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.

Duties: System design and specification development, program logic and flow-charting, testing, debugging, and documentation. Work closely with other development teams to deliver real-time market data, charts, alerts, and orders to millions of users of the thinkorswim Web platform. Contribute in a highly distributed, collaborative team environment. Perform high-complexity product design exercises which require extensive research and analysis. Conduct system design and specification development, program logic and flow-charting, testing, debugging, and documentation. Make design choices to be used by the development teams. Complete complex programming tasks and review of development tasks and documentation. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure teams on strategic designs and initiatives. Lead the troubleshooting of complex problems in development and production environments. Serve as a technical lead in a fast-paced environment. Position allows for partial remote work. Must live within reasonable commuting distance. Reports to company office in Ann Arbor, MI. Subject to Schwab’s internal approach to workplace flexibility.

Starting compensation for this location depends on related experience. Annual bonus opportunity and other eligible earnings are not included in the range(s) above. We offer a competitive benefits package, see below for details.

Salary: $155,038.00 - $195,200.00

What you have

Job Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Requires 6 years of progressive, post-Bachelor’s related experience, which include some experience in each of the following skills: Develop and maintain scalable, high-performance, and low-latency server applications using Java with Spring; Develop and debug concurrency and multi-threaded server applications in Java; Create and maintain applications using Java for the banking, finance, or trading industry which provide real-time market data, positions, balances, and trading capabilities; Create and tune SQL queries for use in RDBMS (relational database management systems) such as SQL Server, mySQL, Postgres or Oracle; Java garbage collection, garbage collection algorithms, and how to configure them for optimal performance; and Deploy, run, and troubleshoot Java applications on Linux using console using jstack and jmap.

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

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

Schwab is an affirmative action employer, focused on employing and advancing in employment, qualified women, racial and ethnic minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodations in the application process, contact Human Resources at applicantaccessibility@schwab.com or call 800-275-1281.