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Principal AI Engineer Vice President

Morgan Stanley


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 150000 - 210000
Posted: 21 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 18 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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.

We have multiple Software Engineering positions open at Associate Director and VP levels which are part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Since 1935 Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking securities wealth management and investment management services in over 40 countries. The firm is recognized for its commitment to innovation integrity and delivering value to clients shareholders and communities worldwide.

The Role
Join the LIFC Technology team to help modernize core accounting and P&L platforms used daily by Finance and Treasury. We are consolidating legacy and spreadsheetdriven workflows into a single cloudnative web platform that supports reporting exception analysis accounting adjustments and daily P&L signoff.

This role is ideal for strong backend engineers who enjoy working on dataintensive businesscritical systems and partnering closely with finance users.

What Youll Do

  • Build and operate backend services using Java Scala and Python

  • Deploy services on Databricks and cloud platforms

  • Design secure scalable APIs for finance workflows and analytics

  • Collaborate with Finance Product Control and UI/reporting teams

  • Apply strong engineering fundamentals (data structures testing code quality)

  • Learn and apply new technologies including AI/ML and promptbased approaches where they add value

What Were Looking For

  • 10 years of strong backend engineering experience

  • Solid grasp of data structures algorithms and system design

  • Experience with dataheavy or workflowdriven systems

  • Ownership mindset and willingness to learn

Why Join

  • Work on core finance systems with real business impact

  • Highvisibility role with platform and architectural influence

  • Collaborative team modernizing critical finance workflows

Tech Stack at a Glance

  • Backend: Java Scala Python

  • Data / Compute: Databricks

  • Cloud: Cloudnative services & deployments

  • Frontend / Reporting: Angular Power BI Tableau

  • Focus Areas: Accounting workflows P&L controls data quality AIassisted analytics

We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities we help our clients raise manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking securities wealth management and asset management services.

All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values: do the right thing put clients first lead with exceptional ideas commit to diversity and inclusion and give back. These arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day ensuring we do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences.

Wherever you are in our 1200 global offices youll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. 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.

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).

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley we raise manage and allocate capital for our clients helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way thats differentiated and weve done that for 90 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 Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion where individuals are hired developed and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate bringing a variety of backgrounds talents perspectives and experiences.

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