Lead Java Developer - Data Engineering

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.

Wealth and Asset Management (WAM) Engineering is an organization within Schwab Technology Services aligned to support the technology needs of Schwab Asset Management (SAM), Wealth & Advice Solutions (WAS), the Schwab Center for Financial Research (SCFR), and Third-Party Platform teams. Wealth Management Engineering (WME), an organization within WAM Engineering, is dedicated to providing support to WAS which is a growth area for Schwab.

This newly created role will support the future growth of the WAS business. As a seasoned, hands-on Lead Developer of Software Development Engineering, you will enable WME to achieve consistent, predictable, high-quality delivery by implementing best practices, tools, metrics, automation frameworks, and provide oversight in the areas of software development and testing. You’ll serve as a strong and versatile hands-on technical leader. You will deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative, and rapidly changing environment.

You will play a critical role in supporting key stakeholders across the WAS organization which is focused on high-net worth and ultra-high net worth retail investors. Supported business functions span Schwab’s Wealth and Investment Solutions including Schwab Wealth Advisory. You will be working with a team of talented and highly motivated technologists that strive to make technology a strategic differentiator for Schwab’s WAS business and their clients.

What you have

Lead team members and work with partners to deliver Integration Fabric platform across the full software development lifecycle - designing, developing, testing, and support. Design, implement, influence, and refine architecture designs and technologies to develop various components of an Integration Fabric. Implement and coach on software development best practices as the go-to development partner for the scrum team members. Coach team members on software development best practices and data integration patterns. Assist leaders with talent acquisition by identifying resource needs, interviewing candidates, and onboarding new engineers and analysts.

Additionally, define and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical database models by working with business stakeholders and identifying optimal database specifications. Ensures that database design and system capabilities meet validated user requirements. Work with application development teams designing, developing, and enhancing database schemas, creating database views, helping with query optimization, and figuring out ways to increase application performance. Enhance and recommend solutions / processes for downstream impact analysis associated with data and/or model changes. Work with various IT departments within Schwab to perform preventive and corrective maintenance and incident management measures. Ensure database integrity, availability, and restorability by working with enterprise operational excellence teams. Evaluates the integration of new tools or technologies based on the capabilities of the existing infrastructure. Recommend solutions and help with functional and performance testing needs (mock data, test environments, data refresh processes). Responsible for coordination of planning the installation of operating systems, databases, applications, development upgrades, and new releases. Follow and develop database standards, guidelines, and best practices. Establishes standards, controls, and procedures to ensure data integrity and security. Perform capacity planning and projection for future growth. And finally, be able to work in an Agile Scrum environment., + Provide clear, concise, and timely communication to affected parties during the investigation and resolution of any individual or system-wide outage.

• Responsible for ensuring the Change Implementation Management policies are adhered to for all changes deployed to Production.

• Work with development teams at the appropriate stages to ensure the support strategy guidelines are followed and new systems or projects meet the Production standards.

• Constantly update knowledge repository, ensure information regarding any support related activities or issues are available and easily accessible.

• Responsible for servicing all requests for data or other activities that require access to Production systems.

• Improve self-reliance and reduce dependency on the availability of development or external team resources for the initial troubleshooting and resolution of problems.

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field.

• 7+ years of experience in software development roles with focus on software development and data products - includes 4+ years of with engineering lead experience.

• 3 years or more experience with Postgres database management. The candidate must additionally have experience with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and/or Mongo DB.

• Must have worked as alongside a business vertical to establish nomenclature, data catalogs, provenance, standards, semantics and usage of data.

• Deep knowledge and experience with query development and optimization (SQL, PL/SQL, and No SQL)

• Experience in performance-tuning database applications is a MUST.

• Strong knowledge and experience with data integration design patterns.

• Strong experience working on medium or large-scale data integration projects with OLAP/OLTP systems.

• Experience in Domain Driven Design, Microservices and Database design.

• Experience in implementing software development engineering best practices as well as DevOps, CI/CD, Scrum, and Kanban.

• Hands-on experience coding in Java, building REST based APIs, using messaging and streaming technologies, and development tools such as Bamboo, Bitbucket, and Jira.

• Hands-on experience utilizing Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud Data Flow and other technologies to build data integration pipelines.

• Experience writing automated unit, integration, and acceptance tests for data interfaces & data pipelines is a must

Preferred qualifications:

• Exposure to various flavors of databases Postgress, Oracle, Mongo, SQL Server, MySQL.

• Exposure to data visualizations tools such as Tableau

• Exposure to ETL tools such as Informatica Intelligent Cloud Solutions

• Proactively detect, troubleshoot, and remediate issues affecting production applications., + Experience with scheduling tools like Control-M is preferred.

• Experience with other developments tools, such as GitHub, Harness, Launch Darkly, and mabl is preferred.

• Experience with Data Catalog tools like Collibra, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and Informatica Data Quality is a plus.

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or other Cloud technologies is a plus.

• Wealth Management and/or Financial Services industry experience is a plus.

• Ability to quickly learn & become proficient with new technologies.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, communication, and negotiation.

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

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