.NET, Java Software Application Engineer Job Listing at Charles Schwab Corporation in San Francisco, CA

Finance

Description:
Organizational Objective/Purpose:

Charles Schwab’s purpose is to help everyone become financially fit. Through advocacy and innovation, Schwab has worked to make investing more affordable, more accessible and more understandable for all. For more than three decades, The Charles Schwab Corporation has been an advocate for individual investors and the independent advisors who serve them.

At Schwab, we respect the unique differences of our employees, our clients and the communities we serve – striving to create a consistent and rewarding employee experience. If you share our enthusiasm for helping others, building trusted relationships, possess high ethical standards, and have a desire to learn and grow, there’s a place for you at Schwab!

Purpose:

The Schwab Technology Services organization is comprised of centralized teams that support Schwab business goals through the delivery of technology, operations, projects, business continuity and offshore management. The focus is on maximizing operating leverage by integrating functions, increasing productivity and gaining efficiencies in order to better position Schwab to compete in the marketplace and to reinvest in areas that matter most to our clients.

Messaging and Middleware Engineering (METS) is part of the Enterprise Architecture organization. METS leads the corporate direction for messaging and middleware as well as the firm’s shared platforms. These platforms include the following capabilities:

* Shared Java services platform and development engineering
* Shared corporate data caching
* Shared NoSQL
* Shared distributed databases
* Enterprise Logging
* .NET and Java middleware client development
* Asynchronous publish/subscribe
* Synchronous request/reply
* B-to-B secure transport
* Web service directory
* Corporate authentication
* Corporate authorization
Brief Description of Role:

As a member of the Shared Data Services team, you will be tasked with developing, improving, and supporting Schwab’s shared data and Big Data platforms. You will be immersed in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment. You will also have the opportunity to work on a number of Infrastructure related projects charged with improving capacity, availability, and security.

In order to build and maintain these next-generation platforms, you will need to show proficiency in certain aspects of systems engineering, software engineering, and quality assurance.

Technical/Functional Qualifications:

* BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
* 2+ years of professional experience developing distributed, scalable enterprise-class applications using either Java or C#
* At least 1+ years’ experience in planning, implementing, and certifying Production changes
* Experience with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, MongoDB, and Splunk, or a strong interest in learning them
* Experience using professional source code collaboration systems such as TFS or Git
* Demonstrated ability to work with clients and architects to understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive technical designs
* Experience with web services (SOAP, RESTful), XML, JSON, and XSLT preferred
* Strong teaming capabilities with experience on large teams
* Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Pluses:

* J2EE and Linux experience
* Python experience
* Performance tuning experience (both Infrastructure and Application)
* Experience debugging, troubleshooting, and resolving Production issues via log and system analysis
* Experience implementing and maintaining logging, monitoring, and reporting utilities
* Demonstrated knowledge of data storage – caching, relational databases, and unstructured data sources
* Familiarity with enterprise messaging technologies such as MQ or Tibco
* Experience in the Agile Development Practices, especially Scrum
Location: CA - San Francisco
Activation Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Expiration Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013
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