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# Manager, Software Development & Engineering

- **Company:** TD Ameritrade
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $128,877.0 - $224,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Profiling, Databases, Groovy, HP Loadrunner, Apache JMeter, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, Node.Js, Oracle (Applications), SQL Databases, Web Usability, Gatling, Puppeteer (Software), Adobe, Blazemeter, Information Technology, Splunk, Appdynamics
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.schwabjobs.com/financial-consultant-academy-opportunity-branch-network

## About the Role

Experience must include 60 months of experience involving the following: AD1/CD1 workload models, production datadriven modeling, and volume forecasting; JMeter, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, Gatling, Puppeteer, and Lighthouse; Java, C/VuGen, JavaScript/Node.js, Groovy, SQL, SPL, Python, and Shell; AppDynamics (server + EUM), Splunk dashboards, Adobe mPulse, and UX-Profiler; Custom Puppeteer/Node.js framework, POC evaluations for mPulse/EUM/Lighthouse, and Core Web Vitals; and CPU, memory, GC, request rate, error rates, and response time across ASP.NET/.NET Core/Java.

## Description

Job Duties: Create and review test data, scripts, and performance test executions. Monitor CPU and memory usage, garbage collection, request rate, error rates, and average response time. Review project specifications and work with multiple teams to understand nonfunctional requirements, including system architecture, design, and internal and external interfaces. Investigate and identify root causes of performance bottlenecks at the web (IIS), application (Java and .NET), database (Oracle/MongoDB), and message queue (RabbitMQ and Kafka) layers. Configure APM tools like AppDynamics for monolith ASP.NET, PCF .NET Core, and Java applications, and create alerts and set up monitoring dashboards using AppDynamics and Splunk. Assess performance requirements on a release basis to ensure no impact on user experience due to code changes or enhancements in each sprint.


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