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Software Developer- Stock Plan Services

AT Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab

Software Developer- Stock Plan Services

Phoenix, AZ

Salary: USD $87,800 - $195,200 / Year

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.

Stock Plan Services focuses on supporting equity compensation for our B2B clients. We have multiple applications that support this effort, and our mission is to launch a consolidated platform of microsites to combine these segregated applications into a holistic user experience. While executing this goal we strive to maintain excellent customer support and deliver on sustaining engineering objectives. Fueled by a diverse team of talented team-members who continuously raise the bar on delivering best-in-class products and services to people all over the world.

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The successful candidate will be one who has the experience with end-to-end project technical lead experience. Expected to write well designed, testable, efficient code and ensure solutions follow specifications. Will prepare and produce releases of software components. Will support continuous improvements by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review. Supports users by developing documentation and assistance tools. Completes applications development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Effectively navigates organization structure, and culture to negotiate win-win outcomes for the company. Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Acts as advisor to peers and juniors to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems. Able to solution Experience with test-driven development or behavior driven development a bonus.

Responsibilities include:

  • Lead the technical design, development, and implementation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems.
  • Take a Lead role coaching a scrum team in JAVA and Cloud Development platforms that includes frontend and backend technologies like Spring-boot, PCF and more.
  • Ensure deliverable meets the standards with respect to code quality, unit test cases, and best coding practices for all code implementations.
  • Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
  • Lead development on Proof-of-Concept projects to help create reusable patterns for development.
  • Participate in various agile ceremonies and appropriately lead technology solutioning across a large team space.
  • Need to have experience in preparing high level design, system design document, architecture document or similar documentation and securing approvals from architect team.
  • Should be independent and should have ability to lead and guide the team. Might need to coordinate with the offshore development team and tester.
  • Be a security champion for the team by evaluating, guiding, and resolving vulnerability free code, eliminating security gaps, and ensuring reusability, flexibility, and performance.
  • Experience with configuring automated builds and deployments with tolls such as Bamboo, Jenkins, GitHub, or Travis CI
  • Preferable to have some exposure to front end design and coding experience with Angular or similar tools.
  • Write unit test cases for all code implementations.
  • Creating Bamboo pipelines for CI/CD into PCF environments
  • Follow all guidelines for best development practices
  • Participate in all agile ceremonies and help leadership team

*This is a hybrid position working out of one of our service center locations

What you have

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.

Required Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree in computer science or related subject.
  • 3-5 years' experience with developing Java, Spring-Boot, Spring Framework, Cloud based development, Rest and micro services and micro-UI development.
  • Experience coaching junior, staff level developers.
  • Strong expertise in system design from mid-scale to enterprise application design.
  • Experience in the full SDLC including delivery.
  • Strong ability to Design for functional and non-functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, and performance.
  • 1-3 years' experience with Atlassian tool suites Bitbucket, Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence
  • Experience using IDE and GIT repositories for code management.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong ability to take proposed architecture and/or leadership goals and translate them into detailed technical design documents and lay out the solution roadmap for the engineering teams.
  • Strong analytical, communication and problem resolution skills

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

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

Client-provided location(s): Phoenix, AZ, USA
Job ID: CharlesSchwab-2024-104028
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program