Manager, Software Development & Engineering (Java Microservices Stack)

Your opportunity

At Charles Schwab, our purpose is simple: we champion client’s goals with passion and integrity. Guided by honesty, mutual respect and a commitment to doing what’s right, we bring innovation, education, and service together to help shape financial futures. Our people are the foundation of our success - they approach their work with curiosity and collaboration, coming together to create solutions that make a meaningful impact for clients and communities. As we expand into India, we are bringing this same culture of inclusion, learning, and opportunity to new talent. Joining us means becoming part of a global team where your work matters and your future can take shape.

Our Hyderabad location is central to Schwab’s growth, bringing together talented people and technology to drive innovation, scale and efficiency. Here, you will work alongside teams who create solutions that support millions of clients every day. The work you do is more than daily operations - it’s a chance to experiment, learn, and build within a values-driven, supportive environment. This is a unique opportunity to be part of our early growth phase and shape something new, backed by the stability and strength of a Fortune 500 company. Your impact begins on day one, and your contributions will help define our future in the region

What you have

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, testing, and delivery of complex software solutions across the thinkorswim platform
• Independently drive large-scale development initiatives from requirements analysis and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
• Provide technical leadership and direction to development teams by establishing effective design approaches, engineering practices, and implementation strategies
• Analyze complex technical and business problems, evaluate solution options, and make sound decisions that support platform reliability, scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, and technology partners to define strategy, scope requirements, decompose initiatives, and prioritize technical work
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions for distributed, high-transaction, and mission-critical applications
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead incident investigations, and drive corrective actions that reduce recurring client and business impact
• Establish and promote practices for automated testing, secure development, code quality, observability, performance engineering, and stable software releases
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive technical guidance to improve solution quality and team effectiveness
• Mentor and coach software engineers, promote knowledge sharing, and help develop technical capabilities across the team
• Identify opportunities to improve development, testing, deployment, and production-support processes and lead implementation of those improvements
• Communicate technical strategies, risks, recommendations, and progress clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting software applications •Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex development initiatives from requirements analysis and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support •Strong experience developing applications using Java and modern object-oriented programming practices •Strong experience with Spring Boot or comparable application frameworks •Strong understanding of concurrency, multithreading, distributed systems, and asynchronous processing •Experience designing reliable, scalable, high-performance, and maintainable software solutions •Experience with relational databases, data modeling, and writing efficient SQL queries at scale •Experience with automated testing practices, including unit, integration, regression, and performance testing •Experience troubleshooting complex production issues, participating in incident response, and driving corrective actions •Experience contributing to software architecture, technical design decisions, and engineering standards •Experience with secure software development practices, application resiliency, and operational support •Ability to lead technical discussions, influence engineering decisions, and communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders •Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team •Experience working collaboratively with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, QA, infrastructure, and other technology teams in an Agile Scrum environment •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Experience developing or supporting high-transaction, distributed, real-time, or mission-critical applications •Experience with Java 21, advanced Java features, JVM behavior, garbage collection, and performance tuning •Experience with messaging systems, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, or asynchronous processing •Experience designing and optimizing systems for scalability, availability, resiliency, and fault tolerance •Experience with performance engineering, capacity planning, application monitoring, and observability tools such as Splunk or Grafana •Experience with build, deployment, release, and test automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, CI/CD •Experience leading architecture initiatives, technical migrations, platform modernization, or large-scale refactoring efforts •Experience identifying and remediating application security vulnerabilities and supporting compliance requirements •Experience establishing engineering standards, improving development processes, and driving adoption across teams •Experience mentoring engineers, leading technical knowledge-sharing sessions, and developing team capabilities •Experience working with trading, brokerage, financial services, or other complex business applications •Familiarity with the thinkorswim platform or other desktop trading applications •Experience partnering with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, performance engineering, and other technology organizations

What’s in it for you

At Schwab India, you’re empowered to shape your future. We support your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture rooted in trust and collaboration - so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our benefits are designed to care for your wellbeing, your family, and your long-term financial security.

Our base benefits, wellbeing, and total rewards include:

• Competitive compensation and retirement programs including Employee Provident Fund (EPF), Gratuity, and optional National Pension System (NPS) contributions
• Robust Paid Time Off, including annual/privilege leave, sick and casual leave, public holidays, maternity/paternity leave, and more
• Comprehensive medical insurance with Outpatient Department (OPD) services, including vaccination, pharmacy, dental, and vision coverage
• Annual reimbursement for health check-ups and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Childcare (creche) reimbursement for eligible employees
• Transportation and meal benefits that support your day-to-day work
• Group life, personal accident, and critical illness insurance