James Pica is a Senior AI Applied Engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack, cloud-native solutions and leading small agile teams at T. Rowe Price. He blends hands-on engineering—Java backends on AWS and Angular frontends—with prototyping and productionizing generative AI use cases, vendor evaluation, and developer onboarding. Known for emphasizing code quality, test coverage, and scalable architecture, he moves ideas from research to business-ready capabilities. As a tech lead and people manager he mentors peers while steering technical strategy for emerging solutions. Based in Baltimore, he pairs a formal background in mathematics and computer science with a practical curiosity for new AI tools and vendor ecosystems. Colleagues rely on him to translate cutting-edge research into pragmatic, auditable features that deliver measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at University at Albany
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
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James Pica - Senior AI Applied Engineer at T. Rowe Price