Your opportunity

We are looking for an Application Engineer to join the Trading team in the delivery of high throughput, low latency solutions. The role will be part of one of our Sprint based Agile teams that is currently playing a dual role of supporting the existing Trading platform while building out our to-be architecture. We will be building Schwab's future trading platform and you will design, build, and deploy software to support all of Schwab's trading. We work hard and have fun doing it!

What you are good at

• As a developer you will be a self-driven individual contributor; provide efficiently organized and designed logic; be highly motivated and well versed in developing robust easily maintainable applications.
• You can quickly understand complex problems and come up with simple solutions.
• Ability to communicate well with teams and leaders of the organization; have good listening skills and ask great questions
• Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail is required.
• Sets standards to deliver high-quality products and services; Sets high standards for self and others.
• Implements and enhance the testing automation framework for web services, APIs, and web-based applications.
• Develop, execute, and maintain automation tests cases and test scenarios - for high volume, low latency web and backend applications.
• Ensure automation is constantly running, analyzing, documenting, and promptly reporting on failures.
• Partner with scrum team members to build out automation solutions to advance Schwab SDLCs and meeting critical business objectives.
• Write and execute performance and load tests for multiple applications to measure scalability and stability.
• Design test cases and test plans for given acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with scrum team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to integrate project plans, testing schedules, and metrics reporting.
• Understand the application architecture, hosting infrastructure, interaction with dependency apps and complete feature workflow to assess all the risk around integration points before developing good test cases.
• Provide complete testing coverage including manual testing when automation is not possible
• Evaluates business and software industry trends and suggests improvements to processes, products, and services
• A willingness to learn and grow is a must. Team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations

What you have

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field OR related practical experience
• 10+ years of enterprise technology related experience in application development using C# .NET / .NET core
• Strong knowledge in design patterns with hands on experience
• Experience in messaging and services-based software, preferably in a cloud platform using RabbitMQ, Kafka or equivalent technologies
• Experience working in any cloud-based technologies like GCP, PCF or AWS etc.,
• Experience and strong fundamental knowledge in one or more types of database management systems like Aerospike, SQL Server, and MongoDB etc.,
• Experience/knowledge with SCM (GitHub, GitHub Actions, Atlassian tools Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, etc.) and DevOps tool suite is preferred
• Experience with test driven development preferred (Nunit, EasyMock etc.,)
• Experience with troubleshooting Production issues through analysis of logs (Splunk), AppDynamics, ITRS, dashboards and metrics.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum Experience adopting or managing continuous Integration and continuous delivery concepts and frameworks

"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