About the position
Sr Software Engineers at T. Rowe Price are playing a key role in helping build the future of financial services, working hand-in-hand with business partners to create client experiences that are changing the way people invest. We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Technology Development Center located in Union Square NYC. We want technologists with a fresh perspective who are passionate about solving complex business, data and technical challenges. You'll work with smart, talented people across our business to create groundbreaking, next-generation applications for n-tier cloud architectures. You'll be involved, hands-on, through the entire development cycle. And you'll redefine the way our traders, portfolio managers and analysts serve our clients. Are you a full stack software engineer with a passion for technology? If so, we encourage you to apply!
Responsibilities
- Contributes to all parts of the SDLC, e.g., design, development, and testing
- Develops technical solutions following standard methodologies with some guidance from senior engineers
- Practices automated testing and tests your work in an automated and repeatable way
- Identifies and remediates technical debt
- Works with existing data models and schemas and suggests changes and improvements where necessary
- Demonstrates strong logic and reasoning capabilities
- Delivers on well-specified work items
- Uses questions and proposals to clarify requirements when unclear
- Able to work directly with business stakeholders
- Can articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions
Requirements
- Typically a BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field of study
- 5+ Years of progressive professional development experience with an Object Oriented language (Java, Python, C#)
- Experience with automated delivery pipelines, agile delivery and test-driven development
- In-depth knowledge of software design patterns
- Experience with AI and Machine Learning application development preferred
- Solid understanding of cloud native architectures (AWS, etc.) for containerized microservices and real-time systems
- Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced, Agile team environment
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business leaders
- Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views
- Enthusiasm for learning & results oriented
- Stays current with many best-of-breed technologies
- Shows a commitment to quality by implementing suitable software using unit/integration and acceptance testing at the time of feature development
- Debugs large components with limited assistance and assists other engineers with debugging
- At some levels, leads code reviews and actively participates in providing feedback on others' designs/code
- Performs as an expert in one or more parts of the software lifecycle (e.g., coding, testing, deployment)
- Oversees significant pieces of development within the development lifecycle
- Designs and develops practical APIs and abstractions
- Owns technical debt in their own software
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with React and/or Angular
- A solid understanding of financial markets and instruments
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Annual bonus eligibility
- A generous retirement plan
- Hybrid work schedule
- Health and wellness benefits, including online therapy
- Paid time off for vacation, illness, medical appointments, and volunteering days
- Family care resources, including fertility and adoption benefits
