Manager, 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.

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.

57 – Software Developer

At Schwab, we aim to transform people’s lives by changing the way the world invests. We design innovative investing solutions for the consumer on Main Street and take pride in our consumer-focused culture of quality and excellence. We are amid re-architecting and rebuilding our core enterprise software platforms to support our rapidly growing and evolving business. Our software engineers are hands-on developers who excel in a dynamic, fast-moving, and agile environment. We are passionate about developing high quality, high performance, and scalable software.

What you are good at

• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to define strategy and

scope of software requirements (decompose stories, design features, and prioritize

tasks)

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

environment

• Participate in code reviews and mentoring junior team members

• Partner with scrum master and product owner to provide development sizing & cost

analysis estimates

• Utilize automated software test tools and frameworks such as 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 plan

What you have

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

Required Qualifications

o bachelor’s degree in computer engineering OR related degree and/or practical

experience

o Advanced Java web and service development skills, typically built through 5+

years of applicable experience developing in Java/Spring

o Professional experience developing responsive designs and single page

applications

o Experience tuning and maximizing performance for high volume pages

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

o Ability to troubleshoot environmental issues

o Ability to conceptualize the best tactical approach for a team to deliver a

project

o Demonstrated ability and interest in coaching and mentoring other engineers

o Ability to effectively communicate complex architecture designs to both

technical and nontechnical audiences

o Effective relationship builder: ability to partner cross-functionally, cross-

enterprise and work effectively with various levels of the organization

Preferred Technical Qualifications:

• Experience with frameworks such as Java, Java Core, Spring, Hibernate and

understanding of UML (Unified Modeling Language)

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

transaction processing environment

•Experience with distributed multi-tier applications, WMI, NoSQL databases, MongoDB

and/or SQL is preferred

• Experience with Cloud Technologies such as Pivotal Cloud Foundry

• Knowledge of Messaging technologies – Kafka

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities