SQL Database Developer - Workplace Services Engineering

gh-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.

As a SQL Database Developer, you will need to be a self-starter who partners well with others. This role is all about getting the job done, so you have a can/will do mentality about all tasks associated with getting phenomenal code and performance remediations out the door. You prioritize mentoring your teammates, and you ask for help when needed. At Schwab, we understand that a highly collaborative environment allows for being wrong sometimes as part of growing and building trust together. As a Schwabbie, you listen to others with an open mind, foster diverse inputs, and respectfully convey your thoughts and opinions in pursuit of our collective goals.

Position Responsibilities:

• Help build a critical part of Schwab's growth in the Workplace market.

• Build scalable platforms supporting critical workplace applications under the Retirement Plan Services organization supporting millions of participants.

• Be a part of 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 Qualifications:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience as a SQL Server Database Developer in enterprise-scale environments

• Expert-level proficiency in T-SQL and SQL Server development, including complex Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and Triggers

• Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance database solutions

• Proven expertise in logical and physical data modeling, relational database design, normalization, and schema optimization

• Deep understanding of SQL Server internals, including transactions, isolation levels, locking, concurrency and error handling

• Extensive experience with query performance tuning, indexing strategies, execution plan analysis, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks

• Ability to refactor and optimize legacy database code for scalability, maintainability, and performance

• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT processes, bulk data loads, batch processing, and migration performance optimization

• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot etc.) to accelerate coding velocity, including leveraging custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to extend AI context into our proprietary internal services and modernize team workflows.

• Experience collaborating with application developers, architects, DBAs, and data engineering teams

• Familiarity with version control, database deployment practices, and code review processes

• Must have methods for problem solving, strong database experience, including index strategies, performance tuning and optimization, and stored procedures.

• Familiarity with C#/.NET Core development.

• Understanding of Agile software development principles, including experience participating in a Scrum-based delivery team

• Proven excellent technical and business communication skills at various organizational levels

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

In addition to the salary range, this role is also 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 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