VP, Lead Software Engineer

In the Technology division we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Lead Software Engineer position at the Vice President level which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services known for mobilizing capital to help governments corporations institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

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Technology works as a strategic partner with Morgan Stanley business units and the worlds leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global complex and dynamic financial markets. Morgan Stanleys sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems cutting-edge modeling and simulation software comprehensive risk and security systems and robust client-relationship capabilities plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients businesses-and to our own.

Position Description:
As part of strategy to design and implement industry leading applications Morgan Stanley WMPT team is looking for a senior Java Full stack/Angular developer with good experience on UI/UX technologies to join a technologically advanced team. Candidate must have expertise in leading design and development of multi-tiered Java EE-style applications. Candidate should be fluent in spring databases and database interface layers and associated Java development tools. Candidate must also be able to contribute towards UI development using Angular/React web protocols and standards and associated UI development tools. Candidate should be familiar with Kafka event driven architecture and Micro Services. Candidate should have experience in working with Cloud based infrastructure. Candidate will interface on a regular basis with other teams including other internal IT teams across Wealth Management BA team QA team and global development team. To be successful the role will require the individual to understand the banking technology landscape and to offer creative solutions that integrate current capabilities vendor capabilities proprietary system builds and the ability to adapt to changing business requirements.

What youll do in the role:

• Responsible for development efforts for building Payment platform

• Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new software projects and initiatives to enhance our existing applications

• Code conduct code reviews participate in design discussions and contribute to the architecture process

• Adhere to application development guidelines and help improve existing guidelines

• Following engineering practices for code development review and documentation.

• Create an engineering culture in DevOps SRE Chaos Automation and other application development and maintenance areas.

• Maintain effective relationships with business owners and application development teams in global locations

• Analyze user specifications and provide assistance in testing and debugging applications

• The candidate will interact with a diverse & global set of teams including developers business analysts quality assurance infrastructure user communities and senior management

• Work within an Agile team participating in ceremonies related to the Agile framework Skills Required:

What youll bring to the role:

• Minimum BS degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field

• 7 years of hands on expertise in building enterprise level applications using Core Java (Java 8)

• 5 years of practical experience in Java EE design and programming solid understanding of multi-tiered web-based applications

• Hands on Experience with Spring SpringBoot and design patterns

• Practical Experience with event driven architecture using Kafka

• Practical Experience with Micro Service Architecture and Containerization

• Prior experience of working large scale projects and building enterprise applications using Agile Methodologies

• Strong understanding of RDBMS databases JDBC and database access technologies (DB2 preferred but not required)

• Ability to analyze business requirements propose solutions and implement those solutions

• Ability to learn new concepts and technologies and implement them to solve business problems

• Exposure to JIRA or other ALM tools to create a productive high quality development environment

• Previous experience in working with global teams

• Proven experience in working within an Agile framework

• Good verbal and written communication skills

Skills Desired:

• UNIX (Experience in any scripting language)

• Prior work experience with cloud technologies Azure preferably or AWS

• Prior work experience with multi-threaded/ performance intensive applications

• Experience in Docker Kubernetes

• Knowledge of Financial market Banking & Wealth Management.

• Experience in working with partners and stakeholders across geography & time zones

• Exposure to JIRA or other ALM tools to create a productive high quality development environment

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first doing the right thing leading with exceptional ideas committing to diversity and inclusion and giving back - arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees in 1200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley youll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150000 and $210000 per year at the commencement of employment. However base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package which depending on the position may also include commission earnings incentive compensation discretionary bonuses other short and long-term incentive packages and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanleys goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex sex stereotype gender gender identity or expression transgender sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy veteran or military service status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).