Manager, Software Development & Engineering

Charles Schwab; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Charles Schwab is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer for the Advisor Center Platform. You will build customer-facing and backend applications, driving speed and quality with modern CI/CD practices on site in Southlake, TX.

You will mentor engineers, influence technical direction, and partner with product owners and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable software that meets client needs and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full stack development experience
• Experience mentoring junior team developers
• Exposure to TDD/BDD techniques
• Strong HTML/JavaScript/CSS/Angular and .NET web/service development

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, mentor engineers and raise technical bar
• Write high-quality code, perform code reviews and participate in design decisions
• Deliver features aligned with business and client needs
• Collaborate with product owners, UX researchers, and stakeholders
• Ensure reliable delivery through CI/CD and production issue resolution

Skills

Full stack development

Mentoring juniors

Communication skills

TDD/BDD

Education

BS or MS in Engineering or CS

Tools

HTML

JavaScript

CSS

Angular

C#/.NET

Job description

Your opportunity 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. 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.

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to build customer-facing and backend applications for Schwab's Advisor Center Platform, delivering client-centric solutions that improve speed, quality, and efficiency.

The ideal candidate brings a strong ownership, a focus on delivery, and a commitment to engineering excellence. You are energized by Test-Driven Development and apply it to build reliable, maintainable systems within modern CI/CD practices.

In this role, you will influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and consistently deliver high-quality software that meets both business and client needs.

In this role, you will partner closely with technical leads, product owners, and business stakeholders to define and deliver features that drive new capabilities. You will take a hands‑on approach to development - writing high-quality code, performing code reviews, contributing to design decisions, and resolving production issues to ensure reliable delivery.

You will apply strong software design expertise to build scalable, adaptable solutions, contributing to both new feature development and ongoing improvements. Collaboration is central to the role, working across engineering, architecture, and product teams to align on platform standards and ensure quality and consistency.

A key expectation is to lead by example—mentoring junior engineers, supporting their career growth, and helping raise the overall technical bar of the team. You will stay closely connected to user needs by engaging with UX research and feedback, ensuring that what you build is client-focused and aligned to measurable business outcomes.

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications

• A passion for digital innovation and commitment to superb client experience
• BS or MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years of full stack application development experience and experience mentoring/assisting junior team developers on team
• Proven experience developing and implementing applications, particularly web-enabled applications using: HTML, Javascript, CSS, Angular. .NET web and service development using C#
• Solid understanding in web application environments and development tools, session state management, web configuration and deployment strategies, security and performance tuning, and debugging methodologies.
• Prior hands‑on experience in developing and deploying micro‑services solutions on cloud infrastructure
• Comfortable with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) concepts, unit testing principles and implementations, API test automation techniques as well as automated deployment pipeline tools
• Solid understanding of resiliency and disaster recovery using Cloud native solutions
• Must have exposure to Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development techniques
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Effective time management. Must be able to prioritize and multi‑task effectively
• Have a passion for problem solving, the ability to quickly learn new concepts, and must be able to interact with all levels of technical and business teams
• Be a team player, self‑motivated and able to work collaboratively across organizations and geographic locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Atlassian tool suite is strongly preferred: JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo
• Experience with GITHUB CI/CD tools
• Experience building cloud ready applications using IAAS/PASS concepts in AWS, Azure, Private Cloud (preferably Pivotal Cloud Foundry) or similar cloud infrastructure
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem solving and organizational skills

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities

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