Senior Software Engineer (.Net/C#)

Role Summary

The Global Trading Technology Team at T. Rowe Price is looking for an experienced Sr Software Engineer to join our team and help engineer scalable cloud-based data process solutions incorporating large data sets for Global Trading and our Investments Operations business partners.  This includes modernizing our current processing by incorporating APIs and cloud technologies as well as working closely with our trading partners to understand new workflows and  provide daily support.  The ideal candidate is someone who combines ambition with humility and is happy to let their performance do the talking. As a key contributor throughout the entire development cycle, you will be required to think outside the box and bring cutting edge technology in-house. 

Does this sound like you??  A proponent of strong collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review or pairing, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches. 

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

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.

• Providing on-call support as needed

Business Knowledge

• Able to work directly with business partners

• Decisions show a focus on current and future business priorities, together with fiscal responsibility

• Can articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions

Qualifications

Required:

• BS or MS Degree in a technical discipline and 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on software engineering experience.  Additional experience may substitute for degree.

• Experience coding in C#/.Net (.Net Core preferred)

• Experience developing (or desire to learn) APIs is required.

• Knowledge of SQL, Relational Database Concepts and Stored Procedures

• Strong Test-Driven Development and desire to write simple, adaptive and iterative code.

• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced, Agile team environment

• Enthusiasm for learning & results oriented

• In-depth knowledge and expertise in your job discipline and working knowledge of related disciplines

• Stays up to date with new technologies

• 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.

Preferred:

• Experience building applications and deploying to public or private clouds, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or similar providers

• Reporting and Analytics experience

• Experience working in financial services/asset management

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