Manager, Software Development & Engineering

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.

Join Schwab Mobile as a Senior Android Developer and help shape modern, high-impact mobile experiences used by millions of clients across Retail, Retirement, and Intelligent Assistant. This role offers the opportunity to lead complex Android development, mentor engineers, and influence technical direction across a highly visible native mobile platform. You will partner closely with product, design, and engineering teams while leveraging modern practices, including AI-assisted development, to accelerate delivery and raise the bar for quality, performance, and innovation. It is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who wants to build meaningful client experiences and make a lasting mark on Schwab’s mobile future.

• Working closely with senior stakeholders to understand business requirements and help translate these into technical requirements for the development team.
•  In-depth knowledge of current technological trends, developments, and best practices in information security, wireless network architecture, technologies, and concepts.
• Experience on integrating feature flagging tools such as LaunchDarkly and Optimizely.
• Experience with implementing unit test cases using Expresso, Gerkhin, Mokito, Mock etc. tools
• Leverage AI agents to accelerate Android development workflows, including code generation, refactoring, unit test creation, documentation, and engineering productivity improvements.
• Maintain and evolve AI agents that support development tasks such as peer code reviews, pull request analysis, coding standards validation, dependency analysis, and technical documentation. 
• Experience with code repository tools such as GIT, BitBucket, SVN etc
• Exceptional OO design and development skills

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

▪ BS degree in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years of Android development experience, and current working experience with Schwab systems and processes
• Extensive experience developing complex Android applications in an enterprise environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and deep experience coaching and mentoring junior developers
• Experience with agentic development practices, including designing, prompting, and integrating AI agents into software development and peer review workflows.
• Hands-on experience supporting multiple versions of Android SDKs, screen resolutions and device types.
• An expert understanding of the Android SDK and NDK

Preferred Qualifications

▪ Conducts in-depth analysis, evaluates factors, and influences decisions with insights
▪ Ensures stakeholders has the necessary information for informed decisions
▪ Analyzes market dynamics, provides guidance to peers, and aligns work with business goals
▪ Trusts colleagues to manage outcomes
▪ Anticipates consequences of situations and acts to prepare for contingencies in assigned tasks
▪ Identifies opportunities for process improvements and implements creative solutions
▪ Influences team quality and effectiveness with decisions
▪ Verbally presents ideas confidently, ensuring mutual understanding
▪ Builds credibility with expertise, transparency, and confidentiality
▪ Delivers powerful messages with persuasive language to drive viewpoint adoption
▪ Chooses effective methods to reach ambitious goals and measure outcomes
▪ Applies specialized expertise to support initiatives that optimize performance
▪ Produces work that meets or exceeds quality expectations
▪ Writes concise, well-structured, and engaging business documents

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities