Lead Java Developer

Your Opportunity

We believe that, when done right, investing liberates people to create their own destiny. We are driven by our purpose to champion every client's goal with passion and integrity. We respect and appreciate the diversity of our employees, our clients, and the communities we serve. We challenge conventions strategically to create value for our clients, our firm and the world. We live and bring to life the concept of 'own your tomorrow' every day. We champion our employee strengths, guide their development, and invest in their long-term success. We hire optimistic, results-oriented, curious, innovative, and adaptable people with the desire to help our clients and one another succeed.

As a company, we were established by Chuck over 40 years ago to champion Main Street over Wall Street, and to help Americans transform themselves from earners to owners. Through advocacy and innovation, we work to make investing more affordable, accessible and understandable for all. As we enter our fifth decade, we are looking for talented, innovative and driven people who believe they can help themselves, and our clients, create a better future.

Our Opportunity:

This position is for a Senior Software Application Engineering Leader responsible for driving the delivery of innovative technical solutions within a highly distributed Java-based application ecosystem, leveraging modern micro-frontend and microservices architectural patterns. The role requires deep experience leading web platform engineering with Angular (including RxJS, state management, and component architecture) to deliver high-performance, accessible, and secure client experiences at scale.

As a leader within the Sales and Service Technology organization, this role provides both strategic and hands-on engineering oversight to ensure scalable, resilient, and high-quality systems that support key business capabilities. The leader sets front-end engineering standards for Angular applications-covering design systems, module federation/micro-frontends, performance budgets, accessibility (WCAG), observability, CI/CD quality gates, and testing strategy.

Applicant will guide engineering teams through the full software development lifecycle-from solution design and architectural alignment (Java back-end services and Angular front-end integration) through implementation, testing, release, and long-term support across the Sales and Service Technology portfolio. This includes establishing Angular best practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, and maintaining delivery excellence across multiple agile teams.

This role collaborates extensively with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and technology partners across Schwab. The leader is accountable for influencing technical direction, coordinating cross-team dependencies, and ensuring the engineering organization executes effectively in support of strategic initiatives requiring robust, enterprise-grade Angular user interfaces integrated with Java-based services.

What you'll do:

Responsibility includes but not limited to:

• Lead multiple agile engineering teams in delivering scalable, resilient software solutions across the Sales & Service Technology portfolio, ensuring engineering excellence and adherence to enterprise standards.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across Java, Angular, micro-frontend, and microservices platforms, driving modern engineering practices and high-quality system design.
• Partner with business stakeholders, Product Owners, and Architecture to align engineering execution with strategic objectives and drive delivery of key initiatives.
• Oversee full SDLC activities-including design, implementation, testing, release, and production support-to ensure operational reliability and strong delivery discipline.
• Develop, coach, and grow engineering talent while managing resource allocation, team performance, and long-term capability building.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and ensure seamless integration across distributed systems, shared services, and front-end experiences.

What you have

The candidate MUST have demonstrated capabilities with object-oriented design, strong communication skills, and the ability to lead other team members and interact with business partners to successfully interpret requirements and create effective solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, 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 with containers and microservices in cloud environments.
• 4+ years professional experience with Angular (component-based architecture, RxJS, routing, unit/E2E testing, performance tuning).
• 4+ years delivering to cloud via CI/CD pipelines.
• 2+ years on PCF, AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• 2+ years working with databases such as MongoDB, Aerospike, Redis, and SQL Server.
• Proven ability to collaborate across Product Management, Architecture, SRE, and adjacent teams with a strong bias for action.
• Experience leading work with offshore partners and external stakeholders.
• Ability to engage SMEs and rapidly understand complex technical topics.
• Strength in solution discovery and engineering-principled design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all levels.
• Demonstrated creative problem-solving.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good understanding of latest Architecture and Development Standards and Guidelines
• Demonstrated knowledge of design patterns and when to apply them
• .NET coding experience (e.g., C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, unit/integration testing)
• Experience with AI-enabled development tools (e.g., code assistants, intelligent automation, AI-driven code analysis)
• Experience in Financial Services industry
• Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD), QA Automation, and quality-first engineering behaviors
• Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural/design documentation, functional/technical specifications, and automated test processes
• Willingness to learn and document all aspects of the tech stack
• Ability to research and document production/test environments along with architecture and design work
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and hands-on Agile delivery experience
• Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA, Confluence)