Senior Software Engineer

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This is a Software Developer Senior role in the WAS Tech (Wealth and Advice Solutions Technology) Organization.

WAS Tech is aligned to support the technology needs of Schwab Asset Management Solutions (SAMS) which is a Schwab organization that unites money management, research, and asset management platforms for mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), managed accounts, alternative investments and insurance.

Our team delivers and supports Advice applications and products used by Schwab Representatives and our Clients as they plan for their financial futures. The position will directly support the SAMS managed investing and advice technology platform and be responsible for providing technical leadership within the engineering team and for our business partners. As a Software Developer Senior, you will be responsible for delivering high quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative, and rapidly changing delivery environment.

It requires highly motivated and focused developers curious to build new and innovative solutions for our Clients.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, support and drive the next generation/cloud ready applications for Advice enterprise solutions targeted for Schwab consultants and clients

• Support applications and systems in a production environment

• Review requirements and translate them into a documented technical design

• Work with an Agile team to deliver solutions

• Interact with individuals from across Schwab in different supporting organizations and business groups

• Participate in ground up modernization projects to improve user experience and collaborate with the technical architects to develop modern technical architectures

• Lead projects, participate in mentoring junior staff

• Lead or Participate in developing cutting edge proof of concepts to be adopted into enterprise tech stack

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to research on innovative concepts in the Fin Tech space

• Drive continuous integration and deployment strategies leveraging tools like Jenkins/Bamboo with a Dev Ops philosophy

• Perform level three production support activities if the level one and level two teams are not able to resolve production issues

• Be a champion of new ways of collaborating with technology and business partners

• Search out and evangelize new and emerging technologies including open source tools

• Influence and implement improvements and efficiencies in the technical aspects of the development process

• Ensure the highest quality software is developed, delivered and maintained

• Be a key leader in the agile process fostering collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and transparency

• Be a mentor and positive role model to junior members of the team

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or related practical experience

• 10+years demonstrated real world experience in enterprise web application development

• 8+ years’ experience in developing Microservices and spring boot applications

• 8+ years demonstrated real world experience in object-oriented languages such as Java, C# or C++

• 8+ years demonstrated real world experience in software engineering principles, such as software design patterns

• 8+ years demonstrated real world experience in database principles, such as SQL, Oracle, Mongo
  
  DB or Hadoop

• 5+ years’ experience working in Agile Software development and delivery models

• 5+ years’ experience working with Rabbit MQ

• 5+ years’ experience building REST API’s and experience developing 12 factor applications

• 5+ years’ experience developing applications for the financial industry

• 5+ years’ experience reviewing and mitigating security issues with both modern and legacy Java/J2EE applications

• 5+ years’ experience working with offshore teams in a hybrid operating model

• 5+ years’ experience migrating applications from legacy platforms to cloud ready architecture

• Extensive knowledge of the Schwab Advice Suite legacy platform required

• Extensive knowledge of financial planning application specifically in the areas of Portfolio Analysis and Optimization required

• Experience using Pivotal Cloud Foundry platform and building cloud ready…