Staff Software Application Engineer

Charles Schwab is a different kind of investment services firm – one that strives to disrupt the status quo of the traditional Wall Street approach on behalf of our clients. We believe today, as we did on Day 1, that when you find ways to improve the investing experience for your clients, then business results will follow.

Schwab is recruiting to hire a driven, results-oriented software application engineer who shares our 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 the midst of re-architecting and rebuilding our core enterprise software platform to support our rapidly growing and evolving business. We are looking for a mid-level .Net / C# server side application developer with a passion for software development and experience in coding highly scalable mission critical applications with high performance, multi-threaded, high capacity backend applications. The candidate must be able to analyze, propose and implement custom software in a timely manner while delivering a high degree of quality, security and performance.

* Design, development, testing, implementation and documentation of business solutions * Codes and tests technical solutions, identify deficiencies and proactively recommends best practice technical solutions * Contribute to development and implementation of RESTful web services * Ensures that all development practices are in compliance with employer's best practices policies and procedures * Understands the necessity of and contributes to coding standards * Proactively seeks opportunities to broaden and deepen knowledge base and proficiencies * Communicate effectively with other disciplines including Managers, Architects, Developers, Project Management, Test, Infrastructure/ and Production Support within and outside the organization * Coding and testing of new modules based on technical specifications as needed * Maintenance of existing product code as required * Support and maintain the company’s existing production software solutions and core technologies

* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related fields is required * 3+ years of experience successfully designing and deploying enterprise applications with C# and .NET in a multi-threaded application software development * Experience in writing the code for high performance, high scalability * Code quality improvement through design / code reviews and advanced debugging techniques * Proven experience developing and maintaining highly scalable server-side distributed web services serving thousands of client requests per sec * Experience in application development for reliability, scalability, performance, robustness, security, manageability and maintainability/extensibility are very important * Strong coding skills, especially in the area of object-orientation, with knowledge of design patterns and/or well-architected frameworks (like .NET) * Must have knowledge of and adherence to best practices for bug free coding, unit-testing, etc. * Experience in WebAPI, LINQ, Async, WCF, XML, JSON, XSLT * Knowledge of SOA, SaaS, REST/Web Services, etc. and skills in the areas of unit-testing, performance analysis, debugging and Secure Software * Development experience creating own unit test programs to verify correct functioning of server applications and services * Strong knowledge of software development methodologies * Excellent communication, documentation, organization and interpersonal skills