Your opportunity

At Charles Schwab, our purpose is simple: we champion client’s goals with passion and integrity. Guided by honesty, mutual respect and a commitment to doing what’s right, we bring innovation, education, and service together to help shape financial futures. Our people are the foundation of our success – they approach their work with curiosity and collaboration, coming together to create solutions that make a meaningful impact for clients and communities. As we expand into India, we are bringing this same culture of inclusion, learning, and opportunity to new talent. Joining us means becoming part of a global team where your work matters and your future can take shape.

​​Schwab is seeking a driven, results-oriented Senior Specialist Software Engineer who shares our passion for technology, innovation, engineering excellence, and delivering exceptional client experiences. Our mission is to transform people's lives by changing the way the world invests, and our technology teams are at the forefront of that transformation.
As part of our modernization journey, we are evolving our enterprise platforms using cloud-native architectures, AI-enabled software engineering practices, event-driven systems, modern API ecosystems, and scalable distributed applications. We foster a culture of engineering excellence centered on thoughtful system design, API-first development, scalable architecture, code quality, automation, and AI-assisted software development.
This role is ideal for a software development engineer who is passionate about building modern software solutions and continuously learning new technologies. The Senior Specialist will work closely with senior engineers, architects, product owners, and cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and support software solutions that are secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable. Successful candidates thrive in fast-paced Agile environments, embrace innovation, and are eager to contribute to the delivery of high-quality software while growing their technical expertise.​

What you have

Required Skills

​​• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience building enterprise applications.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Exceptional experience developing and consuming REST APIs and integrating with distributed systems.
• Understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven design, and messaging/streaming platforms such as Kafka or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Strong experience and demonstrate proficiency in web-based technologies such as Angular/React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, jQuery, Backbone, Bootstrap, Node or similar
• Experience with source control, automated build pipelines, and modern software delivery practices.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, object-oriented programming, and application architecture principles.
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar developer productivity solutions.
• Thorough understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Self-motivated as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems
▪ Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues using best practices to support live applications
▪ Prioritizes compliance, security, and scalability of data systems
▪ Executes strategies to restore services promptly and address disruptions
▪ Addresses QA challenges by applying best practices in testing and compliance
▪ Monitors and addresses security policy violations using best practices
▪ Resolves software design challenges using predictive and adaptive methods
▪ Consolidates software changes into secure, stable releases using best practices​

Preferred Skills

​​• Experience in developing applications using modern streaming technologies (like Kafka) and protocols
• Independently plans own work and are accountable to meet schedules and deliverables
• Experience providing guidance, direction, and feedback to other technical staff to meet agreed upon objectives.
• Proficient managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, geographically dispersed environment
▪ Conducts in-depth analysis, evaluates factors, and influences decisions with insights
▪ Ensures stakeholders has the necessary information for informed decisions
▪ Analyzes market dynamics, provides guidance to peers, and aligns work with business goals
▪ Trusts colleagues to manage outcomes
▪ Anticipates consequences of situations and acts to prepare for contingencies in assigned tasks
▪ Identifies opportunities for process improvements and implements creative solutions
▪ Influences team quality and effectiveness with decisions
▪ Verbally presents ideas confidently, ensuring mutual understanding
▪ Builds credibility with expertise, transparency, and confidentiality
▪ Delivers powerful messages with persuasive language to drive viewpoint adoption
▪ Chooses effective methods to reach ambitious goals and measure outcomes
▪ Applies specialized expertise to support initiatives that optimize performance
▪ Produces work that meets or exceeds quality expectations
▪ Writes concise, well-structured, and engaging business documents​