Sr Specialist - Software Engineer
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.
Wealth and Advice Solutions Technology (WAS Tech) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services aligned to support the technology needs of Wealth and Advice Solutions (WAS) business which is a growth area for Schwab.
This Senior Specialist of Software Development and Engineering position within WAS Tech reports directly to a Senior Manager of Wealth and Advice Solutions Technology. This role will support the future growth of the WAS Tech business. As a seasoned, hands-on Software Development Engineer, you will work with one or more WAS Tech Software Engineering delivery teams and develop software to achieve consistent, predictable, high-quality delivery by implementing best practices, tools, metrics, and automation frameworks in the areas of software development and testing. You’ll serve as a strong and versatile hands-on software technician. 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 stakeholders across the WAS Tech organization which is focused on high-net worth and ultra-high net worth retail investors. 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 Tech business and their clients.
▪ Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues using best practices to support live applications
▪ Prioritizes compliance, security, and scalability of data systems
▪ Executes strategies to restore services promptly and address disruptions
▪ Addresses QA challenges by applying best practices in testing and compliance
▪ Validates requirements and constraints to support effective development and operations
▪ Monitors and addresses security policy violations using best practices
▪ Resolves software design challenges using predictive and adaptive methods
▪ Applies best practices to build, test, and validate software components while resolving issues
▪ Consolidates software changes into secure, stable releases using best practices
▪ Ensures systems align with cloud architectures using modern design methodologies
▪ Ensures stakeholders has the necessary information for informed decisions
▪ Analyzes market dynamics, provides guidance to peers, and aligns work with business goals
▪ Anticipates consequences of situations and acts to prepare for contingencies in assigned tasks
▪ Identifies opportunities for process improvements and implements creative solutions
▪ Verbally presents ideas confidently, ensuring mutual understanding
▪ Builds credibility with expertise, transparency, and confidentiality
▪ Delivers powerful messages with persuasive language to drive viewpoint adoption
▪ Chooses effective methods to reach ambitious goals and measure outcomes
▪ Applies specialized expertise to support initiatives that optimize performance
▪ Produces work that meets or exceeds quality expectations
▪ Writes concise, well-structured, and engaging business documents
What you have
To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required Qualifications
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 8+ years of hands-on full-stack software development experience.
• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs with Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• Proficiency in building single page applications with Angular, HTML, TypeScript and CSS
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented principals and design patterns
• Application development using TDD Practices like unit testing and Behavior/Feature testing
• Experience writing unit, integration, and automation tests.
• Application performance evaluation and tuning skills
• Experience with responsive web design, and current working experience with Schwab systems and processes
• Experience building accessible web applications (WCAG 2.1 Guidelines)
• Understanding of Agile software development principles, including experience participating in a Scrum-based delivery team
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery tools - GitHub/GitActions.
• Relational database experience within MSSQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Understanding cloud-native enterprise applications deployed in PCF, AWS, GCP or Azure.
• 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.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including team interaction and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in building REST based APIs, using messaging and streaming technologies.
• 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.
• Constantly update knowledge repository, ensure information regarding any support related activities or issues are available and easily accessible.
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
To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required Qualifications
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 8+ years of hands-on full-stack software development experience.
• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs with Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• Proficiency in building single page applications with Angular, HTML, TypeScript and CSS
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented principals and design patterns
• Application development using TDD Practices like unit testing and Behavior/Feature testing
• Experience writing unit, integration, and automation tests.
• Application performance evaluation and tuning skills
• Experience with responsive web design, and current working experience with Schwab systems and processes
• Experience building accessible web applications (WCAG 2.1 Guidelines)
• Understanding of Agile software development principles, including experience participating in a Scrum-based delivery team
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery tools - GitHub/GitActions.
• Relational database experience within MSSQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Understanding cloud-native enterprise applications deployed in PCF, AWS, GCP or Azure.
• 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.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including team interaction and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in building REST based APIs, using messaging and streaming technologies.
• 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.
• Constantly update knowledge repository, ensure information regarding any support related activities or issues are available and easily accessible.
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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