Job Description

The T Rowe Price Front Office Technology team is looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to help contribute to our continual build out Front Office Technology applications team which will deliver highly visible business impact to our internal Directors of Research and Portfolio Managers and business users. This is a hands-on, full development lifecycle role which provides an opportunity to solve complex business problems using exciting cloud native technologies. This is a role where you can take responsibility in leading the technology effort – from technical requirements gathering to final successful delivery of the product.

You will work with a new technology team and have to opportunity to engage with smart and talented people across the Front Office Technology business. You will be expected to work comfortably in a fast pace environment as well as take on a technology leadership role for delivering business solutions for our stakeholders. In return, we’ll provide you with challenging work that will encourage personal growth in a collaborative environment that encourages every member of the team to bring their point of view to the table.

Overview:

Takes an active, hands-on approach in leading and implementing technology solutions with a team of motivated engineers and business stakeholders.
Designs and develops IT architecture (data modeling, data processing, service-oriented architecture, distributed systems) solutions to business problems in alignment with the firm wide enterprise architecture direction and standards.
Performs technical planning, architecture development, and modification of specifications as needed.
Develops specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings based off business requirements with an emphasis on engaging and understanding the business problem before proposing a solution.

Role Summary and Responsibilities

Demonstrates master hands-on capability to drive components to delivery from inception to final product.

Recommends and contributes to software engineering best practices, including those that have enterprise-wide impact.
Takes accountability for the quality, total cost of ownership, maintainability and security of any component or application produced.
Capable of leading regular, ongoing development projects and teams to guarantee on time delivery of technology solutions for business stakeholders.
Continues to advance overall technology in alignment with our Front Office Technology strategies.

Business Knowledge

Demonstrates a keen ability to very quickly understand and proactively engage with business stakeholders to create successful technical solutions.
Demonstrates deep knowledge of products/flows within supported businesses.
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 relevant experience AND -8+ years of total relevant work experience engineering technical solutions.
Expert with Python and JavaScript based technologies
Extensive professional experience with React, Redux, NodeJS, Webpack
Proficiency in developing applications with at least one compiled language (Java, C#, C++).
Experience using AWS to build end to end distributed technical solutions (ALB,ECS,EC2,Fargate,Lambda,etc.) and as well as general cloud native applications.
Has experience creating micro services and adopting application containerization using tools like Docker.
Experience with gRPC
Performs as an expert in all parts of the software development lifecycle (e.g., coding, testing, development) and coaches other around such practices.
Converses in many technologies and learns new technologies quickly.
Ability to provide a clear and concise explanation of business strategy, technical concepts, designs or implementation to a non-technical audience.
Stays abreast of industry trends and technologies and knows when/how/if to apply them appropriately.
Demonstrates deep experience in automated testing and techniques.
Defines testing strategy for products and ensures adherence to strategy.
Sets standards for code reviews.
Debugs any system, even those not written by themselves.
Provides oversight of the all development activities on assigned projects and accepts accountability of assigned deliverables.
Owns technical debt for multiple components or systems.
Knowledge and interest/passion for finance is a plus.
Experience using Git for version control is a plus.