Sr Specialist - Software Development & Engineering

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement computer and network software, as well as specialized utility programs.
• Manage the software development lifecycle, including the coordination, prioritization, and communication across the business product areas.
• Build and realize the strategy for the teams to support the dynamic needs of the SAMS business.
• Full Agile and DevOps model in partnership of SAMS business-designing/developing software solutions and business process solutions based on business needs.
• Lead application components of moderate complexity, with guidance from manager.
• Create scalable, testable, efficient software solutions and ensure designs are following specifications.
• Interact with stakeholders, product owner, business, QA to guarantee high-quality software delivery within the deadlines.
• Collaborate with team members to write stories, design, prioritize tasks, and streamline release processes.
• Actively contribute to development tasks when needed and provide guidance to team members.
• Analyze problems, propose solutions, and lead troubleshooting efforts in both development and production environments.
• Uphold software quality standards through code reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 60 months of progressive, post-bachelor's experience.
• Alternatively, Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 36 months of related experience.
• Experience must include 12 months of experience in each of the following skills: Java spring boot framework and JPA; SQL language and query optimizations to improve performance of queries; Data Structures and Algorithms to solve business problems; JUNIT framework to test and maintain high quality code; Axioma third party libraries and reading documentation, building business flows, and troubleshooting issues with integration; Implementing portfolio optimization techniques; and Cloud platforms (AWS) to deploy solutions in highly scalable environments.

Benefits

• 401(k) w/ company match
• employee stock purchase plan
• paid vacation
• volunteering
• 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• paid parental leave and family building benefits
• tuition reimbursement
• health, dental, and vision insurance
• hybrid/remote work schedule available for eligible positions (subject to Schwab's internal approach to workplace flexibility)