Sr. Java Developer

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.

At Workplace Services, we shape how businesses operate through innovation and growth-driven leadership. Our team supports all 3 business units (Designated Broker Services, Stock Plan, Retirement Business), offering exposure to diverse businesses and challenges. Using advanced cloud technologies and industry tools, we enable employees to make a meaningful impact.

We are hiring a Senior Java Developer to design, build, and maintain secure Java systems supporting key business functions. Ideal candidates demonstrate strong leadership and a commitment to ongoing improvement with AI tools. Join to thrive in a creative, collaborative team focused on growth, impact, and continuous learning.

Leads medium/large projects with limited oversight surrounding trade monitoring solutions

Evaluates software industry trends and suggests improvements to processes, products and services

Leads others as a functional subject matter expert and uses deep analytical experience to propose best path forward

Identifies KPI's, designs and drives teams to implement standardized logging and monitoring frameworks.

Evolves architectural patterns, standards and best practices.

Builds reference implementations and valuable documentation.

Understands scaling, performance and availability concerns.

Software development activities related to technical design, development, unit testing, deployment and maintenance of Java/J2EE/PCF based web applications

Ability to conceptualize the best tactical approach for the team to deliver a project

Champion/ensure adherence to coding, compliance, & security standards

Participate in technical design sessions, architecture discussions, and code reviews.

Deliver software components that meet performance, resiliency, and security standards.

Evaluate and recommend new frameworks, tools, and approaches to improve team efficiency and application stability.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design artifacts and operational guides.

Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams

Collaborate with cross functional teams—including QA, Production Support, Architecture, and Product—to develop, troubleshoot issues and ensure successful delivery.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related discipline.

• Strong experience Designing and building Java enterprise applications.

• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and integration patterns.

• 10 years of Application development experience with J2EE(Java 17 preferred), Spring framework(Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Batch) and Web Services (RESTful), RabbitMQ, KAFKA, Splunk/DataDog

• 1 year of Schwab technology domain experience gained as a current or recent contractor or employee

• Experience with MongoDB 5.0+

• Experience in Cloud deployment (PCF/other cloud platforms) in a continuous integration and continuous delivery model (CI/CD)

• Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA, Confluence)

• Experience with continuous build process using Bamboo, GitHub, CoPilot or similar AI tools

• Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in a Scaled Agile environment

• Understands scaling, performance and availability concerns.

• Ability to meet deadlines, goals and objectives

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work independently.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with cloud native development, or containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
Experience with performance engineering, monitoring, and related tooling (e.g., AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, PCF metrics).
Familiarity with Docker containerization, Harness
Experience with modern development practices such as test driven (TDD) or behavior driven development (BDD)
Familiarity with test frameworks like Cucumber, Selenium

Job Sub-Family Specific Competencies

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

• Business AcumenBusiness AcumenBusiness AcumenAnalytical Thinking - Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach

• Business Acumen - Ability to perform with insight, acuteness, and intelligence in the areas of the industry
  
  Make decisions and act in situations in which there is not enough information to be certain of outcome or implications of the decision

• Forward Thinking - Anticipating consequences of situations and taking appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies

• Results Orientation – Focusing on the desired result of one’s own or one’s units work
  
  Setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them

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

• 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

As part of Designated Broker Platform team, you will help build solutions for corporate clients that have a responsibility to monitor employee trading activities and proactively implement blackout windows and trade restrictions through a comprehensive approach that includes designated brokerage services, retirement and stock plan services for their employees, helping firms to proactively protect their business and employees.