Lead Software Engineer

T. Rowe Price • Owings Mills, MD

34d • Hybrid

About The Position

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident. We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity. Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you. Role Summary This Lead Software Engineer will be part of the Workflow Solutions team, support the Process & Automation Center of Excellence (PACE) and will contribute to the development, technology oversight and on-going support of the technology leveraged for building enterprise workflow processes that will improve efficiency, reduce risk, and improve business user and client experience. 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: Lead projects or work streams Be accountable for your work and sometimes others, provide process and standards advice in your area of specialization Work independently Serve as a resource for colleagues with less experience

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 8+ years of total relevant work experience
• In-depth knowledge and expertise in your job discipline and working knowledge of related disciplines
• Stays up to date with new technologies
• Programs proficiently in several languages and is comfortable switching between them
• Shows dedication to quality by implementing suitable software using unit/integration and acceptance testing at the time of feature development
• Develops data models or schemas from scratch and knows of key concepts such as ACID, Normalization, and Transactions
• Debugs large components with limited assistance and assists other engineers
• Designs and develops practical APIs and abstractions.
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ServiceNow, Appian, or other enterprise workflow tools.
• Experience with RPA tools ( Blue Prism/Appian RPA) a plus.
• Proven ability and interest in learning new technologies.
• Experience with Java and AWS.
• Experience with automated testing.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level