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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.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY 

The Client Data Technology team is responsible for Charles Schwab’s core client data platform that drives differentiated experiences for customers, accounts, households, and advisors through various channels (Schwab.com, rep tools, branch tools, call center, etc).  This group is primarily focused on building, delivering, and supporting sophisticated systems that power segmentation, client preferences and experiences using event driven architecture, API, batch, and eligibility frameworks to establish resilient and scalable solutions.   

We are currently in the process of designing the next iteration of our platform to support current and future business capabilities that will delight our customers. It’s an exciting time to join this team and be involved in building the next chapter of our platform that is crucial for the firm. 

You’ll be Responsible for: 

• Understanding the needs of the business, conducting research on potential options, and recommending optimal solution based on context. 
• Identifying gaps and mitigating risks to delivery, scalability, performance, security, compliance, operational readiness, and work to respond to them or advocate for prioritization. 
• Creating efficient, easy to follow architectural diagrams/documents, developing software codes and automated test scripts.
• Architect and develop effective solutions that are in line with the organization's vision.
• Delivering work on time and with quality. 
• Reviewing team’s work in planning to ensure teams understand work breakdown and dependencies when considering work sequencing and prioritization. 
• Leading a team and coaching them on engineering excellence and practices.
• Fostering a culture of engineering excellence and challenging the status quo.
• Identifying gaps in processes and services across environments. 
• Cultivating a culture of open feedback that promotes accountability for getting better together.
• Facilitating discussions ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to share their opinion and be heard, and that discussion outcomes tie to stated goals.
• Supporting team on critical production issues.
• Building relationships with adjacent domains and teams.

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

• 6+ years of experience with the following: Java, Spring framework, cloud development, and Web Services (REST, SOAP) supporting high volume transactions in a highly available environment.
• Current working experience with Schwab systems and processes.
• Demonstrated or hands-on experience with, GenAI coding assistants used across day-to-day engineering workflows in the SDLC—Design, Implementation, refactoring, unit testing, regression support, code reviews, scripting/automation, troubleshooting, and documentation—while applying engineering judgment and validation.
• Practical familiarity with AI tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code is expected.
• 2+ years of experience working with modernized batch solutions (Spring Batch, Spring cloud data flow).
• 3+ years of experience with modern databases like PostgreSQL, Aerospike or relational databases that are cloud compatible.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud deployment in a continuous integration and continuous delivery model (CI/CD).
• 3+ years of experience with continuous build process using Bamboo, Bitbucket/Git, or similar tools.
• 2+ years of experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), or AWS or GCP.
• 3+ years of experience in messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka or equivalent).
• Experience in Test Driven Development, QA Automation and Quality mindset and behaviors.
• Demonstrated ability in solution discovery and crafting designs based on engineering principles.
• 5+ years of experience demonstrating exceptional written, verbal, and people skills with proven experience communicate effectively at all levels. 
• 1+ years of Schwab technology domain experience gained as a current or recent contractor or employee
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems creatively.
• Ability to create delivery roadmap/ plans and ensure adherence.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including offshore teams
• Ability to analyze and solve problems creatively
• Ability to create delivery roadmap/ plans and ensure adherence

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment
• 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 
• 2+ years of Python experience.
• Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA, Confluence, etc.,) 
• Experience in Financial Services industry
• Ability to effectively engage subject matter experts and understand technical topics
• Willingness and ability to learn all aspects of tech stack and associated tools
• Ability to research and document production and test environments along with architecture and design work
• Proficient in creating architectural and design documentations, functional and technical specifications, automated test process

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