies, and data flows
Experience leading disciplined Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices across planning, delivery, testing, validation, documentation, deployment, and operational readiness
Ability to use Generative AI or AI-assisted engineering practices responsibly to improve planning, delivery, quality, documentation, automation, modernization, and operational efficiency
Strong Stakeholder Management skills, including the ability to align product, architecture, SRE, QA, program management, finance, business partners, and engineering teams around shared outcomes
Demonstrated ability to develop managers, technical leads, and engineers through coaching, mentorship, feedback, career development, and talent planning
Strong technical judgment, business acumen, communication skills, and ability to make data-informed decisions in complex or ambiguous environments

Nice To Haves

Experience with large-scale software systems using modern engineering technologies such as Java, .NET, cloud platforms, containers, microservices, relational databases, NoSQL, and messaging platforms
Experience leading teams in a large, complex organization, including onshore and offshore delivery models
Experience improving operational health through KPIs, SLAs, production readiness, monitoring, documentation, and continuous improvement
Experience leading platform modernization, including legacy system analysis, modernization assessment, migration planning, validation, deployment, and adoption of modern engineering practices
Familiarity with tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted engineering tools
Experience building mechanisms that scale adoption and knowledge sharing, such as champion forums, reusable practices, playbooks, or team learning communities

Responsibilities

Lead multiple Agile and Lean engineering teams supporting large-scale, business-critical technology platforms.
Translate business priorities into clear engineering objectives.
Guide delivery execution.
Improve platform reliability.
Strengthen operational excellence across teams.
Partner closely with product, architecture, SRE, QA, program management, finance, talent acquisition, business stakeholders, and adjacent engineering groups to deliver cohesive outcomes.
Lead teams through platform modernization and responsible GenAI adoption.
Help teams improve quality, reduce operational toil, modernize legacy platforms, and deliver reliable technology outcomes.