Software Engineer - Specialist

Austin, TX Requisition ID 2025-112848 Category Engineering & Software Development Position type Regular Pay range USD $82,000.00 - $114,000.00 / Year Application deadline 2025-07-15 Your opportunity Charles Schwab has been a leader in financial services for nearly four decades, working to make investing more affordable, accessible, and understandable to all. Driven by our purpose to champion every client's goal with passion and integrity, we're committed to providing an environment that respects and appreciates the diversity of our employees, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal, as seen through clients' eyes, is that Schwab continuously improves on being a premier financial service provider through best-in-class service, technology, products, people, and advice. 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. 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).” As a Junior Software Engineer for the Cashiering Technology Management organization, you will be responsible for Design, Development, and Implementation of the solutions for several large/complex applications across Schwab's Journals, Wires, ACH, Checks and other Money Movement applications. Gives an opportunity to make significant influence on the application architecture to adhere to Schwab enterprise standards. What you will do • Contribute to the platform modernization strategy for financial transaction processing systems by designing and developing PaaS ready distributed services that will be exposed via Web API and REST interface to our channel partners. • Collaborate with product owner and key stakeholders in Project Management, Business, QA and Technology Operations to ensure high quality delivery of software projects on time and budget. • Work closely with product owner and team members to decompose stories, design features, and prioritize tasks. • Utilize automated software test tools and frameworks to achieve software quality standards. • Provide hands-on development and mentoring as necessary for other members of the development team. • Proactively Identify technology risks early and create mitigation plans. • Deliver artifacts for each project: Technical Use Cases, and Code Review Packages What you have Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline. • 2+ years of C# and JAVA development experience • 2+ years of enterprise technology related experience in application development using Visual Studio, WCF, Web API, .NET Core (preferred), Web Services, REST, SOAP; and Java 11+, Sprint Boot, Spring MVC RESTful API's, Open API Spec. • 2+ years developing/managing REST and SOAP-based Web Service API(s) using C# and JAVA. • 2+ years’ experience with distributed multi-tier applications, WMI and SQL DB, PostgreSQL. • Experience working in any cloud-based technologies like GCP, PCF or AWS etc., • Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum Experience adopting or managing continuous Integration and continuous delivery concepts and frameworks • Experience working with Data integrations and batch processing Preferred Qualifications • Good knowledge of CI/CD tools like Bitbucket, Bamboo, Harness, GitHub, GitHub Actions. • Hands on experience of Kafka for Messaging. • PaaS ready distributed system is preferred; LINQ for C# and Spring JDBC, Hibernate for JAVA. • Strong knowledge of software design patterns • Experience working with geographically distributed teams, working collaboratively across teams. • Experience working with Kubernetes 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 Eligible Schwabbies receive Medical, dental and vision benefits 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment