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 preferredcandidate 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 are looking for a Software Engineer that will build and enhance our tech stack to support Charles Schwab Move Money ecosystem across both our brokerage and banking businesses. This role will immerse themselves in our tech stack (.Net CORE) while harnessing GitHub CoPilot to drive "forward thinking" ways of building software. Our Move Money teams oversee complex integration across multiple channels and business lines. You'll develop and deploy complex software components that provide Move Money capabilities across all payment rails (ACH, Wires, internal transfers, checks, etc.)  If you’re looking to bring your expertise to a firm that will provide consistent challenges, promoting development and ownership of your career, this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deliver solutions as part of an Agile Scrum team.
• Leverage understanding of software development principles and practices to help mentor and coach
  junior team members.
• Support and triage issues and participate in production support to help develop resilient and secure
  systems to prevent issues that impact our clients.
  
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to define strategy and scope of software
  requirements (decompose stories, design features, and prioritize tasks)
  
• Delivering new concepts and features, working alongside development peers and product owners in an
  agile environment
  
• Utilize automated software test tools and frameworks such as test-driven development to achieve the
  highest quality in software delivery
  
• Drive the low level design of software components and libraries used to implement business use cases

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 Qualifications:

Degree in information technology, Computer Science, related degree, OR related
practical experience
• 4+ years of experience in actively developing large scale software using: .Net CORE, C#
,  other cloud frameworks, and REST API’s supporting high volume transactions in a highly available environment
• 3+ years of experience working with containers and microservices in the cloud.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud deployment in a continuous integration, and continuous delivery
model (CI/CD), technologies like GitHub, GitHub Actions.
• 3+ years’ experience implementing automated unit tests, acceptance tests and integration tests
following industry’s best practices.
• 3+ years’ experience working with databases like SQL Server, Aerospike, and/or
PostgreSQL/DB2.
• 3+ years’ experience building messaging applications using messaging technologies (Rabbit MQ,
Kafka, or equivalent)
• 2+ years of experience with authentication protocols like OAuth and SAML.
• 2+ years of experience in authoring and maintaining integration layers with vendor systems that
act as banking and move money cores.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the demonstrable ability to communicate
effectively at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability in solution discovery and crafting a design based in engineering principles.
• Track record of pursuing and maintaining high quality while delivering on tight schedules
• Collaborative mindset coupled with a bias for action to effectively engage with all areas of the
business including Product Management, Architects, SRE, and adjacent teams, etc.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams
and manage offshore development activities.
• Ability to effectively engage subject matter experts and understand technical topics.
• Demonstrated ability to disagree, argue your case with data, and commit to deliver regardless of
the outcome of the disagreement.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems creatively.
• Track record of mentoring and coaching resulting in stronger organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), or AWS or GCP.
• 2+ years Prior experience in IT Transformations and system modernization initiatives from legacy
to distributed platforms, i.e., Mainframe Cobol apps/DB2 to Java apps/SQL or MongoDB
• Experience implementing batch application using Spring framework using control-m scheduler.
• Familiarity with Banking and Move Money cores such as FIS Profile, Enterprise Payments
Platform.
• Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural and design documentations, functional and
technical specifications, automated test processes.
• Willingness to learn all aspects of tech stack and document.
• Ability to research and document production and test environments along with architecture and
design work.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment
• Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA and Confluence)

Job Sub-Family Compentencies:

• Analytical Thinking - Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach   
• 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.
• Software Release and Deployment - ​ Managing the deployment of software updates while ensuring compliance with safety, security, and quality standards Software Design and Specifications - Developing software solutions that meet requirements using established design principles and standards, employing predictive or adaptive design techniques, including plan-driven or iterative/agile approaches
• Software Development - Implementing standards, processes, and methods to create, test, and verify software components, ensuring reliability and resolving operational problems and bug

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