Senior 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.

Stock Plan Services focuses on supporting equity compensation for our B2B clients. We have multiple applications that support this effort. Our vision is to provide employees of both Schwab and our Corporate partners with modernized industry leading products and platforms, while building a culture people love to work in.  While executing this goal we strive to maintain excellent customer support and deliver on sustaining engineering objectives. We are fueled by a diverse team of talented team-members who continuously raise the bar on delivering best-in-class products and services to people all over the world.

This position is a senior role, the candidate who has the capabilities to create user information solutions by developing, implementing and maintaining Java based components and interfaces.  They write well designed, testable, efficient code and ensure designs are in compliance with specifications.  The role includes preparing and producing releases of software components.  It involves supporting continuous improvements by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.  In addition, they will support users by developing detailed documentation and assistance tools.  The ideal candidate must have hands-on experience in designing and developing Java enterprise applications and extensive experience developing RESTful services.  Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns is a must.  Experience using Spring/Spring Boot is required.  Experience with test-driven development or behavior driven development is a bonus.

What you have

Required Qualifications

•           5+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, Engineering or related technical field
•           5+ years of work experience in a software development role where the candidate was actively writing and reviewing Java code
•           5+ years of experience with relational databases; ideally Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
•           5+ years of experience writing unit and integration tests.  Must be familiar with a least one testing framework (JUnit, Mockito preferred)
•           3+ years of experience using Spring/Spring Boot.
•           3+ years of experience developing RESTful services.
•           2+ years of experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. (Jenkins, Github Actions, Bamboo, Circle CI, etc.)
•           2+ years of experience with any cloud platform (PCF, GCP, GCP, AWS, Azure)

•           6 months or more of Schwab technology domain experience gain as a current or recent contractor or employee.

•           Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and profiling Java applications
•           Experience with Atlassian tool suites Bitbucket, Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence
•           Experience with GitHub
•           Strong analytical, communication and problem resolution skills
•           Understanding Agile and Scaled Agile (SAFe) methodologies
•           Strong ability to Design for functional and non-functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, performance, and privacy.

Preferred Qualifications

•           Experience converting SOAP services to RESTful services

•           Experience with Spring Batch and/or batch processing

Job Family-Specific Competencies

• Software Design and Specifications - Developing software solutions that meet requirements using established design principles and standards, employing predictive or adaptive design techniques, including plan-driven or iterative/agile approaches

• Software Development - Implementing standards, processes, and methods to create, test, and verify software components, ensuring reliability and resolving operational problems and bugs

• Software Release and Deployment - Managing the deployment of software updates while ensuring compliance with safety, security, and quality standards

• System Design and Architecture - Implementing concepts for system design, ensuring compatibility with cloud architectures, and utilizing adaptive approaches for lifecycle models and methodologies

• Data Engineering Fundamentals - Strategically managing and operationalizing data pipelines and storage systems for data mining, analytics, and machine learning, prioritizing compliance, security, and scalability

• Analytical Thinking - Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach