Senior Java Developer - Hybrid

Your opportunity

At Schwab, you are 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. 

"Brokerage Customer and Account Technology” is a platform used by many products and services across Schwab to understand and serve our clients, so we can provide consistent individualized experiences across the Schwab ecosystem, based upon specific client needs. The BCAT organization is made up of several Agile/Lean software development teams that deliver technology solutions for our clients across different lines of businesses and different domains across Schwab. Our technology is a key foundation for internal system integrations, front-end customers, regulatory, and reporting capabilities.

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 with a target of starting core development early next year.  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. 

What you have

Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, related degree, OR related practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in actively developing large scale software using: Java, Spring and spring boot framework, cloud development, and REST API’s supporting high volume transactions in a highly available.
• 6+ years of experience working with containers and microservices in the cloud.
• 6+ years of experience in cloud deployment in a continuous integration, and continuous delivery model (CI/CD), technologies like GitHub and harness.io
• 2+ years’ experience implementing automated unit tests, acceptance test and integration following industry best practices.
• 4+ years’ experience working with databases like MongoDB, Aerospike, and/or PostgreSQL/DB2.
• 2+ years’ experience building messaging applications using messaging technologies (Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or equivalent)
• 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 that results in a stronger organization.

Preferred: 

• 2+?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.
• Experience in Financial Services industry.
• Experience in Test Driven Development.
• Proficient in developing Visio diagrams, architectural and design documentations, functional and technical specifications, automated test process.
• 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)