Manager, Software Development & Engineering at Charles Schwab Inc.
Austin, TX
$91,800–$204,100
Jul 23, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A site reliability engineering role focused on keeping large-scale, mission-critical enterprise applications stable and efficient. Day-to-day work spans building automation and auto-remediation workflows, applying AIOps techniques for anomaly detection and incident prevention, designing CI/CD pipelines with embedded reliability controls, and participating in on-call incident response. Suits engineers with a strong background in production systems, cloud platforms, and observability tooling.
Senior level · 5+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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Why we read it this way (10)
No compensation figures are provided; the posting only notes eligibility for bonus or incentive opportunities in addition to salary.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role blends software/automation development (building tools, CI/CD systems, auto-remediation workflows) with large-scale systems operations (incident response, on-call, monitoring). It was classified as Software Developers (15-1252) because the JD emphasizes building and shipping automation, tooling, and CI/CD orchestration; 15-1244 (Network/Systems Admins) is the runner-up given the heavy operational and administration duties.
GCP is listed as preferred within the cloud requirement ('GCP preferred'), but the overall cloud platform requirement (3–5 years) is a hard gate under Required Qualifications; AWS and Azure are captured as alternatives.
Python, PowerShell, and Java are listed as interchangeable options under a single required qualification; Python is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and MongoDB are listed as interchangeable examples under a single required qualification; PostgreSQL is used as the primary.
Splunk, Grafana, and Datadog are listed as examples of required observability/monitoring platforms; all three are captured as separate named tools under the same gate.
Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, and Solace are listed as examples of required messaging/streaming familiarity; Kafka is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Agile and DevOps appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
The posting requires 'current working experience with Schwab systems and processes,' which is an internal-candidate signal but names no specific technology — omitted from skills per the no-generic-concepts rule.
The Bachelor's degree requirement is stated as a hard gate under Required Qualifications with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause.
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