Sr Manager, Software Engineering - Core Brokerage Services Engineering

Your opportunity

At Charles Schwab, our purpose is simple: we champion client’s goals with passion and integrity. Guided by honesty, mutual respect and 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​.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all processes of SDLC for the Mainframe application and collaborate with cross-platform tech leads implementing scalable solutions that meet business goals.
• Familiarity with building interfaces between Legacy and modern distributed applications.
• Be able to contribute to solutioning, Design and implementation of modernization strategies for legacy applications, including mainframe migration and refactoring, mainframe callouts to Distributed platforms.
• Evaluate existing legacy systems for automation and propose solutions for improving performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Proven Exposure to AI and with automation using AI, LLMs (GitHub Copilot, Python, etc.).
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends related to legacy application modernization.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with business stakeholders, platform teams, Architects and other domain teams.
• Be the business liaison creating and fostering strong partnerships with Product Owners and Business Users, ensuring appropriate prioritization of User Stories with a view to delivering to Business needs and priorities.
• Experienced in Agile software development practices, act as a mentor for developers, offering guidance and support to augment their skillsets in their tech stack as well as interfacing technologies.
• Strong commitment to adhering to project timelines and delivering high-quality results within specified deadlines.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• ​​BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience as a software developer, with at least 3+ years in a Tech Lead role.
• Proven track record of leading the design & development of complex, enterprise-level software systems involving Mainframe integrated with distributed applications.
• Good knowledge and hands-on experience in Financial Industry – specifically with Brokerage Business and transactions processing/Balances/Positions, familiarity with Corporate Actions.
• Strong expertise in Mainframe technologies (JCL, COBOL, Easytrieve, MQs, DB2, Stored Procedures, CICS, VSAM, etc.).
• Proficient in SQL, data analysis, data driven requirement gathering and troubleshooting.
• Experience in leading development on High-Volume batch applications with tight SLA’s and ability to lead production recovery, troubleshooting through data analysis, sort techniques, scheduling strategies etc.
• Experience with Scheduling tools such as Control-M/ESP/OPC etc.
• 3-6 months of hands-on experience with AI automation (GitHub Copilot, Python, others).
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, design principles and scalability considerations.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally.
• Experience in mentoring software development teams. ​

Preferred Qualifications
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• Experience/familiarity with Stored Procedures, Datacom DB, DB2, Postgres SQL.
• Exposure to Tools such as ChangeMan, BMC Remedy, Xpeditor, File-Aid/StarTool, REXX, Jira, Rally.
• Experience in 3-tier application with Mainframe batch integrated with distributed processing.
• Experience with Messaging technologies such as IBM MQs, Rabbit MQ, file transfers (SFTP, Globalscape), NAS, SPOS, ES3.
• Some exposure to Distributed technologies (e.g., Java, Javascript, .NET, C#, Springboot, etc., Shell Scripts).
• Some experience and familiarity with file transmissions, Cloud, SPOS, REST APIs, Callouts from Mainframe to Distributed services, KAFKA, KAFKA Connect, Security Tokens and authentication mechanisms.
• Experience as a developer on an agile scrum team is a plus.
• Some exposure/knowledge of AI & AI based automation (exposure to GitHub Copilot preferred along with some Python skills).
• Exposure to Customer Communication Management Systems like OpenText Exstream is a plus.
• Familiarity with Git, continuous integration /continuous delivery (CI/CD) techniques .​