full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Trading Platforms
Charles Schwab
- Employer
- Charles Schwab
- Location
- Chicago
- Working pattern
- on-site
- Salary
- $140,600–$175,600 / year
About the role
Design, develop, and support robust, scalable software for high-throughput, low-latency trading platforms, while leading complex technical initiatives and automation improvements. Collaborate across engineering, architecture, product, and business teams to improve system reliability, performance, operational excellence, and developer productivity. Requires 10+ years of application development experience with C# .NET/.NET Core and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Candidates should have expertise in distributed systems, messaging, cloud platforms, databases, automated testing, CI/CD, and AI-enabled engineering tools; financial services or trading technology experience is strongly preferred.