Sr 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.

​​Enterprise Component Team in Retail Web technologies (RWT) is responsible for designing, building and supporting customer facing and backend applications for Charles Schwab. We have been a key partner working with product teams to deliver excellent client experience to the millions of Schwab users.  

As a team member, you will work in one or more product channels to build enterprise apps that meet and exceed client’s needs, work closely with product teams to pair your mobile technology knowledge with product knowledge to create creative and innovative solution that thrill customers and disrupt competitors. We are continuously working to embrace the latest technologies and practices to attract and retain top talent and foster a safe environment for personal growth and idea sharing.  

This role requires the Development Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the User Experience and APIs and will work alongside a team of seasoned engineers whose main objective is to maintain all aspects of the overall software development lifecycle and ensure the on-time, quality delivery of software product releases. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and execute testing strategies that meet our quality standards.​

What you have:

​​• A passion for digital innovation and commitment to superb client experience 
• Work closely with Tech leads and business partners to define Agile stories for new capabilities.  
• Hands on coding, unit testing and production issue solving.  
• Assist in design and implementation of new stories and bug fixes.  
• Partnering with fellow developers, product owners, technical leads and architects.  
• Develop with the user in mind and have a clear understanding of what KBI we are targeting 
• Working cross-organizationally both within Schwab and with external vendors, both on and offshore ​

What you have

Required Qualifications:

- 5+ years of proven experience developing and implementing applications, particularly web-enabled applications using:  
• Front End Technologies/Concepts: NET, Angular and/or AngularJS, JSON/XML, Sync/ASync services  
• Back End Technologies/Concepts: .NET, .NET core, C# and RESTful API design, Micro-Services 
• Database Technologies/Concepts:  Relational (SQL/Oracle) and object-relational database, optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, and database objects          
• Event-driven architecture and Concepts: Implementing the pub sub event driven architecture design pattern using RabbitMQ, and Kafka 

- Comfortable with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) concepts, unit testing principles and implementations, API test automation techniques as well as automated deployment pipeline tools 
- Source code repositories and tools, including Bitbucket, GitHub, VSS, Bamboo CI/CD pipelines and Creating JMeter test scripts 
- Solid understanding in web application environments and development tools, session state management, web configuration and deployment strategies, security and performance tuning, and debugging methodologies 
- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills  
- Effective time management. Must be able to prioritize and multi-task effectively  
- Have a passion for problem solving, the ability to quickly learn new concepts, and must be able to interact with all levels of technical and business teams  
- Be a team player, self-motivated and able to work collaboratively across organizations and geographic locations  

- AI-Assisted Testing Skills 
• Practical use of AI coding/testing assistants (e.g., Copilot) to accelerate design or automation coding in day-to-day work 
• Ability to review and correct AI-generated code before merge  
• Ability to create structured prompts that produce reproducible automation outputs (same input → same expected test artifact pattern)
• Understanding of data/privacy guardrails when using AI tools (no sensitive production data in prompts; follows company policy)

Preferred Skills:

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Experience in regulated domains (financial services, healthcare, etc.) 
experience mentoring/assisting junior team developers on team  
Passion for enterprise-level agile development 
Evidence of measurable impact from AI usage ​