There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us.
Work Flexibility
This role is eligible for remote work up to three days a week.
At T. Rowe Price, we invest in the future of our technology. We are looking for a Senior Java Back End Software Engineer who has a passion, vision and technical acumen to help drive strategic initiatives within our API Marketplace.
This is a hands-on, full development lifecycle role which provides an opportunity to tackle sophisticated business, logic, data and technical challenges. As a senior member of your engineering team, you will be required to think creatively and bring groundbreaking technology in-house. We will expect you to be agile / to lead / to think outside the box. In return, we’ll give you challenging work that has an impact / opportunity to learn and grow / and a collaborative culture that encourages every member of our team to bring their point of view to the table—because that’s how we help our clients succeed.
In this role you will design, develop, modify, adapt and implement short- and long-term solutions to information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems, databases and applications infrastructure. You will review and interpret system requirements and business processes as well as code, test, debug and implement software solutions. You will also:
Design and develop solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards
Performs technical planning, architecture development, and modification of specifications
Develop specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings
Assess the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies
Lead projects or work streams and Work Independently
Be accountable for your work and sometimes others, provide process and standards advice in your area of specialization
Serve as a resource for colleagues with less experience
You will be responsible for:
Performing as a domain expert in one or more parts of the software lifecycle (e.g., coding, testing, deployment). Leads significant pieces of development within the development lifecycle
Contributing to the development of standard methodologies within your group
Leading code reviews and actively participates in providing feedback on others’ designs/code
Being accountable for technical debt in your own software
Leading a small project team, as required
Taking control of complex problems and step through them in a rational way
Making tactical vs. strategic trade-offs
Being flexible in your thinking; able to evolve a solution when additional information or ideas are presented
Mentoring junior members of the team
Identifying when junior engineers need help and providing it in a positive way that promotes confidence.
Actively helping team members/make suggestions to improve practices.
Business Knowledge
Makes decisions that are cognizant of the firm’s broader business strategy and future priorities
Recommends solutions aligned with Global Technology and business unit strategies
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and 5+ years of progressive Java development
Experience in AWS cloud technologies
Designs and develops practical APIs and abstractions.
Expertise designing, developing, deploying, and supporting java-based solutions
Experience mentoring and leading development teams
Able to debug large components with limited assistance and assists other engineers
Owns technical debt and helps the team effectively manage it
Practices automated testing and tests their own code in an automated and repeatable way
Able to quickly learn new technologies and stay abreast of industry trends
Able to work with existing data models and schemas and suggest changes and improvements
Stays abreast of industry trends and technologies and knows when/how/if to apply them appropriately
Lead by example, sets standards, follows principles related to paradigm like OO, SOLID, or FP
Nice to have
Experience with an API Marketplace
Previous financial services experience
FINRA Requirements
FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
Benefits: We invest in our people through a wide range of programs and benefits, including:
Competitive pay and bonuses as well as a generous retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan with matching contributions
Our policies may change as our working lives evolve. Yet, our commitment to supporting our associates’ well-being and addressing the needs of our clients, business, and communities is unwavering.
T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.
