Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior

The Charles Schwab Corporation; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Schwab Technology Services seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to join the Trading Order Entry & Status Technologies team. You will design, develop, deploy, and support scalable distributed systems that power order entry, lifecycle management, and status processing across assets.

As a contributor in an Agile team, you will collaborate with business and engineering partners to modernize Schwab's trading platform and deliver reliable, high-performance solutions for client trading

Qualifications

• 7+ years building scalable backend systems and platforms with .NET technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and support distributed systems with high volume trading events.

Skills

Backend systems

.NET

Low latency

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Aerospike

MongoDB

Db2

SQL Server

RabbitMQ

Kafka

IBM MQ

Harness

GitHub Actions

Splunk

AppDynamics

ITRS

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