Sr. Java Software Developer Lead
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 in the specified location(s).
This role will support the future growth of the WAS business. As a seasoned, hands-on Lead Developer of Software Development Engineering, you will enable WME to achieve consistent, predictable, high-quality delivery by implementing best practices, tools, metrics, automation frameworks, and provide oversight in the areas of software development and testing. You’ll serve as a strong and versatile hands-on technical leader. You will deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative, and rapidly changing environment.
You will play a critical role in supporting key stakeholders across the WAS organization which is focused on high-net worth and ultra-high net worth retail investors. Supported business functions span Schwab’s Wealth and Investment Solutions including Schwab Wealth Advisory. You will be working with a team of talented and highly motivated technologists that strive to make technology a strategic differentiator for Schwab’s WAS business and their clients.
What you have
- A university degree or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in software development roles with focus on software development and data products – includes 4+ years of with engineering lead experience.
- Strong knowledge and experience with data integration design patterns.
- Strong experience working on medium or large-scale data integration projects with OLAP/OLTP systems.
- Experience in Domain Driven Design, Microservices and Database design.
- Experience in implementing software development engineering best practices as well as DevOps, CI/CD, Scrum, and Kanban.
- Hands-on experience coding in Java, building REST based APIs, using messaging and streaming technologies, and development tools such as Bamboo,GitHub, and Jira.
- Hands-on experience utilizing Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud Data Flow and other technologies to build data integration pipelines.
- Experience writing automated unit, integration, and acceptance tests for data interfaces & data pipelines is a must.
- Proactively detect, troubleshoot, and remediate issues affecting production applications.
- Provide clear, concise, and timely communication to affected parties during the investigation and resolution of any individual or system-wide outage.
- Work with development teams at the appropriate stages to ensure the support strategy guidelines are followed and new systems or projects meet the Production standards.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Responsible for ensuring the Change Implementation Management policies are adhered to for all changes deployed to Production.
- Consistently update knowledge repository, ensure information regarding any support related activities or issues are available and easily accessible.
- Responsible for servicing all requests for data or other activities that require access to Production systems.
- Improve self-reliance and reduce dependency on the availability of development or external team resources for the initial troubleshooting and resolution of problems.
- Experience with scheduling tools like Control-M is preferred.
- Experience with other developments tools, such as GitHub, Harness, Launch Darkly, and mabl is preferred.
- Experience with Data Catalog tools like Collibra, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and Informatica Data Quality is a plus.
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or other Cloud technologies is a plus.
- Wealth Management and/or Financial Services industry experience is a plus.
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
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
- A university degree or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in software development roles with focus on software development and data products – includes 4+ years of with engineering lead experience.
- Strong knowledge and experience with data integration design patterns.
- Strong experience working on medium or large-scale data integration projects with OLAP/OLTP systems.
- Experience in Domain Driven Design, Microservices and Database design.
- Experience in implementing software development engineering best practices as well as DevOps, CI/CD, Scrum, and Kanban.
- Hands-on experience coding in Java, building REST based APIs, using messaging and streaming technologies, and development tools such as Bamboo,GitHub, and Jira.
- Hands-on experience utilizing Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud Data Flow and other technologies to build data integration pipelines.
- Experience writing automated unit, integration, and acceptance tests for data interfaces & data pipelines is a must.
- Proactively detect, troubleshoot, and remediate issues affecting production applications.
- Provide clear, concise, and timely communication to affected parties during the investigation and resolution of any individual or system-wide outage.
- Work with development teams at the appropriate stages to ensure the support strategy guidelines are followed and new systems or projects meet the Production standards.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Responsible for ensuring the Change Implementation Management policies are adhered to for all changes deployed to Production.
- Consistently update knowledge repository, ensure information regarding any support related activities or issues are available and easily accessible.
- Responsible for servicing all requests for data or other activities that require access to Production systems.
- Improve self-reliance and reduce dependency on the availability of development or external team resources for the initial troubleshooting and resolution of problems.
- Experience with scheduling tools like Control-M is preferred.
- Experience with other developments tools, such as GitHub, Harness, Launch Darkly, and mabl is preferred.
- Experience with Data Catalog tools like Collibra, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and Informatica Data Quality is a plus.
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or other Cloud technologies is a plus.
- Wealth Management and/or Financial Services industry experience is a plus.
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
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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