Your OpportunityAt 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.
Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.
As a member of the Designated Broker Platform Technology, you will contribute to developing scalable, resilient solutions for corporate clients that require diligent monitoring of employee trading activities, enabling firms to proactively safeguard their operations and personnel.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Developer to design, build, and maintain secure Java-based systems that support our critical 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.
Key Responsibilities- Software development activities related to technical design, development, unit testing, deployment and maintenance of Java/J2EE/PCF based web applications
- Ability to conceptualize the best tactical approach for the team to deliver a project
- Champion/ensure adherence to coding, compliance, & security standards
- Participate in technical design sessions, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
- Deliver software components that meet performance, resiliency, and security standards.
- Evaluate and recommend new frameworks, tools, and approaches to improve team efficiency and application stability.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design artifacts and operational guides.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including QA, Production Support, Architecture, and Product-to develop, troubleshoot issues and ensure successful delivery.
What you haveRequired Qualifications- BS/MS in Computer Science or related discipline.
- Strong experience building Java enterprise applications.
- Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and integration patterns.
- 6-7 years of Application development experience with J2EE (Java 17 preferred), Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Batch) and Web Services (RESTful), RabbitMQ, KAFKA, Splunk/DataDog
- Experience with MongoDB 5.0+
- Experience in Cloud deployment (PCF/other cloud platforms) in a continuous integration and continuous delivery model (CI/CD)
- Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA, Confluence)
- Experience with continuous build process using Bamboo, GitHub, CoPilot or similar AI tools
- Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in a Scaled Agile environment
- Understands scaling, performance and availability concerns.
- Ability to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts clearly.
Preferred Qualifications- Familiarity with cloud-native development, or containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Experience with performance engineering, monitoring, and related tooling (e.g., AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, PCF metrics).
- Familiarity with Docker containerization, Harness
- Experience with modern development practices such as test-driven (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD)
- Familiarity with test frameworks like Cucumber, Selenium
"In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities."