Specialist - Software Development & Engineering

Your Opportunity

Schwab remains committed to providing increased visibility to career growth opportunities and job requirements. This posting announcement is part of increased transparency and while all qualified applicants will be reviewed and considered, this organization has a preferred candidate identified for this role. 

​​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.​

​Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

At Charles Schwab & Co., we are on a mission to be the most trusted name in financial services and transform lives and investing through client-centric and innovative investing solutions. As a thinkorswim Developer II, you provide development and maintenance of Schwab’s flagship thinkorswim® Desktop trading platform. We work in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment, where developers engage in complex software design tasks and technical analysis on a highly performant, multi-threaded and resilient system, where performance is key. Specifically, this role will act as a subject matter expert on back-end core services, secure coding and working with transactional market data. 

​​Understanding of the TOS Core RMI based protocol 
Understanding of the TOS Core permission and authentication modeling
Knowledge of Gradle scripting, Team City build system, and building automated delivery pipelines 
Leading complex programming tasks, providing review of various development tasks and documentation 
Providing analysis of problems and recommending solutions​

What you have

Required Qualifications

​​▪ 3+year’s experiencewith Java
▪ Proficient with Java RMI
▪ Knowledge of secure code practices
▪ Knowledge of QD protocol
▪ Experience with ES3 storage and retrieval
▪ Handles incident responses independently while working with cross-functional teams to lessen impact
▪ Executes rigorous testing to ensure systems and products meet quality standards
▪ Effectively prioritizes requirements using roadmaps, epics, and backlogs
▪ Independently implements security controls to secure the IT environment
▪ Independently executes software design techniques that meet project requirements
▪ Applies standards and processes to create and verify software components
▪ Deploys software updates using containerization and orchestration tools
▪ Utilizes predictive or adaptive lifecycle models to develop system design components​

Preferred Qualifications

​​▪ Evaluates moderately complex problems by analyzing data and spotting trends
▪ Keeps others informed about workstream developments and updates
▪ Applies business intelligence and industry insights to support decision making
▪ Enables others to make decisions within their scope
▪ Recognizes industry trends to foresee opportunities and challenges
▪ Contributes ideas for new approaches or technologies within a defined scope
▪ Influences peers and collaborates across teams to improve workflow efficiency
▪ Verbally conveys complex concepts and engages peers effectively
▪ Acts with integrity, responsibly handles information, and communicates with accuracy
▪ Crafts impactful messages tailored to audience needs, persuading desired actions
▪ Sets challenging goals, monitors progress, and applies problem-solving techniques
▪ Evaluates market dynamics and proposes innovative, efficient solutions
▪ Delivers high-quality work with minimal revisions by adhering to standards
▪ Adjusts written tone and style effectively for diverse readers​

JobSub-FamilySpecific Competencies

• ​​​​​​​​​​​Analytical Thinking​-​Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach​

• ​​Data Engineering Fundamentals​-​Strategically managing and operationalizing data pipelines and storage systems for data mining, analytics, and machine learning, prioritizing compliance, security, and scalability​

• ​​Software Development​-​Implementing standards, processes, and methods to create, test, and verify software components, ensuring reliability and resolving operational problems and bugs​

• ​​Security Controls and Management​–​Implementing, monitoring, and administering security controls and records to ensure a secure IT environment aligned with business requirements​

• ​​Attention To Communication​–​Ensuring that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed​

• ​​Thoroughness​–​Ensuring that one’s own and other’s work and information are complete and accurate
  
  Careful preparation for meetings and presentations
  
  Following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled​