What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer in Test position at Charles Schwab?
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.
Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning
Workplace Services Engineering (WSE) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services that is embarking on a major transformation. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger financial futures. This is a fast growing, high impact
business where scale meets purpose — where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger growing, high impact business where scale meets purpose— where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed. being at work. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger growing, high impact business where scale meets purpose—where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed.
As a key growth engine for the firm, we’re investing more than ever to expand our capabilities, modernize platforms, and elevate the experiences we deliver to employers and their employees. Our teams work at the intersection of technology, service, and financial expertise—supporting workplace clients with solutions that scale, adapt, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Here, your ideas help shape what’s next for workplace financial services. If you’re energized by solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and making a real difference in the workplace services industry, you’ll find your place here.
In this role, you will:
- Help build a critical part of Schwab’s growth in the Workplace market.
- Design and build scalable platforms supporting critical workplace applications – like Equity Administration, PCRA and Retirement Plan Services for millions of participants.
- Drive modernization initiatives, including API and foundational system improvements that enable faster, safer integration and partnerships
- Improve platform stability, performance, and resilience to reduce risk and deliver seamless experiences at scale
- Modernize legacy components to address high risk remediation and compliance while maintaining industry leading standards
- Leverage AI to innovate processes and outcomes for maximum efficiency and quality.
- Be part of a collaborative team where you aren’t an “order taker” but an influencer.
What you have
Required Skills
- 2 Years of testing complex enterprise level applications.
- .NET programming experience, JavaScript, Typescript
- Ability to design, build, and maintain automated tests for Angular UIs using tools such as Selenium.
- Familiar with creating reliable, maintainable automated tests and contributing to reusable test patterns.
- Ability to testing web services/APIs (creating/validating test data, asserting responses) and using common API tools.
- Experience documenting use cases in a tool like Zephyr.
- Experience working on an Agile team—collaborating with engineers to improve testability/coverage and communicating test status/defects clearly.
- Experience with leveraging AI to assist in development.
Preferred Skills
- Familiarity with secure coding development (OWASP, CWE, etc.)
- Familiarity with the Ionic Framework or testing mobile applications.
- Some experience testing mobile applications with Appium.
- Experience with test data management strategies.
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 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