Specialist - Software Development & Engineering

Charles Schwab Corporation; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation in Ann Arbor, MI, is seeking a Thinkorswim Developer II to help advance Schwab’s flagship desktop trading platform. You will contribute to backend development in a collaborative, performance-focused environment.

This role emphasizes solving complex technical problems, secure coding, and working with transactional market data in multi-threaded systems, with in-office collaboration as a key element of our culture.

Qualifications

• Experience building back-end services for high-performance systems.
• Ability to analyze complex technical issues and decide well.
• Experience with secure coding practices for backend services.
• Experience handling transactional market data in multi-threaded environments.
• Strong collaboration with teams and partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance back-end services.
• Contribute to the thinkorswim Desktop platform development.
• Ensure reliability, security, and resilience in systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems.

Skills

Backend Dev

Problem Solving

Analytical Thinking

Secure Dev Practices

Transactional Data

Multi-threaded Systems

Collaboration

Job description

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).

Within Schwab Technology Services, you’ll help advance innovative and reliable technology that supports how clients manage their money. As a thinkorswim Developer II, you’ll contribute to the development and maintenance of Schwab’s flagship thinkorswim® Desktop trading platform, working in a collaborative, technically challenging environment where performance and resilience matter.

You’ll apply Backend Development, Problem Solving, and Analytical Thinking to complex software design and technical analysis for a highly performant, multi-threaded system. Serving as a subject matter expert for back-end core services, you’ll make thoughtful technical decisions, support secure development practices, and work with transactional market data while collaborating with others to deliver dependable technology for Schwab clients.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated Backend Development skills with the ability to develop and maintain complex, performance-sensitive software systems.
• Strong Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technical issues and make sound decisions.
• Experience applying secure development practices to back-end core services and protecting the reliability and integrity of software solutions.
• Ability to work effectively with transactional data in highly performant, multi-threaded and resilient systems.
• Strong Collaboration skills with the ability to contribute effectively in an innovative, technically challenging development environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting sophisticated trading, financial-services, or other transaction-intensive technology platforms.
• Demonstrated Application Development and Code Review Practices skills that support maintainable, reliable software.
• Strong Decision Making skills when balancing performance, security, resilience, and technical requirements.
• Adaptability in responding to changing technical challenges, priorities, and platform needs.
• Effective Communication skills for sharing technical concepts, collaborating with development partners, and contributing subject-matter expertise.

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