Backend JAVA Software Developer

About the position

This position will be part of the Online Security Modernization Technology (OST) at Schwab, focused on providing authentication and authorization across all Schwab line of business. We will focus on driving client-centricity, reducing time to market & increasing efficiency. Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. is looking for a JAVA Software Developer, where you will be part of a team of experienced IT professionals, full stack developers and SDETs tasked with building applications and products to support Schwab's authentication and authorization platforms. You will be working in a fast-paced and agile environment specializing in testing, test frameworks, test infrastructure, automation code, test tools and data. OST offers a wide range of technology opportunities for the best and brightest people to grow and prove their skills as they develop high-performance financial applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and build applications for high volume, low latency web and APIs.
• Implement restful web services, APIs, and web-based applications.
• Partner with scrum team members to build applications to advance Schwab SDLCs and meeting critical business goals.
• Analyze system requirements and prioritize tasks.
• Write clean, testable code using Java 17 programming language.
• Develop technical specifications and architecture.
• Test and debug various applications.
• Review and refactor code.
• Mentor junior developers.
• Document development and operational procedure.
• Understand the application architecture, hosting infrastructure, interaction with dependency apps and complete feature workflow to assess all the risk around integration points before developing.

Requirements

• BS or MS in computer science or related technical field.
• 7+ years of hands-on application programming and/or test automation / framework experience in an Agile development environment.
• Hands-on software development experience in Java.
• Familiarity with Agile/Lean development and testing practices, including Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Experience with MongoDB, Aerospike.
• Experience with Token Services, SAML, OAuth 2.0, PKCE and OIDC.
• Experience with Authentication such as Kerberos, cert based, Ping.
• Experience testing RESTful web using test automation frameworks. Ability to parse nested JSON/ XML. SOAP experience a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure in a challenging environment.
• Experience with source control and Agile Tools (Bitbucket, Jira, Zephyr, Bamboo, GIT).
• Experience with Cloud.
• Experience working in CI/CD environment. (Bamboo) One should be able to create, change and execute job from scratch using 'git' as source.
• Experience with troubleshooting Production issues through analysis of logs (Splunk), dashboards and metrics.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with financial services or brokerage industry.

Benefits

• Bonus or incentive opportunities.