Full Stack Java Developer at Charles Schwab

Pay range:

USD $150,000.00 - $175,000.00 / Year

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).

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.

Schwab Technology Services (STS) enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technological products and services as a part of our ongoing commitment to democratizing access to investing and financial planning.

Schwab's Client Reporting Technology (CRT) has an opportunity for an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer to deliver and enhance how forms are delivered to our clients. This role will work closely with top talent at Schwab to modernize our forms away from paper to a more digital client experience. This role will also work closely to maintain and enhance an internal platform that compiles all form information to one place which enables our business units to manage forms efficiently.

CRT champions innovative and scalable technical solutions to deliver superior client communication experience, through multiple delivery channels. CRT's software product portfolio includes brokerage and bank statement applications, letters, tax documents, trade confirmations, operational and marketing communications, and regulatory forms. An ideal candidate should have experience in a technical lead role and capable of planning, designing, building, and leading next generation technology and building technology roadmaps aligning to the needs of our growing business.

What you have

As a Senior Full Stack Developer, your job activities will include gathering and interpreting user requirements, design, and development of solutions, enforcing architectural guidelines within the applications, researching, and documenting production environment issues, and conducting discussions with technical, business, and external technical partners. 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.

The Senior Full Stack Developer role responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with product owners and business partners to define strategy, road maps and scope of software requirements (decompose narratives, design features, and prioritize tasks)
• Design and deliver new concepts and features, working alongside development peers in an agile environment
• Serve as a technology team leader: leading code reviews, clarifying technical requirements, explaining end to end system flows, designing system/tech artifacts and mentoring junior team members
• Identify root causes of issues or bugs identified and remediate them efficiently
• Partner with UX experts to incorporate user facing enhancements into a complex communications system
• Partner with delivery manager, scrum master and product owner to provide development sizing estimates
• Utilize automated software test tools and frameworks such as test-driven development to achieve the highest quality in software delivery
• Support integration efforts to build whole systems from various subsystems
• Identify technology risks early and establish mitigation plans
• Lead end-to-end application delivery - design system requirements, development, quality check process including testing strategy and production releases
• Leverage AI to help speed development efforts and create a smooth and efficient pipeline.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering OR related degree and/or practical experience
• Professional level front end skillsets such as HTML, JSP, NPM webpack build and Angular development skills, typically built through 6-12 years of applicable experience
• Professional level Java web and service development skills, typically built through 6-12 years of applicable experience developing in Java/Spring
• Experience in developing Microservices, REST API's using Java/Spring boot and knowledge of messaging frameworks like Kafka
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Bitbucket/Bamboo/Jenkin/GitHub etc.
• Experience participating as a member of a scrum team in an agile environment
• Experience leading technical teams and working efficiently across multiple skill levels to produce high quality software with the best possible user experience.
• Partner with architects and product teams to create comprehensive designs and roadmaps for complex systems.
• Ability to engage in synergetic application and platform architecture design sessions
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Enthusiastic relationship builder: ability to partner multi-functionally and work efficiently with different levels and functions within an organization
• Demonstrated exposure to, or hands-on experience with, GenAI coding assistants used across day-to-day engineering workflows in the SDLC-implementation, refactoring, unit testing, regression support, code reviews, scripting/automation, troubleshooting, and documentation-while applying engineering judgment and validation. Practical familiarity with tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code is expected.
• Working knowledge of agentic workflows, spec-driven development (translating low-level design artifacts such as class structures, API contracts, and data models into structured specs that guide AI-assisted implementation), and custom instructions and prompt engineering, with the ability to establish team-level practices for effective AI-assisted development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager forms and sites a plus
• Experience with frameworks such as Java, Java Core, Spring, Hibernate, Maven
• Experience coding in Angular, Typescript, Javascript, HTML, CSS, bootstrap, backbone ReactJS (sophisticated capabilities required for front end focused roles)

What's in it for you

At Schwab, you're empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration-so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. 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