Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior

The Charles Schwab Corporation; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off for vacation, volunteer

Sabbatical after 5 years

Parental leave and family benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

The Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join the Trading Order Entry & Status Technologies team, building a high-throughput, low-latency trading platform. You will design, develop, deploy, and support distributed systems across multiple asset classes.

Work closely with business, architecture, and engineering partners in an agile environment while modernizing Schwab’s trading platform to enhance client trading experiences.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building scalable backend systems with .NET technologies including .NET Core.
• 5+ years high performance, low latency financial transaction systems.
• 5+ years NoSQL databases such as Aerospike and MongoDB.
• 5+ years messaging/services-based software in cloud (RabbitMQ, Kafka, IBM MQ).
• 5+ years relational databases (Db2, SQL Server).
• 5+ years cloud technologies like GCP and PCF.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end trade lifecycle.
• 5+ years implementing CI/CD pipelines (Harness or GitHub Actions) and Atlassian tools.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and modern practices.
• Bachelor’s Degree or related practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and support scalable distributed applications and services.
• Build automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing solutions.
• Ensure high software quality through observability, monitoring, and automation.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with agile teams across business, architecture, and engineering partners.
• Participate in technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Develop automation to advance Schwab SDLCs and meet objectives.

Skills

Backend development

.NET Core

High performance systems

Messaging systems

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Test automation

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Aerospike

MongoDB

RabbitMQ

Kafka

IBM MQ

Db2

SQL Server

GCP

PCF

Harness

GitHub Actions

Splunk

AppDynamics

Jira/Confluence

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.

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.

Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join the Trading Order Entry & Status Technologies team responsible for building and supporting Schwab’s next generation trading platform. This team develops high throughput, low latency systems that power order entry, order lifecycle management, and status processing across Equities, Options, Mutual Funds, and Fixed Income products.

In this role, you will design, develop, deploy, and support mission critical distributed systems that process high volume of trading events while maintaining exceptional reliability, performance, and resiliency. You will work within an Agile team and collaborate closely with business, architecture, and engineering partners to modernize Schwab’s trading platform and deliver innovative solutions that directly impact client trading experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• As a developer you will be a self‑driven individual contributor; provide efficiently organized and designed logic; be highly motivated and well versed in developing robust easily maintainable applications.
• You can quickly understand complex problems and come up with simple solutions.
• Ability to communicate well with teams and leaders of the organization; have good listening skills and ask great questions
• Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail is required.
• Participate in technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Partner with scrum team members to build out automation solutions to advance Schwab SDLCs and meeting critical business objectives.
• Understand the application architecture, hosting infrastructure, interaction with dependency apps and complete feature workflow to assess all the risk around integration points before developing good test cases.
• Design, develop, test, and support scalable distributed applications and services.
• Build automated unit, integration, and end‑to‑end testing solutions as part of the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure high software quality through engineering best practices, observability, monitoring, and automation.
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• A willingness to learn and grow is a must. Team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment across multiple time zones and locations

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

• 7+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and platform with .NET technologies
• including .NET Core
• 5+ years of experience working on high performance, low latency financial transaction systems
• including Schwab trading order entry systems.
• 5+ years of Hands‑on expertise with NoSQL databases, such as Aerospike and MongoDB, to support
• low latency, high‑performance, and schema‑less Trading solutions.
• 5+ years of hands on expertise in Messaging and services‑based software in a cloud platform using
• RabbitMQ, Kafka, IBM MQ or equivalent technologies;
• 5+ years of Hands‑on expertise with relational databases such as Db2 and SQL Server.
• 5+ years of expertise on cloud based technologies like GCP and PCF.
• Strong understanding of the end‑to‑end trade lifecycle across one or more asset classes including Equities, Options, Mutual Funds, and Fixed Income.
• 5+ years implementing CI/CD pipelines using Harness or GitHub Actions, usage of Atlassian tools
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools and modern software engineering practices.
• Strong knowledge in design patterns with hands on experience
• Experience with troubleshooting Production issues through analysis of logs (Splunk), AppDynamics, ITRS, dashboards and metrics.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum Experience adopting or managing continuous Integration and continuous delivery concepts and frameworks
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field OR related practical experience

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