Jr. Software Developer

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. 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). 

The Associate Software Engineer/Developer will join the Order Management & Risk Technology team, which supports trading and risk-management capabilities across digital assets, equities, options, futures, and foreign exchange for Schwab’s active trader clients. You’ll contribute to software solutions that help power a high-volume trading environment supporting more than 2 million trades per day. 

Working as part of an Agile Scrum team, you’ll develop, test, troubleshoot, and support secure and resilient Java applications while building your technical expertise. You’ll collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and technology partners to understand requirements, solve problems, and deliver quality solutions. Your analytical thinking, adaptability, and communication skills will help you investigate issues, contribute to production support, and continuously improve how the team delivers technology for Schwab clients. 

What you have

Required Qualifications 

• Software development experience using Java gained through relevant coursework, technical training, certifications, internships, or professional experience 

• Software Development skills with the ability to develop, test, troubleshoot, and support applications 

• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving skills with the ability to evaluate technical issues and contribute practical solutions 

• Communication and Collaboration skills to work effectively with technical and business partners 

• Experience using an integrated development environment, preferably IntelliJ, and familiarity with source code repositories such as GitHub or Bitbucket 

• Experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI tools to support software development activities 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 1+ years of software development experience, including relevant internship experience 

• Experience developing applications using Java in an academic, internship, or professional setting 

• Experience or relevant knowledge of financial services or trading 

• Exposure to messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Solace, FTL, or Redpanda 

• Exposure to observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk 

• Exposure to Oracle RAC, Oracle Coherence, Docker, or Kubernetes 

• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or Bamboo 

• Learning Agility and Adaptability, with the ability to learn new technologies and apply new concepts to defined problems 

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.