Lead Software Engineer - Advice & Planning Platform (Portfolio Construction)

Company: T. Rowe Price
Location: Owings Mills
Posted on: April 19, 2025

Job Description:

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.

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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.

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).

About this Position

As a Lead Software Engineer for T. Rowe Price's new Planning and Advice platform team, you will play a key role in the design, development, and delivery of the applications, services, and infrastructure that comprises our SaaS platform. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of front-end and back-end engineers to build, test/debug, and implement a suite of high-quality, successful financial planning and investment advice solutions delivered to T. Rowe Price's clients thru our intermediary and direct business channels.

This role will specifically focus on leading the development of innovative and differentiating financial planning capabilities for T. Rowe Price's new Planning and Advice platform to serve T. Rowe Price's clients and internal teams. Capabilities will include client profiling, goal planning, retirement income planning, cash flow analysis, tax planning, investment planning, and integration with 3rd party systems. This is an exciting opportunity to create a state-of-the-art platform and transform T Rowe Price into a technology leader in the wealth management industry.

Role Summary and Responsibilities

Recommends and contributes to software engineering best practices, including those that have enterprise-wide impact
Accountable for the quality, TCO, maintainability and security of a component or application
Capable of leading regular, ongoing development projects and teams
Accountable for the quality, TCO, maintainability and security of key components or applications Contributes to specific elements of the GTS Technical strategy

Business Knowledge

Makes decisions that are cognizant of the firm's broader business strategy and future priorities
Recommends solutions aligned with T Rowe Price's Global Technology and business unit strategies and standards

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor's or Master's degree (or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience) and 8+ years of progressive software engineering and leadership experience.
Demonstrated expertise and practical experience architecting, building, and deploying software for the wealth management industry with domain knowledge around core capabilities like portfolio construction, investment management, financial planning, and/or client relationship management
Proven ability to design, code, test, and implement flexible, extensible, scalable, reliable, and integrated SaaS platforms that can support diverse ecosystems of applications, users, delivery models (B2C, B2B2C) and business channels
Demonstrates master hands-on capability to drive components to delivery using Java, Spring Boot, Jersey REST APIs, and modern front-end frameworks.
Stays abreast of industry trends and technologies and knows when/how/if to apply them appropriately
Converses in many technologies and learns new technologies quickly
Demonstrates deep experience in automated testing and techniques
Defines testing strategy for products and ensures adherence to strategy
Sets standards for code reviews
Provides oversight of all development activities on assigned projects
Debugs any system, even those not written by themselves
Performs as an expert in multiple parts of the software lifecycle (e.g., coding, testing, development) and coaches other around such practices
Owns technical debt for multiple components or systems
Provides a clear and concise explanation of business strategy, technical concepts, designs or implementation to a non-technical audience

Preferred:

Experience working in an AWS Cloud environment

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for full time remote work.

Applicants for employment 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, Current F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status).

Base Salary Ranges

Please review the job posting for the location of this specific opportunity.

$142,000.00 - $242,000.00 for the location of: Maryland, Colorado, Washington and remote workers
$156,000.00 - $267,000.00 for the location of: Washington, D.C.
$178,000.00 - $303,000.00 for the location of: New York, California

Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual's relevant experience and skills for the role. Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

This job posting is expected to be available until:

05/31/2025

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all.

Benefits

We value your goals and needs, at work and in life. As an associate, you'll be supported with resources, benefits, and work-life balance so you can thrive in ways that matter to you.

Featured employee benefits to enrich your life:

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

Learn more about our benefits.

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, color, 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.

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