Java/AI Engineer

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. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s). Schwab is seeking a dynamic software developer who can work with technical and business partners to design and maintain optimal programming and environment solutions. Job activities will involve researching, developing solutions and supporting the tools and processes to gather detailed user requirements, and help drive strategic planning discussions with technical, business, and client stakeholders. The position involves a balanced mix of design and hands‑on coding, focused on our mission‑critical client data shared services platform. You will join a development team building resilient, configuration driven shared utilities and frameworks for data pipelines and message delivery. The role centers on designing, developing, and hardening these frameworks and delivering POCs to validate solution designs. It requires collaboration with other engineering teams to ensure seamless system integration. Exposure to technologies includes Kafka, PostgreSQL, Spring Boot, GCP, and Harness. In this role, you will: 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. Develop and support thetools and processes to gather detailed user requirements. Participate in strategic planning discussions with technical, business, and client stakeholders. Identify gaps in processes and services across environments. Review programming and environment changes and raise awareness for potential impacts. Effective and efficient utilization of programming tools. Architect and develop effective solutions that arein line with the organization’s vision. Actively participate in product design and development sessions. Provide direction to less experienced Programmer/Analysts. Engaging with both onshore and offshore teams to refine development practices. Identify gaps in processes and services across production and test environments. Write efficient, easy to follow technical documentation. Act as liaison between technical and non‑technical counterparts. Help improve release process improvements, assisting the Scrum Master with team needs, and synchronizing team efforts for seamless product releases. What you have Required Qualifications 1-2 years of experience with the following: Java, Spring framework, Spring boot. 1+ years of experience with cloud framework: Pivotal Cloud Foundry. 1+ years of experience working with build tools: Gradle/maven. 1+ years of experience working with Cucumber framework – BDD testing. 1+ years of experience working with YugabyteDB and PostgresSQL databases. 1-2 years of experience working with modern messaging system– Kafka. Prior experience in system modernization initiatives from legacy to distributed platforms; i.e. migration of events from legacy messaging platform IBM MQ/Rabbit to Kafka etcc 1+ years of experience with continuous build processusing Bamboo, Bitbucket/Git, or similar. Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA). Experience with AI tools like Copilot, Claude, understanding of Agentic AI. Preferred Qualifications Experience with GCP or GCP developer certified. Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment. Experience in Financial Services industry. Experience with Test driven development. SCRUM developer certified. What’s in it for you 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 #J-18808-Ljbffr Charles Schwab