Java Software Engineer

Your opportunity

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. Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as a part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

Wealth and Advice Solutions Technology (WAS Tech) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services aligned to support the technology needs of Wealth and Advice Solutions (WAS) business which is a growth area for Schwab.

This newly created role will support the future growth of the WAS business. As a Software Engineer, you will enable WAS Tech to achieve consistent, predictable, high-quality delivery by implementing best practices, tools, metrics, automation frameworks, and provide oversight in the areas of software development and testing. You’ll serve as a strong and versatile hands-on technical engineer. You will deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative, and rapidly changing environment.

You will play a critical role in supporting key stakeholders across the WAS organization which is focused on high-net worth and ultra-high net worth retail investors.  Supported business functions span Schwab’s Wealth and Investment Solutions including Schwab Wealth Advisory.  You will be working with a team of talented and highly motivated technologists that strive to make technology a strategic differentiator for Schwab’s WAS business and their clients.

What you have

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs with Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented principals and design patterns
• Application development using TDD Practices like unit testing and Behavior/Feature testing
• Experience writing unit, integration, and automation tests.
• Understanding of Agile software development principles, including experience participating in a Scrum-based delivery team
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery tools - GitHub/GitActions.
• Relational database experience within MSSQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Understanding cloud-native enterprise applications deployed in PCF, AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Proactively detect, troubleshoot, and remediate issues affecting production applications.
• Provide clear, concise, and timely communication to affected parties during the investigation and resolution of any individual or system-wide outage.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including team interaction and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with configuring feature flag using Launch Darkly and with web Adobe Analytics tagging.
• Demonstrated knowledge in troubleshooting issues using Splunk, including logging, and creating Splunk alerts.
• Application performance evaluation and tuning skills
• Experience in building nonfunctional frameworks or libraries.
• Wealth Management and/or Financial Services industry experience.
• Ability to quickly learn & become proficient with new technologies.

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities