Senior Engineering Team Manager, Mobile Technology

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).

Mobile Technology group is responsible for Mobile, Services and Cloud technology strategy for Schwab Retail, Retirement and Advisor Services. In this role, you will work in Schwab’s Mobile Technology team driving a cutting-edge mobile experience for clients. 

As a Sr Engineering Manager in Mobile Technology you will report directly to the Director of Mobile Technology and are responsible for leading multiple Software Engineering delivery teams enabling them to achieve consistent, predictable, high-quality output by implementing design and execution best practices including, tools, metrics, automation frameworks, people management, leadership, software development and testing. You will serve as a strong and versatile hands-on technical leader to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative, and rapidly changing environment.

Position Responsibilities:

• Managing Performance (PL) - Taking responsibility for one’s employees’ performance, by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback and addressing performance issues promptly

• Strategic Thinking - Analyzing an organization’s competitive position and developing a clear and compelling vision of what the organization needs for success in the future

• Forward Thinking - Anticipating consequences of situations and taking appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies

• Building Collaborative Relationships - Ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others who can provide information, assistance and support

• System Design and Architecture - Implementing concepts for system design, ensuring compatibility with cloud architectures, and utilizing adaptive approaches for lifecycle models and methodologies

• Organizational Capability Improvement - Driving organizational performance by continuously assessing, improving, and implementing capabilities

What you have

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of people management experience leading teams of 10+ software engineers, preferably in a large, complex and geographically dispersed organization.

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with application and service development, or solution architecture building complex, resilient, and highly scalable applications in a large enterprise.

• 4+ years of experience on Native applications(iOS/Android) or Retail Web applications

• Experience developing distributed multi-tier applications and complex platform integrations

• Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, information technology OR related degree and practical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Financial Services industry

• Knowledge of cloud computing platform technologies (i.e., AWS, GCP, Azure, PCF)

• Good knowledge of API and Microservice Development using technologies such as C#/Java

Leadership Traits:

• Outstanding performer with a growth mindset and passion for driving efficiency and change

• Ability to inspire and motivate all levels of staff toward both tactical and strategic delivery goals

• Focused and disciplined leader with a high attention to detail

• Inquisitive, analytical, a strategic thinker, proactive and solutions-oriented

• High-energy, positive, entrepreneurial in spirit while goal-oriented and results-driven

• Shows a commitment to high ethical standards and integrity and demonstrates this through actions