Software Development Engineer - Hybrid

Company: Charles Schwab
Location: Austin
Posted on: May 12, 2025

Job Description:

Position Type: RegularYour opportunityAt Schwab, you are 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. As a -member of the CET SAvE organization, you will join the -Production Operations team -for Schwab's -Mobile Application -while driving the adoption of -Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices. In this critical role, you will shape -automation, tooling, observability, and reliability -strategies across engineering teams to enhance service health and performance. -What You'll DoLead and Optimize Reliability -- Drive -tactical and strategic initiatives -to improve -service health, performance, and availability -for Schwab's Mobile Application.Champion SRE Best Practices -- Implement key operational methodologies, including -SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, blameless postmortems, and capacity planning.Enhance Observability & Automation -- Develop and improve -monitoring, telemetry, and alerting systems -to proactively detect and resolve issues, reducing -MTTD and MTTR.Drive Tooling & DevOps Innovation -- Design and implement -automation solutions -that reduce toil, streamline deployments, and improve overall system resilience.Collaborate Cross-Functionally -- Partner closely with -Mobile Engineering, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams -to enhance -scalability, security, and reliability.Provide On-Call Support -- Participate in an -on-call rotation -to ensure the reliability of Schwab's -Retail Web and Mobile applications.What you haveRequired Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years -of experience in -software development and site reliability engineering (SRE), with a strong focus on -cloud technologies.
• 5+ years -in -DevOps engineering, with expertise in -automating production operations -and developing self-healing systems.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with -CI/CD tools, logging, observability, and telemetry solutions -such as -Bitbucket, Bamboo, GitHub, Jenkins, AppDynamics, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• 3+ years of proven ability to -implement SRE principles, including -SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, monitoring, blameless postmortems, and toil reduction. -Preferred Qualifications: Strong proficiency in -programming and automation -using -Python, Java, CloudFormation, or Terraform -for -Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) -solutions.Familiarity with Cloud Infrastructure platforms (AWS, GCP, and Azure)Deep understanding of -Compute, Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, CDN, DNS, and Security stacks -in cloud environments.Ability to work independently in a -fast-paced, high-impact environment -while collaborating effectively across teams.Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  What's in it for youAt Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.We offer a competitive that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:
  • 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
  • Paid parental leave and family building benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

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