Senior Full Stack Java Developer

Charles Schwab - Ann Arbor, MI

- Senior

Ann Arbor, MI

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

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. Personalized Investing Engineering (PIE) develops and operates Schwab's most innovative products with a primary goal of delighting our clients while empowering them to meet their financial objectives. PIE leads delivery of three products, each with a common focus on personalizing the investment experience to the needs of our customers. We invite you to learn more by visiting our product descriptions Thematic Investing, Intelligent Portfolios, and Financial Planning. The Thematic Investing Client Experience team is looking for a talented technical hands-on Software Developer to build the core trading components of a few internal and external customer facing interactive web applications. This position will be focused on contributing to a core trading component team in development practices, operational standards, platform evolution and platform resiliency. This role will require a high level of responsibility and accountability, and yet has a support structure vital for development growth while continuing to build and grow our Thematic Investing platforms. We are seeking an experienced senior software engineer to take the lead in designing and developing high-performance applications. This role focuses on building scalable services, refactoring core client services, and leading end-to-end testing and test automation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in driving test automation strategies while delivering high-quality, maintainable software.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance applications.
• Build scalable services and refactor core client services.
• Lead end-to-end testing and test automation initiatives.
• Contribute to development practices and operational standards.
• Ensure platform evolution and resiliency.
• Maintain and improve legacy code for scalability and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years professional experience in software engineering.
• 4+ years of Java and JavaScript experience.
• 2+ years of test-driven development and quality automation.

Nice-to-haves

• Expertise in JavaScript, Angular, and Java, Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience with unit, integration and end-to-end testing frameworks.
• Proven experience in test automation strategies and implementation.
• Advanced understanding of refactoring practices and maintaining legacy systems.
• Strong background in API design and architecture.
• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills.
• Experience working in agile environments and contributing to continuous improvement.
• Experience in refactoring services to modern approaches using JavaScript (Angular) for frontend and Java (Spring Boot) for backend.
• Experience working within the planning and implementation of scalable APIs, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Proven experience with delivering end-to-end testing efforts to maintain confidence in continuously delivering updates.
• Firm understanding of the test automation lifecycle for both frontend and backend services to ensure rapid, reliable releases.
• Strong Ownership of maintaining and improving legacy code, enhancing scalability and performance.
• Strong in collaboration and mentorship with management, stakeholders and those within the agile team.