Sr Specialist - Software Development & Engineering

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.

 

At Schwab, the Finance and Regulatory Reporting Technology team provides business technology strategy, solutions and support for Schwab's Corporate Controller, Financial Planning & Analysis, Regulatory Reporting and Profitability Analysis functions.

 

Our team is committed to providing innovative technology solutions to our business partners in alignment with Schwab’s purpose and values, and our Corporate Strategic Plan.

 

We are looking for a Software and Test Engineer to create, maintain, support, and improve complex technology operations for our core finance planning and profit analysis platforms, with special emphasis around continuous improvement (CI/CD) of processes by applying modern engineering principles around DevOps.  You will be working with a team of talented technologists and SMEs who bring a lot of energy, focus and fresh ideas that support our mission to provide value by seeing the world “Through Clients' Eyes.”

 

What You Are Good At

• Analyzing and identifying trends and patterns in datasets.

• Identifying data anomalies and providing recommendations on additional data needed to support analytics.

• Analyzing the work at hand and making decisions based on specific objectives.

• Designing and developing new PeopleSoft processes

• Assist in defining and implementing new processes within the PeopleSoft platform, ensuring that solutions are efficient, reliable, and tailored to meet core finance planning and profit analysis needs.

• Developing application programming interfaces (APIs) to support integration and interoperability across various finance and regulatory reporting systems.

• Utilizing advanced SQL skills to manage, query, and analyze data, enabling robust data management and supporting business intelligence efforts.

• Analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical requirements

 

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• 4+ years demonstrated real world experience in object-oriented languages.

• Clear and concise communication skills.

• Current working experience with Schwab systems and processes.

• Curious Learner.

• Strong understanding of domain-specific toolsets for conducting analysis.

• Ability to consolidate, organize, and convey complex problems.           

• Skill to perform general integration/acceptance testing.

• Experience with Rest and Soap Web.

• Experience with SQL.

• Experience with Event Mapping.

• Understanding of Shell scripting.

• Strong understanding of SDLC.

• Hands-on experience with Agile, Scrum processes in planning, implementation and support of business application components and services, including change & release management.

• Solid experience with capacity planning.

• Strong understanding of DevOps/Operations.

• Solid understanding of finance related systems and processes.

• Experience with financial services industry.

• Experience with PeopleSoft Financials (GL, AP, PO, AR and AM).

• Solid experience with PeopleSoft Test Framework.

• Expertise with Control-M.

• Solid Understanding and experience (1+ years) with Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA).

• Expertise with PowerAutomate.

 

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities