Charles Schwab Inc.
Software Engineer
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Job Description
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. Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning. 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(s). Schwab Asset Management Technology supports the research and asset management platforms that help clients plan for their financial futures. Within this organization, the Investment Research Technology team builds and supports applications used by Schwab professionals and clients to make informed investment decisions. As a Software Engineer (hands-on) for Research Technology, you’ll lead through impact—contributing code, guiding technical direction, and mentoring others as we modernize key research capabilities across on-premises and cloud environments. You’ll partner closely with product, architecture, and research stakeholders in an Agile and DevOps model to deliver secure, scalable solutions that improve the experience for the people who rely on Schwab’s research platforms every day.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience developing production-grade applications using Java (Spring Boot) and Python.
- Demonstrated ability to build cloud-ready, event-driven microservices and APIs at scale using common messaging patterns (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) and RESTful services.
- Proven experience designing and building hybrid on-premises and cloud integrations.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL technologies (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, Bigtable) and when to apply each.
- Ability to work with financial datasets and partner effectively on data engineering workflows and analytics use cases.
- Experience building data visualizations or dashboards using Python-based tooling (e.g., Plotly Dash or similar).
- Hands-on experience using CI/CD and container-based delivery practices (e.g., GitHub CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Bamboo/Jenkins).
- Working knowledge of secure coding and code quality practices using common analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube, CodeQL, Veracode).
- Demonstrated skill in designing maintainable solutions using appropriate data structures, algorithms, and modern design principles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience modernizing data platforms or research technology in a regulated industry (financial services is a plus).
- Familiarity with rules engines (e.g., Drools) and data lake patterns for large-scale time series datasets.
- Experience collaborating with quantitative partners to enable or operationalize models (Python or R).
- Demonstrated ability to balance near-term delivery with longer-term architecture evolution and platform scalability.
- Strong prioritization and communication skills, including comfort explaining complex technical concepts to dive.
Skills & Technologies
About the Company
Charles Schwab Inc.
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Employment Type
Full Time
Experience Level
Senior
Salary Range
$150,000 – $181,000
Location
Southlake, TX
Posted
1 day ago
Country
US