Pay range: USD $105,000.00 - $135,000.00 / 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. The Operational Services organization at Schwab partners with teams across the firm to deliver on service promises to Schwab clients. We are responsible for protecting and safeguarding the assets of the firm and our clients while continuing to increase scalability and efficiency.
The Operations Transformation Office (OTO) is responsible for transforming Operational Services into a highly scalable organization, while creating a culture of excellence in how we create shared value for clients, manage risk, cultivate talent, and collaborate with partners across the firm. Within the OTO our Business Technology team creates web applications and automation jobs to provide scalability and improve the experience for the Operations employees processing work.
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As a Business Led Development developer, you create applications by working directly with the operations employees and learning their processes. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of software development: gathering business requirements, developing the application, writing unit tests, and coordinating testing and deployment. Our applications may be completely automated jobs for moving and providing data into core systems and reports or also web applications for data entry and workflow management. We interact with many different internal core systems and a variety of projects in order to keep the core business operations functions running as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
Application Development
- Developing and deploying solutions inclusive of unit, regression and functional test plans
- Participating and assisting in application architecture functions
- Working independently or with a team on low, moderate and highly complex programming tasks
- Developing and testing internal web applications, including UI design
- Supporting existing applications using VBA, C#, Javascript and similar technologies
- Analyzing software problems utilizing debugging tools/methods and code fixes
- Designing, creating and managing database tables
- Automating user interface interactions using programming
- Performing Peer Code Reviews and helping to communicate coding standards
- Assisting in mentoring Jr level associates in programming practices and design
- Optimizing applications for memory and processing requirements
Business Solution Development
- Using business knowledge to coordinate various solutions/improvements to enhance operational scalability
- Leading discussions with the business during analysis and problem solving sessions
- Analyzing business processes and providing technical solutions
- Communicating technical aspects of business processes
- Assisting with measuring impact of application and prioritizing future deliverables and dependencies
- Relating technical terms and concepts to non-technical business users
- Partnering with internal business units to write user stories, success criteria, and JIRA tickets
- Scoping projects for effort and risk. Helping to define tasks for each deliverable
- Establishes appropriate expectations for development to be completed while using an Agile approach, demoing projects regularly and responding to feedback
What you have
- At least 6 years of demonstrated experience with full-stack application development and progressive levels of responsibility.
- Abilities in developing web and or desktop solutions using some of the following language(s) (VBA, Python, C#/VB.NET, Blazor, Javascript, HTML, Angular)
- Strong knowledge of dynamic website design and comfort with various technologies including (SOAP/RESTful Web Services, ASP.NET/MVC, XML, JSON, Angular)
- Ability to interpret business requirements / user stories into technical deliverables
- Working knowledge of SQL and database design
- Self-starter who can drive and execute against outcomes
- Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure
- Attention to and appreciation for detail with proven ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver quality outcomes within short timeframes
- Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as the ability to develop concise and effective communications tailored to specific audiences
- Proven creativity and resourcefulness in uncovering sources of information
- Excellent problem-solving and advanced critical-thinking skills
- Ability to train and develop less experienced application developers
- Financial services and especially Schwab experience strongly preferred
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