Manager - Software Development & Engineering

The Charles Schwab Corporation; Lone Tree (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Sabbatical after 5 years

Parental leave and family benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Schwab Retirement Technologies (SRT) seeks a Software & Platform Engineer to support and enable development teams. You will lead technical efforts across CI/CD, production deployments, and multi-tier distributed apps in a hybrid work model from Colorado.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, design scalable solutions, and mentor engineers while driving best practices for secure, reliable software in a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of progressive, post-Bachelor’s related experience.
• Advanced .NET development skills, with applicable experience developing in .NET/.NET Core.
• Advanced coding experience in C#.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design patterns.
• Professional experience with RESTful API development.
• Professional experience with relational databases (SQL Server is preferred).
• Professional experience with SQL and SQL Stored Procedures.
• Professional experience with source code repositories tools, GitHub.
• Professional experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Professional experience with distributed multi-tier applications.
• Professional experience with the Agile methodology.
• Experience with production deployments.
• Ability to conceptualize the best tactical approach for a team to deliver a solution.
• Ability to follow and guide best practice solutions.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex software solutions to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to present project details to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Effective relationship builder: ability to partner cross-functionally, cross-enterprise and work effectively with various levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the Platform Engineer team which include: Software development of SRT enterprise applications; Strategy to implement performance and load testing environments; Strategy to implement dual production environments (A/B, Blue/Green); Strategy to implement Launch Darkly, Redis, Event Based Architecture.
• Be a liaison to our Service Availability Engineering team to include CI/CD process evolution and issue management, and improvements to observability, monitoring, and alerting.
• Coordinate and track Schwab security programs including Veracode, Penetration Testing, DAST, Blackduck, etc.
• Analyze and potentially resolve new technical initiatives.
• Monitor and maintain system and software currency.
• Provide input and support to agile team Automation Engineers.
• May provide development support for project initiatives.

Skills

NET/.NET Core

C# programming

OO design patterns

RESTful API development

SQL Server

SQL Stored Procedures

Git/GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Distributed systems

Agile

Production deployments

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools (Copilot)

Angular

Domain Driven Design (DDD)

Enterprise financial apps

Retirement technology

Splunk

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD tooling

Splunk

Angular

Job description

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.

Schwab Retirement Technologies (SRT) develops and maintains a broad set of retirement applications utilized by the Third Party Administrator (TPA) retirement services industry. Our team is seeking a Software Development & Platform Engineer with a passion for supporting and enabling development teams. Our mission is to build, maintain, and modernize our robust set of solutions.

What you have

Required qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of progressive, post-Bachelor’s related experience.

• Advanced .NET development skills, with applicable experience developing in .NET/.NET Core.
• Advanced coding experience in C#
• Knowledge of object-oriented design patterns.
• Professional experience with RESTful API development.
• Professional experience with relational databases (SQL Server is preferred)
• Professional experience with SQL and SQL Stored Procedures
• Professional experience with source code repositories tools, GitHub
• Professional experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Professional experience with distributed multi-tier applications
• Professional experience with the Agile methodology.
• Experience with production deployments
• Ability to conceptualize the best tactical approach for a team to deliver a solution
• Ability to follow and guide best practice solutions
• Ability to effectively communicate complex software solutions to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Ability to present project details to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Effective relationship builder: ability to partner cross-functionally, cross-enterprise and work effectively with various levels of the organization

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience using Copilot and/or other AI tools for development
• Experience developing single-page UI applications and reusable components using Angular
• Experience with Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Experience developing enterprise financial service applications
• Experience working in the Retirement Technology for Defined Contribution retirement plans.
• Experience using Splunk

What you’ll do:

As a Software & Platform Engineer, you will need to be a self-starter who partners well with others and engages with multiple teams to achieve technical success. You’ll be a Technical Lead working with team s to identify and address opportunities to support all SRT agile teams from a coding perspective but also from CI/CD pipeline perspective.

In this role you will:

• Be part of the Platform Engineer team which include:
  • Software development of SRT enterprise applications
  • Strategy to implement performance and load testing environments
  • Strategy to implement dual production environments (A/B, Blue/Green)
  • Strategy to implement Launch Darkly, Redis, Event Based Architecture
• Be a liaison to our Service Availability Engineering team to include such responsibilities as CI/CD process evolution and issue management, and improvements to observability, monitoring, and alerting.
• Coordination, and tracking of all Schwab related security programs which include: Veracode, Penetration Testing, DAST, Blackduck, etc.
• Analyze and potentially resolve new technical initiatives.
• Monitor and maintain system and software currency.
• Provide input and support to agile team Automation Engineers.
• May provide development support for project initiatives.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. 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