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. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate to work onsite in the specified location(s).
This Sr Specialist - Software Development & Engineering role is a
full-stack individual contributor position responsible for building end-to-end solutions across
user interfaces, backend services, frontend, data layers, and deployment pipelines. You will work on enterprise-scale platforms that require high availability, strong security controls, and seamless user experiences.
Above all else, you are an engineer-curious, pragmatic, and passionate about delivering well-designed, maintainable software. You thrive in Agile environments and enjoy collaborating across products, architecture, and operations to deliver meaningful business outcomes.
What you haveRequired Qualifications- 3-5+ years of hands-on software development experience delivering full-stack solutions.
- Strong proficiency in Java and/or C#/.NET for backend development, including REST API design.
- Experience building modern front-end applications using Angular, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Solid understanding of relational and/or NoSQL databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
- Experience using Git-based source control and CI/CD tools (GitHub, Jenkins, Bamboo, Harness, or similar).
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong grasp of secure coding practices and familiarity with application security concepts and tools (SAST/DAST/SCA).
- Ability to independently plan work, meet commitments, and deliver high-quality, production-ready code.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.
- Familiarity with message-based or event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Experience with logging, monitoring, and observability tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Familiarity with containerization using cloud native technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Financial services or other regulated-industry experience.
- Experience with coding design patterns, SOLID principles.
- Knowledge about 12 factor applications methodology.
- Prior experience mentoring engineers or influencing technical direction on a team.