Sr. Software Developer
Your opportunity
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
This position will be part of the Online Security Modernization Technology (OST) at Schwab, focused on providing authentication and authorization across all Schwab line of business. We will focus on driving client-centricity, reducing time to market & increasing efficiency.
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. is looking for a Software Developer III, where you will be part of a team of experienced IT professionals, full stack developers and SDETs tasked with building applications and products to support Schwab’s authentication and authorization platforms. You will be working in a fast-paced and agile environment specializing in testing, test frameworks, test infrastructure, automation code, test tools and data.
OST offers a wide range of technology opportunities for the best and brightest people to grow and prove their skills as they develop high-performance financial applications.
What you’re good at
Develop, execute, and build applications for high volume, low latency web and APIs.
- Current experience working with Schwab systems and processes
Implement restful web services, APIs, and web-based applications.
Partner with scrum team members to build applications to advance Schwab SDLCs and meeting critical business goals.
Analyze system requirements and prioritize tasks.
Write clean, testable code using .Net or Java programming language.
Develop technical specifications and architecture.
Test and debug various applications
Review and refactor code.
Mentor junior developers
Document development and operational procedure
Understand the application architecture, hosting infrastructure, interaction with dependency apps and complete feature workflow to assess all the risk around integration points before developing.
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
BS or MS in computer science or related technical field
5+ years of hands-on application programming and/or test automation / framework experience in an Agile development environment.
Hands-on software development experience in .Net or Java
A minimum of 3 experience leading delivery and adoption of technical innovation across teams.
familiarity with Agile/Lean development and testing practices, including Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
Experience with MongoDB, Aerospike
Experience with IAM, Credentials, Tokens, SAML, OAuth 2.0, PKCE and OIDC
Experience with Authentication such as Kerberos, cert based, Ping
Experience testing RESTful web using test automation frameworks. Ability to parse nested JSON/ XML. SOAP experience a plus.
Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure in a challenging environment.
Experience with source control and Agile Tools (Bitbucket, Jira, Zephyr, Bamboo, GIT)
Experience with Google Cloud
Experience with AI development
Experience working in CI/CD environment. (Bamboo) One should be able to create, change and execute job from scratch using ‘git’ as source.
Experience with troubleshooting Production issues through analysis of logs (Splunk), dashboards and metrics.
Experience with financial services or brokerage industry
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance

