Charles Schwab - Lone Tree, CO
posted 2 days ago
About the position
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 Wealth and Asset Management Engineering (WAM Engineering) is part of the Schwab Technology Services (STS) organization which is responsible for the company's use of information technology including all telecommunications, operations and client and business applications. WAM Engineering is aligned to support the technology needs of Schwab Asset Management (SAM) which is the investment advisor for Schwab's proprietary mutual funds, referred to as the Schwab Funds; and it includes Schwab's exchange-traded funds, referred to as the Schwab ETFs. With over $370bn in assets under management, SAMS is the 3rd largest provider of index funds and the 7th largest provider of money market funds. This role's responsibilities will include hands-on development, participation in architectural designs and work with junior developers in the team. The role entails full Agile and DevOps model in partnership of SAMS business-actively working with Product Owners, End-Users, Partners-in active participation in requirements, design, coding, testing (unit and functional), deployment and post-release support. This role requires a highly motivated, organized, and experienced business focused technology individual with a proven record of software delivery to a front office investment management business.
Responsibilities
- Hands-on development and participation in architectural designs.
- Work with junior developers in the team.
- Engage in Agile and DevOps model with SAMS business.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, End-Users, and Partners in requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, deployment, and post-release support.
- Plan, design, and build microservices architectures to support in-house platforms.
- Institute processes and quality toll gates to improve supportability, scalability, and performance of in-house platforms.
- Contribute to technology architecture designs to future-proof the platform and reduce technical debts.
- Apply software design patterns to appropriate use case scenarios.
- Train and work with new developers to enhance their productivity.
- Participate in TDD & BDD practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related degree, OR related practical experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on expert level development skills in .Net framework and optionally 2+ years of Angular front-end experience.
- Experience with PCF or Google or Azure cloud.
- Developer experience in Informatica, SSIS, and other ETL technologies.
- Broad and deep knowledge of IT/software technology & trends, including infrastructure support, application development, and database administration.
- An agile champion with a good understanding of CI/CD.
- Experience with GitHub or Atlassian suite of products & Jira is preferred.
- 2+ years of experience in the Financial Services Industry.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with TDD & BDD is a plus.
- Good to have exposure to Multi-Asset portfolio management and trading processing including Separately managed business workflows.
