QA Engineer

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

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a QA Manager, Software Development & Engineering, to safeguard the quality of trading and margin-related applications. You will lead test planning and execution, establish testing strategies, identify risks, and guide defect resolution before release to production.

You will mentor QA engineers, improve testing standards, and drive continuous SDLC improvements with cross-functional teams including product owners, analysts, and external tech partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing or Quality Assurance experience, including test planning, test-case development, defect management, and release validation

Responsibilities

• Lead test planning and execution across applications

Skills

QA management

Test planning

Manual testing

Automation testing

Leadership

Margin concepts

SDLC knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Windows

Linux

UNIX

Oracle

REST APIs

Swagger

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Jira

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(s).

As a QA Manager, Software Development & Engineering, you will help protect the quality and reliability of applications supporting complex trading and margin-related capabilities. You will lead test planning and execution, establish effective testing strategies, identify risks, and guide defect resolution before software is released to production.

Working closely with QA engineers, application development teams, business analysts, product owners, and external technology partners, you will apply Quality Assurance, Problem Solving, and Cross-Functional Collaboration to strengthen acceptance criteria and deliver high-quality test plans and test cases. You will use sound Decision Making to evaluate testing approaches, environments, tools, and release readiness.

This role also provides an opportunity to mentor QA engineers, improve testing standards, and recommend process or technical changes. Your leadership will promote consistent execution, stronger partnerships, and continuous improvement across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing or Quality Assurance experience, including test planning, test-case development, defect management, and release validation
• Demonstrated expertise in margin concepts and their application within financial or trading systems
• Understanding of the order and trade lifecycle across equities, options, futures, foreign exchange, or cryptocurrency
• Understanding of option-matching strategies
• Experience performing Problem Solving, root-cause analysis, and Risk Mitigation for software defects and release issues
• Ability to lead manual and automated testing activities and produce high-quality testing documentation
• Ability to collaborate with application development teams, business analysts, product owners, and internal or external technology partners
• Strong Analytical Thinking, Decision Making, Communication, and Attention to Detail
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience managing small-to-medium-sized projects
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring QA engineers, and coordinating work across distributed or offshore testing teams
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), product lifecycles, test environments, and system integrations
• Experience with Windows, Linux, UNIX, Oracle, REST APIs, Swagger, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or Jira
• Experience supporting release planning, implementation timelines, defect tracking, and Process Improvement
• Strong financial markets or operations knowledge
• Ability to serve as a Subject Matter Expert and provide guidance across projects and initiatives

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