Senior Software Engineer (Data Developer) at T. Rowe Price in Baltimore, Maryland

Job Description:

A career at T. Rowe Price says you want to contribute and make a difference at a leading global investment management firm where success results from the dedication our associates have in building success for our clients. We are a growing organization of associates from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

We take a long-term view on associates and their careers. Our associates do phenomenal work with purpose, and as a result, we provide growth opportunities through in-person and online training, management development programs, and career development on the job.

If you are seeking a meaningful work experience along with a workplace culture that thrives on teamwork, we invite you to explore the opportunity to join us.

In this role you will design, develop, modify, adapt and implement short and long-term solutions for 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

Business User Team

Our core user groups are comprised of the Equity Data Insights (EDI) Quantitative Analysts supporting the fundamental investment process using data driven insights to augment the bottoms up research performed by the fundamental research team.  Further, we work with the Equity Quantitative Team who perform research, create models and manage the QM fund offerings.  

You will be responsible for:

• 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


• 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.


• DevOps experience (e. g. pushing code across environments quickly/efficiently)


• Enforcing secure access and designing proper authentication principles

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

Requirements

• Typically requires 8+ years of progressive data and software engineering experience preferably with SQL, Python, open-source technologies or similar languages


• BS/MS degree in a technical discipline


• Strong experience and interest in Data Projects (Structured , Non-Structured, Alt-Data)


• Data architecture experience


• Variety of Database platform, data ingestion(ETL), data collation/transformation skills


• Strong interest in Data Analysis and working with imperfect Vendor provided data sources


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


• Stays up to date with new technologies and are flexible supporting existing infrastructure


• 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. Experience in TSQL as well as other database technologies


• Debugs large components with limited assistance and assists other engineers


• Designs and develops practical APIs and abstractions.

Desired Experience

• Experience in the Finance sector and/or Equity, Trading domains


• Knowledge of Quantitative development languages ( e.g. R )


• Quantitative development / analysis experience


• Experience working in Cloud Environments (e.g. AWS)


• Snowflake, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server experience

T. Rowe Price is committed to providing our associates with a comprehensive total rewards benefit program, including wellness, retirement and quality-of-life benefits. ​ Please view What We Offer to see what's available to you.

As part of T. Rowe Price’s Health and Safety protocols, effective October 19, 2021, any US-based new hires, including interns will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a valid medical or religious exemption from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.