Senior Java Engineer – Onsite, AI-Driven, Cloud & Data

Charles Schwab Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Staff Engineer for the CCAT group to own end-to-end delivery of client-facing functionality. You will guide architecture, drive AI-assisted engineering practices, and remain hands-on with Java on GCP and PCF.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, architecture, vendors, and offshore teams while upholding high standards of reliability in a fast-paced, product-driven environment in Austin, TX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 10+ years in Java, Spring, cloud, REST + SOAP in high-availability environments.
• 4–6 years distributed NoSQL DBs (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Yugabyte).
• 4+ yrs: real-time data and streaming.
• 3+ yrs: CI/CD tools like Bamboo, Bitbucket, etc.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of client-facing functionality from scoping through production rollout.
• Set technical direction— architecture guidance, unblocking delivery, raising the engineering quality bar.
• Build hands-on in Java on GCP and PCF; you remain a working engineer.
• Establish team-level AI-assisted engineering practices— define how the team uses Copilot, Claude Code, agentic and spec-driven workflows.
• Mentor engineers and partner across product, architecture, vendors, and offshore teams.

Skills

Java

Spring

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

REST & SOAP

Real-time data streaming

CI/CD

AI-assisted engineering

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering, CS, or related field

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Kafka

Bitbucket

Bamboo

Kubernetes

Job description

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Staff Engineer for the CCAT group to own end-to-end delivery of client-facing functionality. You will guide architecture, drive AI-assisted engineering practices, and remain hands-on with Java on GCP and PCF.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, architecture, vendors, and offshore teams while upholding high standards of reliability in a fast-paced, product-driven environment in Austin, TX.