Specialist - 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.

Duties: Design, develop, and drive next-generation, cloud-ready applications for Research enterprise solutions targeting Schwab consultants and clients. Participate in ground-up modernization projects to improve the user experience and collaborate with technical architects to develop modern technical architectures. Lead or participate in projects and mentor junior staff. Lead or participate in developing cutting-edge proofs of concept to be adopted into the enterprise tech stack. Analyze business problems and processes, help refine requirements, and design solutions. Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to research innovative concepts in the FinTech space. Drive continuous integration and deployment strategies, leveraging tools like Jenkins/Bamboo with a DevOps philosophy. Perform level three production support activities if level one and level two teams are unable to resolve production issues. Search out and evangelize new and emerging technologies, including open-source tools.

Starting compensation for this location depends on related experience. Annual bonus opportunity and other eligible earnings are not included in the range(s) above. We offer a competitive benefits package, see below for details.

We offer competitive pay and benefits. Starting compensation depends on related experience. Annual bonus and other eligible earnings are not included in the ranges above. Benefits include: 401(k) w/ company match; employee stock purchase plan; paid vacation, volunteering, 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions; paid parental leave and family building benefits; tuition reimbursement; health, dental, and vision insurance; hybrid/remote work schedule available for eligible positions (subject to Schwab’s internal approach to workplace flexibility).

Job Requirements: Requires Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 24 months of experience in a related occupation.

Experience must include 24 months of experience involving the following: Designing and developing Java, Springboot microservices and eventdriven platforms, building scalable, high-performance RESTful APIs with enterprise integration patterns using RabbitMQ; SQL and No SQL Databases including MS SQL Server, Oracle DB, and Mongo DB; Financial services with focus of Asset, Wealth Management & Investment Research domains; Supporting investment research capabilities in Python, Matlab and Kotlin coding languages; Building responsive, user-focused applications with Angular and JavaScript; Developing and deploying cloud-ready applications on Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) or similar cloud platforms for investment solutions, developing and deploying applications on Linux Virtual Machines; CI/CD pipelines using Bamboo and GitHub; and static code analysis tools including Sonarqube, Veracode; and Agile methodologies and Atlassian tools including JIRA and Confluence.