Sr 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 part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and   financial planning.

Workplace Services Engineering (WSE), a sector within Schwab Technology Services, is undergoing significant transformation. Our mission is to enhance Workplace Services, redefining how employees engage with financial wellness at work. By collaborating with top employers, we provide innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions, empowering millions of participants to secure their financial futures. This business is rapidly expanding and impactful—your contributions directly affect individuals' approaches to planning, saving, investing, and achieving success.

We are seeking a highly skilled Java Developer to design, build, and maintain secure Java based systems that support our critical business functions. The ideal candidate delivers high quality, efficient, and testable code while adhering to established architectural standards. This role is well suited for someone who demonstrates strong technical expertise, a commitment to continuous improvement with AI tools, and the ability to collaborate across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, development, and implementation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems.

• Proactively leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance code quality, automate testing, and drive innovation throughout the development lifecycle.

• Take a lead role in coaching an Agile Java team, including both frontend and backend technologies like Spring Boot and PCF.

• Mentioning Spring Boot and PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) provides relevant technical context, as these are widely used in enterprise Java development and cloud environments.

• Ensure all deliverables meet established standards for code quality, unit test coverage, and best coding practices for all code implementations.

• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.

• Lead the development of Proof-of-Concept projects to establish reusable development patterns.

• Participate in various Agile ceremonies and lead technology solutioning across a large team.

• Prepare high-level design, system design documents, and architecture documentation, and obtain necessary approvals from the architecture team.

• Act as a security champion for the team by evaluating, guiding, and ensuring the delivery of vulnerability-free code, eliminating security gaps, and promoting reusability, flexibility, and performance.

• Write unit test cases for all code implementations.

• Create Bamboo and GitHub Actions pipelines for CI/CD into PCF environments

• Follow all guidelines for best development practices.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of related work experience, or a MS/BS degree with 8+ years of related work experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience actively writing and reviewing Java code.

• 5+ years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, MongoDB 5.0).

• 5+ years of experience with Spring or Spring Boot frameworks.

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and Microservices, ideally in a cloud environment.

• 5+ years of experience developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Travis CI.

• Experience mentoring junior developers.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, integration patterns (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka), and RESTful APIs.

• Experience in system design for mid-scale to enterprise applications, including translating architectural goals into technical design documents and solution roadmaps.

• Proven ability to design for functional and non-functional requirements, including availability, resiliency, security, and performance.

• Extensive experience throughout the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including Agile methodologies and success in Scaled Agile environments.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate technical concepts clearly across teams.

• Solid understanding of security, scalability, performance, and availability considerations.

• Analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with modern development practices such as test-driven (TDD) or behavior driven development (BDD)

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve code quality, automate testing processes, and foster innovation throughout the development lifecycle.

• Demonstrated expertise in leading and developing on teams composed of co-located, remote, and offshore developers and testers.

• Experience with cloud-native development or containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Hands-on experience with performance engineering, monitoring, and related tools (such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, or PCF metrics).

• Familiarity with modern development practices such as test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD), and associated test frameworks like Cucumber or Selenium.

• Front-end design and development experience, preferably using Angular or React.

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