Sr. Software Engineering Leader

The Charles Schwab Corporation; Southlake (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Sabbatical after 5 years

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

The Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Application Engineering Leader to drive frontend strategy across a Java-based microservices platform. You will set Angular standards, mentor teams, and ensure scalable, accessible experiences for clients.

The role leads cross‑functional collaborations with product, architecture, and SRE to deliver high‑quality UI frameworks, perform optimization, and maintain enterprise‑grade delivery across Schwab's Sales & Service Technology portfolio.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building large scale, highly available systems with Java/Spring.
• 4+ years with containers and microservices in cloud environments.
• 4+ years with Angular and front-end frameworks.
• 4+ years delivering cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
• 2+ years working with AWS/GCP/PCF and databases.
• Proven cross-team collaboration and architectural leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set frontend engineering standards for Angular applications and modern patterns.
• Lead full lifecycle from design to production support across multiple agile teams.
• Mentor engineers and improve framework adoption and developer experience.
• Coordinate cross-team integration with distributed front-end experiences.

Skills

Java

Spring

Cloud

Microservices

Angular

CI/CD

Containers

AWS/GCP/PCF

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Architectural leadership

Performance optimization

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

PCF

AWS

GCP

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.

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.

This position is for a Senior Software Application Engineering Leader responsible for driving the delivery of innovative technical solutions within a highly distributed Java-based application ecosystem, leveraging modern micro-frontend and microservices architectural patterns. The role requires deep experience leading web platform engineering with Angular (including RxJS, state management, and component architecture) to deliver high-performance, accessible, and secure client experiences at scale.
As a leader within the Sales and Service Technology organization, this role provides both strategic and hands‑on engineering oversight to ensure scalable, resilient, and high‑quality systems that support key business capabilities. The leader sets front‑end engineering standards for Angular applications—covering design systems, module federation/micro-frontends, performance budgets, accessibility (WCAG), observability, CI/CD quality gates, and testing strategy.
Applicant will guide engineering teams through the full software development lifecycle—from solution design and architectural alignment (Java back-end services and Angular front-end integration) through implementation, testing, release, and long-term support across the Sales and Service Technology portfolio. This includes establishing Angular best practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, and maintaining delivery excellence across multiple agile teams.
This role collaborates extensively with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and technology partners across Schwab. The leader is accountable for influencing technical direction, coordinating cross-team dependencies, and ensuring the engineering organization executes effectively in support of strategic initiatives requiring robust, enterprise-grade Angular user interfaces integrated with Java-based services.

• Own and evolve the UI frameworks used to standardize application builds across the Sales & Service Technology portfolio. Ensure consistency, scalability, and adherence to enterprise design and engineering standards.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership and architectural guidance for front‑end platforms, modern patterns, reusable abstractions, and high‑quality system design.
• Partner with product teams, designers, and architecture to align the framework's capabilities and roadmap with strategic business objectives, ensuring it enables rapid, consistent delivery of key initiatives.
• Drive the full lifecycle of the framework—design, implementation, testing, versioning, release, documentation, and production support—maintaining operational reliability and a strong developer experience for consuming teams.
• Mentor and enable engineers across teams on framework adoption, contribution patterns, and front‑end best practices, building long‑term organizational capability and reducing fragmentation.
• Coordinate cross-team integration to ensure the framework seamlessly supports distributed front‑end experiences, shared services, and evolving platform dependencies without blocking delivery.

What you have

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years building large scale, highly available systems using Java, Spring, cloud development, and Web Services supporting high volume transactions.
• 4+ years with containers and microservices in cloud environments.
• 4+ years professional experience with Angular (component based architecture, RxJS, routing, unit/E2E testing, performance tuning).
• 4+ years delivering to cloud via CI/CD pipelines.
• 2+ years on PCF, AWS and/or GCP.
• 2+ years working with databases such as MongoDB, Aerospike, Redis, and SQL Server.
• Proven ability to collaborate across Product Management, Architecture, SRE, and adjacent teams with a strong bias for action.
• Experience leading work with offshore partners and external stakeholders.
• Ability to engage SMEs and rapidly understand complex technical topics.
• Strength in solution discovery and engineering principled design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all levels.
• Demonstrated creative problem solving.
• Framework experience
• State management, Hooks, Lifecycle, Rendering behaviors
• Experience in Performance optimization for large scale applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Good understanding of latest Architecture and Development Standards and Guidelines
• Demonstrated knowledge of design patterns and when to apply them
• NET coding experience (e.g., C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, unit/integration testing)
• Experience with AI enabled development tools (e.g., code assistants, intelligent automation, AI driven code analysis)
• Experience in Financial Services industry
• Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD), QA Automation, and quality first engineering behaviors
• Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural/design documentation, functional/technical specifications, and automated test processes

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