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The Digital Web team is responsible for the strategic planning, construction, enhancement and maintenance of the firm’s digital web presence targeting the global and US professional investment community.
The successful candidate will work as a Java developer focusing on changes to services running on AWS. These include services that source financial product information from an internal data mart plus other shared services utilized by the websites including login and subscription capabilities.
The developer will work as part of a multi-disciplined, distributed scrum team with team members in both the US and UK.
The development team 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, and codes, tests, debugs and implements software solutions.
JOB LEVEL DESCRIPTION
- 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
- Able to work independently with minimal guidance, as well as part of a team
- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
ROLE SUMMARY AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- 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 in their own software
- Comfortable in understanding the full application stack but will focus on the backed Java services.
BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
- Able to work directly with business stakeholders
- Can articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Takes control of complex or vague problems and steps through them in a rational way
- Makes tactical vs. strategic tradeoffs
- Flexible in his or her thinking; able to evolve a solution when additional information or ideas are presented
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Strong experience with middleware & micro service development using Java (11 and 17 being used), Spring Framework, Docker.
- Experience with architectural design and development of containerized and serverless applications running in the AWS cloud, using such AWS components as EC2, ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, SNS, SQS, Aurora, DynamoDB
- History of building fully test automated applications using testing tools and frameworks such as Junit, Mockito, Cucumber, WireMock, Jasmine, Karma, Protractor, Selenium.
- Comfortable with use of modern code management and CI/CD tools such as Git, GitLab, GitLab-CI, Jenkins, Artifactory.
- Proponent of agile methodology; takes leading role in sprint ceremonies, works with product owners to define scope of work, monitors and assists less experienced developers.
- Adopts Secure-SDLC mentality, building in secure coding practices, OWASP security standards, and automated static and dynamic security scanning throughout the development cycle.
- Stays current with many best-of-breed technologies
- Programs proficiently in several languages and is comfortable switching between them
- Shows a commitment to quality by implementing suitable software using unit/integration and
- acceptance testing at the time of feature development
- Leads code reviews and actively participates in providing feedback on others’ designs/code
- Oversees significant pieces of development within the development lifecycle
- Designs and develops practical APIs and abstractions.
- Owns technical debt in their own software
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
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.