Position Type: Regular

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.

 

Duties: Resolve problems through systematization, and develop high availability and low latency system architectures for trading runtime. Develop predictive analytics and monitoring for trading infrastructure. Develop CI/CD orchestration systems to reduce friction for software delivery to production. Develop tools, frameworks and instrumentation to validate and increase rollout success for applications using best practices and processes. Perform real-time troubleshooting of trading workflows and incorporate feedback to product development. Position allows for 100% remote work. Reports to company HQs in Westlake, TX. Subject to Schwab’s internal approach to workplace flexibility.

 

Job Location: Westlake, TX

 

Salary: $149,781 to $195,200 per year

 

Starting compensation for this location depends on related experience. Annual bonus opportunity and other eligible earnings are not included in the range(s) above. We offer a competitive benefits package, see below for details.

 

 

What you have


Job Requirements: Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related field and 60 months of progressive, post-Bachelor’s experience in a related occupation. Experience must include the following: Develop and maintain automation scripts for application updates, deployment changes, and resolve issues using PowerShell and Python; Perform application configuration, security management, network management, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot server infrastructure in both Windows and Linux environments; Design, deploy, and maintain scalable and reliable resources that includes servers, databases, networking, security, and interconnected resources in cloud environment using AWS and GCP; Manage containerization using Docker and automate deployment through Kubernetes to leverage auto scaling, load balancing, self-healing, rolling updates, and resource management; Design, develop, and maintain robust real-time message streaming using Kafka and IBM MQ to optimize message throughput and minimize latency; Monitor system health, analyze performance metrics, and proactively address application downtime and performance bottlenecks using ITRS, Splunk, and Grafana; and Automate and maintain consistent configuration access across infrastructure using SCCM, Ansible, Puppet, and Salt.


What’s in it for you

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. 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