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 for this role to work on site in the specified location.
Own Your TomorrowAt Charles Schwab, we believe investing has the power to change lives. Our purpose is to champion every client's goal with passion and integrity while helping millions of investors create brighter financial futures.
Today, we're looking for engineers who are curious, innovative, and driven to help shape the future of digital financial experiences. If you're energized by solving complex technical challenges, building products used by millions, and working alongside talented engineers who continuously raise the bar, we'd love to meet you.
We're seeking a Software Development Engineer to join our Advisor Services Client Experience Engineering organization. This role will help shape and deliver next-generation digital experiences that support key advisor and client journeys across Charles Schwab's platforms.
As a member of a highly collaborative Agile team, you'll design and build modern web applications, APIs, and cloud-enabled services while helping drive engineering excellence through automation, observability, AI-assisted development, and modern architecture patterns.
This is an opportunity to work on business-critical applications that directly impact client experience, advisor productivity, and Schwab's digital transformation initiatives.
You'll have the autonomy to influence technical direction, contribute to architectural decisions, mentor teammates, and help modernize how software is built, tested, and deployed.
What You'll DoBuild Innovative Digital Experiences- Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable web applications and APIs
- Deliver modern user experiences using Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Build resilient backend services using .NET/C# and RESTful APIs
- Develop solutions that prioritize reliability, performance, security, accessibility, and maintainability
Drive Engineering Excellence- Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from design through production support
- Champion test automation, CI/CD, code quality, observability, and DevSecOps practices
- Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews
- Continuously improve application stability, performance, and user experience
- Leverage modern AI-powered developer tools to enhance productivity and innovation
Collaborate and Lead- Partner closely with Product, UX, Architecture, and Engineering teams
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning
- Help establish engineering best practices and technical standards
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and product planning activities
What you haveTo ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong experience supporting all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Experience building modern web applications using:
- Angular (v19+ preferred)
- TypeScript and JavaScript
- HTML5 and CSS3
- .NET / C#
- Experience developing RESTful APIs and Web Services
- Experience creating scalable application designs and translating requirements into technical solutions
- Strong understanding of testing strategies like behavior driven development and test driven development
- Experience with source control, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development practices
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications- Experience building cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform or similar cloud platforms
- Familiarity with observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, App Insights, or OpenTelemetry
- Experience optimizing high-volume, customer-facing applications
- Experience working within Agile and Scrum teams
- Exposure to AI-enabled software development tools and engineering productivity practices
- Financial services or highly regulated industry experience
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities
