Lead Software Engineer Director

At Morgan Stanley we advise originate trade manage and distribute capital for governments institutions and individuals and always do so with a standard of excellence. We are a leading global financial services firm that conducts its business through three principal business segments-Institutional Securities Wealth Management (WM) and Investment Management. The Firms employees serve clients worldwide from more than 1200 offices in 43 countries.


Our WM business is one of the largest in the world with more than $2 trillion in client assets $73 billion in lending balances and nearly 16000 Financial Advisors in 600 offices across the U.S. Our Financial Advisors focus on delivering timely customized solutions and services that help clients meet their financial and life goals. Our offering includes brokerage and investment advisory services financial and wealth planning access to credit and lending cash management annuities and insurance and retirement services.


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.



Department Profile

Global Banking and Operations Technology (GBOT) is a dynamic and fast-paced area within the Firms WM Technology Division. We are responsible for creating innovative technology solutions for the Digital Business Automation(DBA) one of the strategic growth areas of the Firm providing document management workflow and services to our WM clients. This includes state-of-the-art technology for a nationwide network of Private Bankers and product specialists who work with Financial Advisors to provide access to products and services such as online banking cards deposit products residential mortgages securities-based loans and tailored lending. If you are an exceptional individual who is interested in solving complex problems and building sophisticated solutions in a dynamic team environment GBOT is the place for you.



Job Functions/Duties and Responsibilities:

> Self-starter who is proficient in development with Process Development Headless REST APIs JAVA JEE Spring Git and other Frameworks with experience in guiding Project teams with full life cycle of development/design and requirements gathering

> Significant programming experience in a structured software development environment

> Build strategic generic tech solutions that can be reused and leveraged across business areas

> Possess framework mindset in terms of building components/libraries that can be easily ported/integrated/upgraded with minimal effort by various applications

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

> Must have experience with Java/J2EE with a deep understanding of the language and core APIs web services multi-threaded/concurrent programming JSON design patterns Service Oriented Architecture

> Must be able to demonstrate significant relevant work experience or had experience of several major technology implementation projects

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

> Must have 8 Years of experience on Java and related frameworks > Must have 3 Years of Hands-on experience with Spring framework including Spring Boot Spring Security Spring Batch > Engineer automated techniques and processes for the bulk indexing of large-scale data sets residing in database or un-indexed systems > Load balancing integrating multi core searches. Additional responsibilities: > Designing software and producing scalable and resilient technical designs

> Digesting and understanding Business Requirements and designing new modules/functionality to meet those needs

> Creating Automated Unit Tests using Flexible/Open Source Frameworks using a Test Driven Development approach

> Partner with supporting tech leads to develop realistic and achievable project estimates

> Analysis and build within Control Stability Resiliency Capacity & Performance areas

> Testing: Unit SIT & UAT planning and management

> Robust delivery of code into the production environment

> Take part in decisions affecting long range organizational goals & strategic planning

> Proactively look to develop implement and further development best practices across the group

> Strong written and verbal communication as well as strong interpersonal skills

> Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

> Ability to absorb problems & present creative solutions within required timeframes

> Be self-driven ability to work independently or with multiple teams> Application performance tuning and troubleshooting

> Participate in analysis of data stores and help with data analytics

> Ensure solutions developed adhere to security and data entitlements

> Propose best practices/standards



Skills Required:

> Experience with Spring Framework 5 (Boot Rest Data) Spark Python

> Excellent knowledge of Event Based Architecture including Kafka MQ

> Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF Wicket GWT Spring MVC)

> Strong grasp of microservices fundamentals and design patterns

> Experience in working in Agile environment

> Hands on experience using Git JIRA

> Strong analytical and problem solving skills

> Innovative and can-do attitude

> Strong attention to detail

> Exposure/competence with Agile Development approach

> Relevant university degree specialized training or equivalent work experience


Skills Desired:

* Working Knowledge of building applications in the Cloud.

* Working Knowledge of Unix/Linux and/or any scripting language.

* Working knowledge of Financial market document platform based products and Wealth Management.


Education:

* Minimum BS degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.

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 $95000 and $135000 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).