Sr Java Engineer - Workplace Services Engineering

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.

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).

Workplace Services Engineering (WSE) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services that is embarking on a major transformation. We support Workplace Services, and we’re shaping the future of how people experience financial well‑being at work. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger financial futures. This is a fast‑growing, high‑impact business where scale meets purpose—where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed.  

As a key growth engine for the firm, we’re investing more than ever to expand our capabilities, modernize platforms, and elevate the experiences we deliver to employers and their employees. Our teams work at the intersection of technology, service, and financial expertise—supporting workplace clients with solutions that scale, adapt, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Here, your ideas help shape what’s next for workplace financial services. If you’re energized by solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and making a real difference in the workplace services industry, you’ll find your place here.

We are seeking a highly skilled full-stack Sr. Software Engineer (Java/Angular) to design, build, and maintain secure Java based systems that support our critical PCIS 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.

Position 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.
• 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 hands-on software development with Java (Spring Boot preferred), RESTful services, and microservice patterns.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience actively writing and reviewing Java code.
• 5+ years of strong SQL and schema design with SQL Server (query optimization, indexing, transactions); working familiarity with Oracle.
• 2+ years of hands-on software development with Angular
• Demonstrated success delivering production systems in Agile teams; comfortable owning features end‑to‑end from design through production support.
• Hands‑on experience with automated testing (unit/integration/API/contract), CI/CD pipelines, artifact/version management, and branch strategies.
• Practical implementation of resiliency, performance budgeting, and observability (metrics/logging/tracing) in distributed services.
• Clear communicator who can explain trade‑offs to engineers and product partners; proven ability to lead through code, patterns, and example.
• Familiarity with Scrum events and scaled ceremonies (PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, I&A); comfortable estimating, slicing, and improving flow.

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