Full Stack Software Engineer (NYC)

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.

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) 

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 Sr 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!

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 / Opportunities 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.  The TDC is working to develop the firm's next generation data distribution platform, with the aim to seamlessly deliver real-time and on-demand investments data to a global network of distributed trading and research platforms. We are employing new paradigms such as cloud computing, lightweight microservices, and distributed and non-relational databases to deliver elastically scalable, globally distributed and highly resilient software services.

• Designs, develops, modifies, adapts and implements short- and long-term solutions to information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems, databases and applications infrastructure.

• Reviews and interprets system requirements and business processes.

• Codes, tests, debugs and implements software solutions.

• Requires in-depth knowledge and expertise in their own job discipline and working knowledge of related disciplines

• Leads projects or work streams within broader projects

• Accountable for work of self and sometimes others, provides process and standards advice in area of specialty

• Works independently, receives minimal guidance

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience

ROLE SUMMARY AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instills these values in others

• Demonstrable passion for technology (e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement) while using their problem solving capabilities to deliver solutions utilizing a top end engineering approach

• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process

• Exceptional technology skills; recognized by your peers as an expert in your domain

• A proponent of strong collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review or pairing, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches

• Strong analytical ability, true problem solvers

• High achiever who combines ambition with humility and is happy to let their performance do the talking

• Accountable for all parts of the software development lifecycle for their projects

• Contributes to the development of best practices within their group

• Leads code reviews and actively participates in providing feedback on others’ designs/code 

• Accountable for technical debt