At Charles Schwab, our purpose is simple: we champion client’s goals with passion and integrity. Guided by honesty, mutual respect and a commitment to doing what’s right, we bring innovation, education, and service together to help shape financial futures. Our people are the foundation of our success – they approach their work with curiosity and collaboration, coming together to create solutions that make a meaningful impact for clients and communities. As we expand into India, we are bringing this same culture of inclusion, learning, and opportunity to new talent. Joining us means becoming part of a global team where your work matters and your future can take shape.

Our Hyderabad location is central to Schwab’s growth, bringing together talented people and technology to drive innovation, scale and efficiency. Here, you will work alongside teams who create solutions that support millions of clients every day. The work you do is more than daily operations – it’s a chance to experiment, learn, and build within a values-driven, supportive environment. This is a unique opportunity to be part of our early growth phase and shape something new, backed by the stability and strength of a Fortune 500 company. Your impact begins on day one, and your contributions will help define our future in the region​.

Schwab is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with large scale experience to join our organization and lead a team. Offer Order (O2) is within the Client Data Technology (CDT) organization and is a platform used by many products and services at Schwab to understand our clients, so that we can provide them consistent individualized experiences across the Schwab ecosystem, based upon their needs.  The O2 organization is made up of several Agile/Lean software development teams that deliver technology solutions for our clients across different lines of businesses and different domains within Schwab. Our technology is a key foundation for internal system integrations, our front-end customers and reporting capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Design, develop, and deliver solutions as part of an Agile Scrum team.
• Leverage understanding of software development principles and practices to help mentor and coach junior team members.
• Support and triage issues and participate in production support to help develop resilient and secure systems to prevent issues that impact on our clients.
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to define strategy and scope of software requirements (decompose stories, design features, and prioritize tasks)
• Delivering work alongside development peers in an agile environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience with the following: Java, Spring framework, cloud development, and Web  Services (REST and SOAP) supporting high volume transactions in a Highly Available environment.
• 4-6 years of experience in Distributed Databases and NoSQL databases; PostgresSQL (preferred).
• 4+ year experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
• 4+ years of experience with continuous build process using Github, Bitbucket/Git, or similar tools
• 4+ years of experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), or AWS or GCP.
• 3+ years of experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, message queues, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud deployment in a CI/CD delivery model.
• 1+ years of experience with batch jobs or data pipeline frameworks like Spring Batch, PySpark etc.
• Experience with legacy technology is a plus .           

• AI-Assisted Workflows
    - Create clear prompts, task definitions, and acceptance criteria to effectively direct AI agents.
    - Apply spec-driven development practices.
    - Design and develop AI agents, including defining agent goals, tool use, memory, and orchestration logic to automate complex engineering tasks.
    - Review and validate AI-generated code for correctness, quality, security, and maintainability.
    - Apply judgment to accept, modify, or reject AI suggestions based on context and standards. 

• Knowledge of the Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment .
• Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA et alia) .
• Project delivery with ability to drive projects to successful completion; ability to anticipate project risks/issues and propose creative solutions.
• Prior experience interfacing with various partners, including vendors, offshore development teams, and internal groups.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, influencing, prioritization, decision- making and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Work with technical and business experts to create and support optimal production and test environment solutions.
• Research and development of (functional and technical specifications documents) production and test environments, architecture/design/develop solutions.
• Develop plans for proof of concept and validation of technology/solutions.
• Drives data-based decisions and optimizes performance through strategic insights.
• Delivers timely updates and effective communication with others involved in a project or effort.
• Leverages deep industry knowledge to drive success while leading high-impact teams, projects, or programs.
• Creates opportunities for others to assume meaningful responsibilities.
• Identifies and resolves challenges with a forward-looking approach.
• Develops and implements procedures that enhance business effectiveness.
• Influences business unit strategies to optimize resource allocation.
• Verbally delivers precise, persuasive communication for productive outcomes.
• Upholds high standards of reliability, trust, and subject matter authority.
• Delivers impactful messages that persuade diverse audiences.
• Establishes strategic goals, measures performance, and optimizes outcomes.