Java Developer - Director

Company Profile

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 Firm's employees serve clients worldwide from more than 1,200 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.

Department Profile

Middle Office is a dynamic and fast-paced area within the Firm's WM Technology Division. We are responsible for creating innovative technology solutions for Core Brokerage, one of the strategic growth areas of the Firm. Middle office is a core foundation for Morgan Stanley. It provides the platform with key capabilities to support customer digital journey from opening an account, funding the account, trade and order management, portfolio/balances, and risk management on all digital channels. It also provides the capabilities for Morgan Stanley B2B stock plan business to manage participants lifecycle. If you are an exceptional individual who is interested in solving complex problems and building sophisticated solutions in a dynamic team environment, Middle office is the place for you.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and product partners to understand the business problem to develop solutions that would mitigate the problem and enhance the customer experience
• Analyze the business data to formulate appropriate data models and acquire critical data intelligence.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, whiteboarding the solution and effectively communicating the designs to other team members
• Develop software solutions in a lean-agile methodology to bring the solutions quickly to the partners and improve, optimize, and repeat in an accelerated development cycle
• Independently manage the delivery of the solutions within the deadline, adhering to the company's compliance and development standards
• Present the solution to the business/technology stakeholders and the management and communicate the design choices clearly
• Create technical documentation for the product, business user guide, and other runbooks both for managing the applications and to onboard new users easily
• Research and learn new technologies quickly and work in parallel balancing the ongoing tasks, research tasks, production support, and mentoring others.

Qualifications - Skills Required

• Experience in a large FinTech or similar highly regulated and data centric industry
• Demonstrated ability to analyze business data to formulate appropriate data models and acquire
• Critical data intelligence.
• 7+ years of software development building distributed systems using any modern programming
• Languages such as Java, .NET, etc.
• Python / Shell / Perl scripts for batch processing in Linux/ Windows/ Unix environment
• Proficiency with Enterprise level database (ex. Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Teradata, DB2, Snowflake) and SQL
• Expertise in data integration using common industry ETL tools (i.e. Informatica, Python)
• Extensive knowledge in RDBMS systems such as SAP Hana, Oracle, MS-SQL or Teradata.
• Experience working in an Agile, Lean, or Kanban environment with a focus on team success
• Experience debugging or performing issue diagnosis.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Growth mindset, personal excellence, collaborative spirit.

Skills Preferred

• SAP HANA (or any in-memory database) experience, Kafka messaging and Spring frameworks.
• Experience in integrating various systems using heterogenous data sources REST/SOAP Services,
• JMS, Database
• Experience in Data Modeling, Query tuning, Stored Procedure and NoSQL exposure
• Control-M, Autosys or any equivalent scheduling software
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

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 - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll 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. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley's 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).