Associate - Software Development & Engineering

Charles Schwab Inc.•Austin, TX

7d•$92,000 - $94,000

About The Position

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. Schwab is seeking a dynamic .NET and Angular UI results-oriented Software Development Associate with a passion for technology, innovation, and excellence. Our main goal here at Schwab is to transform people’s lives by changing the way the world invests. We are in midst of architecting and building our core enterprise software platform to support our rapidly growing and evolving business, where the ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-moving and agile environment, developing high-quality, high-performance, and scalable software. Successful candidate to be responsible for individual coding contributions to the team. The candidate will work aside a team of seasoned engineers whose main objective is to maintain all aspects of the overall software development lifecycle and ensure the on-time, quality delivery of software product releases. This position will be part of Digital Onboarding at Schwab and we will focus on driving client-centricity, reducing time to market & increasing efficiency. The model is insights-driven and focuses on rapid iterations to drive innovation and transformation. Ideal candidates enjoy fast-paced environments, thrive under ambiguity, and embrace change passionately. This is a unique opportunity to grow and transform our business through driving significant step-change in our time to market, building more integrated client-centric experiences, and enabling project success via cross-functional coordination and ownership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
Experience and demonstrate proficiency in web-based technologies
Demonstrate ability in at least one of the following technologies: C#, .NET, NoSQL, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML / CSS, Angular, RESTful APIs
Understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, including algorithms and data structures
Good analytical problem-solving and passion for solving problems while embracing innovation and experimentation
Optimism and curiosity, who possess a keen sense of purpose, awareness, and knowledge.
Resourcefulness and flexibility, who enjoy working through cross-functional partnerships and collaboration to achieve a common purpose
Effective communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work within Agile, cross-functional teams
Curiosity and interest in applying AI tools and technologies to software development
Learning agility and a growth mindset, with the ability to receive feedback, adapt, and continuously develop new technical skills
Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively across organizations and geographic locations.

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of latest Architecture and Development Standards and Guidelines
Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or related technologies
Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies, Scrum practices, and requirements tracking tools such as Jira
Independently plans own work and are accountable to meet schedules and deliverables

Responsibilities

Apply software development standards, processes, and methods independently to develop, test and verify software components ensuring reliability and resolving operation problems and bugs for projects.
Work closely with team members and product owners to decompose stories into components, designing components/features, and prioritize tasks.
Provide hands-on development on problems of moderate to complex scope that requires a variety of factors in the analysis of functional requirements, trends, or data.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to develop software solutions following established practices, standards, processes, and methods to develop, test, and verify software components ensuring reliability and addressing operational issues and bugs.
Apply best practices of software development, unit testing and integrations ensuring delivery of high-quality code that is stable, reliable, and secured.
Demonstrate a good understanding of Software-development, quality standards and work independently with minimum support and guidance.
Communicate proactively and clearly, consistently keeping the team well informed about development tasks, plans, and essential information.