Associate - Software Development & Engineering

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).

Workplace Services Engineering (WSE) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services that is embarking on a major transformation. We support Workplace Services, and we're shaping the future of how people experience financial well-being at work. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger financial futures. This is a fast-growing, high-impact business where scale meets purpose-where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed.

As a key growth engine for the firm, we're investing more than ever to expand our capabilities, modernize platforms, and elevate the experiences we deliver to employers and their employees. Our teams work at the intersection of technology, service, and financial expertise-supporting workplace clients with solutions that scale, adapt, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Here, your ideas help shape what's next for workplace financial services. If you're energized by solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and making a real difference in the workplace services industry, you'll find your place here.

We are seeking a motivated candidate to join our engineering team as an Associate Software Engineer. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong foundation in .NET, C#, and modern software development, along with exposure to Generative AI (GenAI) concepts. You will work alongside senior engineers to build, enhance, and modernize enterprise applications deployed on PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) while gaining hands-on experience with GenAI-enabled application features.

Key Responsibilities:

Software Development

• Design, develop, and maintain applications using C# and .NET / .NET Core
  Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following team standards
  Support development of RESTful APIs and backend services
  Assist with debugging, testing, and performance optimization

Platform & Deployment (PCF)

• Deploy and run applications on PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) with guidance
  Learn platform fundamentals such as:
  Buildpacks
  Application manifests
  Environment variables and service bindings
  Understand basic application ?? (operations) concepts such as monitoring, logs, and restarts

Generative AI (GenAI)

• Assist in building and integrating GenAI-powered features such as:
  Chat or assistant capabilities
  Content generation or summarization
  Intelligent search or Q&A
  Work with GenAI APIs, SDKs, or frameworks under senior guidance
  Support prompt design, testing, and basic evaluation of GenAI outputs
  Follow responsible AI practices (accuracy, security, responsible use)

Collaboration & Agile Practices

• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (standups, planning, demos, retrospectives)
  Collaborate with engineers, architects, and QA team members
  Document technical designs, learnings, and implementation details

Learning & Growth

• Learn enterprise engineering standards, security practices, and platform guidelines
  Continuously improve skills in .NET, PCF, and GenAI
  Demonstrate ownership, curiosity, and willingness to learn from feedback

What you have

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
• Strong foundation in C#
• Working knowledge of .NET / .NET Core
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
• Familiarity with REST APIs, SQL or relational databases and Git or version control tools
• Basic understanding of Generative AI concepts
• Familiarity with using GenAI tools or APIs (prompting, basic integrations)

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.