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Charles Schwab Sr Specialist, Software Developer Austin, Texas

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.

  • Collaborate with product owners and business partners to define strategy and scope of software requirements (decompose narratives, design features, and prioritize tasks)

  • Deliver new concepts and features, working alongside development peers in an agile environment

  • Developing and providing production support to backend systems running batch jobs in Control-M and messaging in RabbitMQ

  • Serve as an informal leader: leading code reviews and mentoring junior team members

  • Partner with scrum master and product owner to build development sizing & cost analysis estimates

  • Utilize automated software test tools and frameworks including test driven development to achieve the highest quality in software delivery

  • Support integration efforts to build whole systems from various subsystems

  • Identify technology risks early and establish mitigation plans

What you have

To ensure that we fulfill our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Technical Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelors’ degree in Computer Engineering OR related degree and/or practical experience

  • Professional level .NET web and service development skills, typically built through 3-5 years of applicable experience developing in C#, .NET, .NET Core, ASP.Net, MVC, or other Microsoft based development tools

  • Experience developing/managing REST and SOAP-based Web Service API(s) in a transaction processing environment

  • 1-2 years of experience developing front-end web applications using: ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Backbone or other frameworks.

  • Experience in enhancing and troubleshooting data processing related to financial statements and regulatory statements

  • Development experience in SQL stored procedures, CRUD operations and indexes

  • Experience participating as a member of a scrum team in an agile environment

  • Ability to solve complex environmental and data issues in production and non-production environments

  • Ability to participate in coordinated application and platform architecture design sessions

  • Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences

  • Effective relationship builder: ability to partner multi-functionally and work effectively with different levels and functions within an organization

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Financial industry knowledge, specifically in the retirement plan services domain

  • Experience with non-relational (unstructured) database systems such as NoSQL, MongoDB etc.

  • Backend job management in Control-M

  • Experience with cloud technologies such as Pivotal Cloud Foundry, containers, or other cloud platforms

  • Experience using test automation tools such as Selenium, Karma, Sparta, Load Runner or other testing tools and frameworks

This job posting expires at 9am MT on 3/25/25.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

  • 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan

  • Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 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

What’s in it for you:

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 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

Schwab is an affirmative action employer, focused on employing and advancing in employment, qualified women, racial and ethnic minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodations in the application process, contact Human Resources at applicantaccessibility@schwab.com or call 800-275-1281.

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