Java Developer - Client Central Technology
Your Opportunity
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 Southlake, TX.
Joining this team places you at the center of a platform transformation—modernizing a legacy system into a scalable, future-ready solution that directly improves how internal representatives serve clients. Using your problem solving and analytical thinking, you’ll help design and deliver experiences that streamline workflows and drive efficiency, including emerging AI-driven capabilities that enhance how work gets done across the business. As part of this effort, you’ll contribute to building internal frameworks that are beinpg adopted more broadly, giving your work meaningful and lasting impact beyond a single application.
Within the Sales and Service Technology domain, you’ll partner with engineers, product owners, and architects to deliver modern web platforms that integrate Angular-based user interfaces with Java-driven services. By applying collaboration and communication skills, you’ll help align priorities, navigate dependencies, and deliver cohesive, high-quality solutions across teams.
You’ll lead delivery for smaller initiatives end-to-end—translating requirements into scalable designs, guiding development, and ensuring reliable outcomes in production. At the same time, you’ll mentor and support junior engineers, sharing knowledge, providing feedback, and helping grow team capability over time. Success in this role comes from applying sound technical judgment, adaptability, and a strong sense of ownership to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful results in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
- 6+ years building large-scale, highly available systems using Java, Spring, cloud development, and web services supporting high-volume transactions
- 4+ years working with containers and microservices in cloud environments
- 4+ years of professional experience with Angular, including component-based architecture, RxJS, routing, unit/E2E testing, and performance tuning
- 4+ years delivering applications through CI/CD pipelines with a focus on quality and reliability
- 2+ years of experience with PCF, AWS, and/or GCP
- 2+ years working with databases such as MongoDB, Aerospike, Redis, and SQL Server
- Demonstrated ability to apply object-oriented design principles and problem solving skills to develop scalable, maintainable solutions
- Proven ability to collaborate across product management, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver shared outcomes
- Experience coordinating work across distributed teams and managing dependencies in an agile environment
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience applying modern architecture and development standards within distributed systems
- Understanding of design patterns and how to apply them to improve system scalability and maintainability
- Experience with .NET technologies (e.g., C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs)
- Familiarity with AI-enabled development tools or automation to enhance engineering productivity
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries
- Experience with test-driven development (TDD), QA automation, and quality-first engineering practices
- Ability to create clear technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and design specifications
- Experience working in Agile environments and using tools such as Jira and Confluence
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
What you are good at
What you have
Required Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
- 6+ years building large-scale, highly available systems using Java, Spring, cloud development, and web services supporting high-volume transactions
- 4+ years working with containers and microservices in cloud environments
- 4+ years of professional experience with Angular, including component-based architecture, RxJS, routing, unit/E2E testing, and performance tuning
- 4+ years delivering applications through CI/CD pipelines with a focus on quality and reliability
- 2+ years of experience with PCF, AWS, and/or GCP
- 2+ years working with databases such as MongoDB, Aerospike, Redis, and SQL Server
- Demonstrated ability to apply object-oriented design principles and problem solving skills to develop scalable, maintainable solutions
- Proven ability to collaborate across product management, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver shared outcomes
- Experience coordinating work across distributed teams and managing dependencies in an agile environment
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience applying modern architecture and development standards within distributed systems
- Understanding of design patterns and how to apply them to improve system scalability and maintainability
- Experience with .NET technologies (e.g., C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs)
- Familiarity with AI-enabled development tools or automation to enhance engineering productivity
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries
- Experience with test-driven development (TDD), QA automation, and quality-first engineering practices
- Ability to create clear technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and design specifications
- Experience working in Agile environments and using tools such as Jira and Confluence
Why Schwab?
At Schwab, “Own Your Tomorrow” embodies everything we do! We are committed to helping our employees unleash their potential and achieve their dreams. Our employees get to play a central role in disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry, creating a better, more modern way to build and manage wealth. We’re a modern financial services firm that stands apart from the industry, where you can go as far as your ambition takes you.
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