Senior Engineering Lead - Platform Modernization & GenAI

Charles Schwab; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match and Employee

Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off and sabbatical program

Paid parental leave and family buildng

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Schwab is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development & Engineering to orchestrate multiple agile teams responsible for large-scale platforms and modernization initiatives. The role emphasizes turning business priorities into clear engineering objectives, guiding delivery, and bolstering platform reliability.

The ideal leader will collaborate with product, architecture, SRE, QA, and business stakeholders, fostering talent and driving GenAI-enabled improvements across planning, delivery,

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple Agile and Lean engineering teams delivering large-scale, business-critical platforms and modernization efforts.
• Guide technical direction, drive architecture decisions, and raise engineering standards across teams to improve reliability and efficiency.

Job description

Schwab is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development & Engineering to orchestrate multiple agile teams responsible for large-scale platforms and modernization initiatives. The role emphasizes turning business priorities into clear engineering objectives, guiding delivery, and bolstering platform reliability.

The ideal leader will collaborate with product, architecture, SRE, QA, and business stakeholders, fostering talent and driving GenAI-enabled improvements across planning, delivery,