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.
The thinkorswim development team is looking for a talented java developer to join our team, working on an industry-leading desktop trading platform. We work in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment, where developers have the opportunity to perform complex software design tasks and technical analysis on a highly performant, multi-threaded and resilient system, where high performance is key. Specifically, this role will act as a subject matter expert on the UI module, while also providing expertise on our installer, java updater, and various backend modules.
What you are good at
- Performs product design & troubleshooting exercises of extremely high complexity which require extensive research and analysis
- Leads system design and specification development, program logic and flow-charting, testing, debugging, and documentation
- Will be responsible for making complex design choices to be used by the development teams
- Leads complex programming tasks, providing review of various development tasks and documentation
- Provides analysis of problems and recommends solutions
- A key contributor in client/technology interactions in the development of technology solutions
- Will interface with Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure teams on strategic designs and initiatives
- Leads the troubleshooting of complex problems in development and production environments, ensuring timely resolution of issues
What you have
To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of 'challenging the status quo,' this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ Years of Java, J2EE (both client and server side) required
- 5+ Years Experience with OOA/OOD, distributed systems/software, real time processing, relational database systems, messaging systems preferred
- Experience working with java swing desktop applications required
- Experience working on the thinkorswim desktop required
- Experience with rich UI frameworks like Angular JS, jQuery, HTML 5, Swing, Java FX or similar frameworks/APIs required
- Experience with concurrency & multi-threading required
- Experience with scaling, Java Garbage Collection, and performance tuning required
- Experience with compilers or DSLs preferred
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns (GoF)
- Experience with agile, test-driven development
- Experience with application development frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, JSF or similar frameworks
- Experience with Unix/Linux, Windows
- Experience working with Schwab processes and systems
- Experience with build, deploy and test automation tools like Ant, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, TeamCity, Junit, TestNG, JaCoCo or similar tools
- Demonstrated experience working with core business logic within applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
# of Years Required:
- 5+ Years of Core Java (both client and server side)
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar degree
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities
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
