Your opportunity

At Schwab, you are 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. 

The Banking Technology organization provides strategy and technology partnership to Charles Schwab Bank. Our strategy and technology partnership ensures the delivery of a best in class set of applications selected and designed to support key banking products and services for our clients. The application portfolio is a combination of SaaS and in-house developed applications. Our technology is a key foundation for internal system integrations, front-end customers, regulatory, and reporting capabilities. This position will be responsible for delivering high quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative and rapidly changing delivery environment. It requires highly motivated and focused developers curious to build new and innovative solutions for our clients. 

We are currently in the process of designing the next generation of our platform to support current and future business capabilities that will delight our customers with a target of starting core development early next year.  It’s an exciting time to join this team and be involved in building the next chapter of our platform that is crucial for the firm. 

What you have

Required Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, related degree, OR related practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in actively developing large scale software using: Java, Spring and spring boot framework, Spring Cloud Dataflow and other cloud frameworks, and REST API’s supporting high volume transactions in a highly available environment
• 6+ years of experience working with containers and microservices in the cloud.
• 6+ years of experience in cloud deployment in a continuous integration, and continuous delivery model (CI/CD), technologies like GitHub, Bamboo, GitLab.
• 6+ years’ experience implementing automated unit tests, acceptance tests and integration tests following industry best practices.
• 6+ years’ experience working with databases like MongoDB, Aerospike, and/or PostgreSQL/DB2.
• 4+ years’ experience building messaging applications using messaging technologies (Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or equivalent)
• 4+ years of experience with authentication protocols like OAuth and SAML.
• 4+ years of experience in authoring and maintaining integration layers with vendor systems that act as banking and move money cores.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability in solution discovery and crafting a design based in engineering principles.
• Track record of pursuing and maintaining high quality while delivering on tight schedules
• Collaborative mindset coupled with a bias for action to effectively engage with all areas of the business including Product Management, Architects, SRE, and adjacent teams, etc.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams and manage offshore development activities.
• Ability to effectively engage subject matter experts and understand technical topics.
• Demonstrated ability to disagree, argue your case with data, and commit to deliver regardless of the outcome of the disagreement.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems creatively.
• Track record of mentoring and coaching those results in a stronger organization.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 3+ years of experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), or AWS or GCP.
• 2+ years Prior experience in IT Transformations and system modernization initiatives from legacy to distributed platforms, i.e., Mainframe Cobol apps/DB2 to Java apps/SQL or MongoDB
• Experience implementing batch application using Spring framework using control-m scheduler.
• Familiarity with Banking and Move Money cores such as FIS Profile, FiServ Enterprise Payments Platform.
• Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural and design documentations, functional and technical specifications, automated test process.
• Willingness to learn all aspects of tech stack and document.
• Ability to research and document production and test environments along with architecture and design work.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment
• Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA and Confluence)

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. 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