Senior AI Software Engineer — T. Rowe Price Lab (NY or MD)
T. Rowe Price21 hours ago
Base Salary
$121k - $258k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end architecture, implementation, testing, evaluation, deployment, observability, and production support of AI agents and intelligent systems.
- Design agentic workflows incorporating orchestration, tool or function calling, retrieval-based systems, structured outputs, context management, and human-in-the-loop patterns.
- Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, and technology teams to translate complex needs into scalable AI solutions and measurable outcomes.
- Lead technical workstreams from rapid experimentation and validation through production adoption.
- Establish quality metrics, regression testing, failure analysis, monitoring, and evaluation approaches for non-deterministic AI systems.
- Make engineering trade-offs across models, prompts, context, tools, latency, cost, reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Create reusable AI capabilities and shared engineering patterns, own technical debt, and improve system quality and reliability.
- Lead code and design reviews, mentor less-experienced engineers, and communicate technical decisions and trade-offs.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and prepare successful solutions for long-term ownership and scale by business-aligned technology teams.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on development experience with object-oriented languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience building AI-enabled applications, intelligent workflows, or agentic systems using modern LLMs and AI development frameworks.
- Practical experience with agent orchestration, tool or function calling, retrieval-based systems, prompt and context engineering, structured outputs, evaluation, observability, or guardrails.
- Experience moving AI-enabled systems from prototypes into production, including testing, monitoring, reliability, security, and operational considerations.
- Strong experience with cloud-native architectures, containerized microservices, APIs, and modern software delivery practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, software design, and debugging skills, with demonstrated commitment to automated testing, code reviews, observability, and continuous delivery.
- Ability to independently own complex technical problems, communicate designs and trade-offs clearly, and maintain a product mindset.
- Preferred qualifications include mentoring engineers or leading technical workstreams and knowledge of financial markets, asset management, or financial instruments.
- FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.
Benefits
- Hybrid work is available with up to three days per week from home.
- Benefits include competitive compensation, annual bonus eligibility, a generous retirement plan, health and wellness benefits including online therapy, paid time off, and family care resources including fertility and adoption benefits.
- The role is available in New York City or Baltimore, Maryland, with location-specific base salary ranges.
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About T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price is a global asset manager that designs and distributes mutual funds, ETFs, separate accounts, and retirement solutions for individuals, financial advisors, institutions, and plan sponsors. It earns management and advisory fees for actively managed equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies, and also provides subadvisory services and brokerage. Founded in 1937 and headquartered in Baltimore, it is a public company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker TROW.