Lead Software Engineer

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 focus on a key growth initiative enhancing our Individual Investor (II) services. The primary focus will be the development of a modern, scalable platform that streamlines product distribution, improves user experience, digitizes manual processes, and elevates brokerage services. This strategic effort is foundational for advancing retail brokerage and advice offerings, as well as supporting new partnership opportunities.  
 
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.   You’ll be hands-on coding through the entire development lifecycle as well as leading an Agile team of Software Engineers.  In this role, you will foster innovation as you build applications to provide business value solutions for our clients.  You will be part of a collaborative team of curious and enthusiastic engineers who bring different perspectives to our projects working with AWS, Java, and Microservice technology.  
 
Responsibilities  

We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer with 8+ years of Java and AWS experience including microservice development and familiarity working with cloud-based applications. You will also:  

• Mentor and lead other developers enabling them to work independently  
• Lead development efforts, provide input into architectural and design decisions, provide realistic estimates 
• Design and develop solutions working with other internal groups such as architecture, devops and enterprise security to ensure alignment with enterprise technology direction and standards 
• Contribute to code reviews and provide feedback  
• Lead discussions to drive tactical vs. strategic decisions, outlining trade-offs  
   

Business Knowledge  

• Experience working directly with business partners  
• Can articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions  
   

Qualifications