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Specialist - Software Development & Engineering

Charles Schwab

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Location
Ann Arbor, MI
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Thinkorswim Developer II contributes to development and maintenance of Schwab’s thinkorswim Desktop trading platform. The role involves complex software design and technical analysis for a high-performance, multithreaded system, with back-end core services and transactional market data. The selected candidate is expected to work on site in the specified location, collaborating to deliver dependable technology for Schwab clients.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Backend DevelopmentProblem SolvingAnalytical ThinkingSecure DevelopmentTransactional DataMultithreaded SystemsResilient SystemsCollaborationTrading PlatformsFinancial Services PlatformsApplication DevelopmentCode Review PracticesDecision MakingAdaptabilityCommunication

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full 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.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility (https://www.schwabjobs.com/hybrid-work) 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 benefits package (https://www.schwabjobs.com/summary-of-benefits) 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

What’s in it for you:

At 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 Hybrid Work and Flexibility 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 benefits package 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

Schwab is an affirmative action employer, focused on employing and advancing in employment, qualified women, racial and ethnic minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodations in the application process, contact Human Resources at [email protected] or call 800-275-1281.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,998 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Michigan median$112–208K/yr419 salary ranges
  • Michigan median$50–62/hr38 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 653 open Software Engineer jobs in Michigan and 41,998 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (34,471 postings).
Education
13,247 of the 41,998 open Software Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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