Algo Infrastructure Development Executive Director IST

Company Profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking securities investment management and wealth management services. The Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations governments and individuals from more than 1200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together we share a common set of values rooted in integrity excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

At Morgan Stanley India we support the Firms global businesses with critical presence across Institutional Securities Wealth Management and Investment management as well as in the Firms infrastructure functions of Technology Operations Finance Risk Management Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993 with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work theres ample opportunity to move across the businesses.

Division Profile

Technology partners with our business units and leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global and dynamic financial markets. Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient safe efficient smart fast and flexible. We have a large number of award-winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firms businesses to be the top in the market.

Our India technology teams are based in Mumbai and Bengaluru. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation inclusion giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.

Institutional Securities Technology

Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. ISTs clients include Fixed Income Equities Commodities Investment Banking Research Prime Brokerage and Global Capital Markets.

ALGO (Algorithmic Trading Client Connectivity & Market Data)

Algorithmic Trading Client Connectivity and Market Data (ALGO) is responsible for the infrastructure and application layers enabling the Firms Sales & Trading platforms across Equity FX and Rates with advanced execution and quoting automation connectivity and messaging capabilities. Designs develops and deploys the firms market leading ultra-low latency e-trading platform Enables the Firms Sales & Trading platforms across Equity Fixed Income FX and Commodities via advanced execution connectivity analytics and messaging capabilities as well as comprehensive trading risk systems and application infrastructure

Role Description

Were looking to hire an exceptional senior Tech Lead to join our team to steer development of low latency high-throughput software infrastructure for algorithmic trading. Were a group of architects experienced engineers working on some of the most challenging projects in the industry: low-level performance optimizations highly available distributed systems messaging formats transport protocols and more. The code we write trades billions of dollars daily and is directly responsible for the success of the firms electronic trading offering.

About you

Youre a highly motivated individual with a track record of delivering sophisticated yet pragmatic and easy to use solutions. As part of our engineering leadership you will be responsible for building and mentoring a highly productive team of engineers tasked with delivering next generation state of the art post trade capture and reporting platform. You are hands on and lead by example setting standards for what good looks like and inspire people around you to strive for delivering technical excellence and high-quality solutions.

You take full ownership of your projects and you realize your job doesnt end when your changes are merged. We work alongside our partners from Algo Trading group to ensure our software runs smoothly in production. You are passionate about computer science and software engineering - you enjoy learning new algorithms and keep up with the latest industry trends. If the prospects of optimizing a system bottlenecked on IO to achieve 10x speedup and designing interfaces that other engineers will build on sound exciting youll be a great fit!

Key Responsibilities

• Design develop and optimize high-throughput low-latency post trade capture and reporting infrastructure for algorithmic trading
• Take full ownership of projects from inception to deployment ensuring end-to-end product delivery
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues to ensure the stability and reliability of trading systems
• Create a positive environment to foster talent and help junior/mid-level engineers establish roots and thrive in a fast-moving environment.

Required Skills

• 15 Experience managing and running a team of high caliber engineers to deliver enterprise grade software infrastructure solutions.
• Extensive experience with Core Java and related technologies like JPA.
• Knowledge of other programming languages such as Python and C is desirable however optional.
• Knowledge of or keen interest in learning about: OS internals networking CPU architectures.
• Experience with high-performance computing multi-threading and distributed systems.
• Great problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals including algorithms data structures and software design principles.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds talents perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.