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 ProfileMiddle 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.
Position DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced Software Engineering leader in our Core Brokerage group, who will lead the technical aspects of designing, implementing, testing of various initiatives. The role expects significant engineering ownership in complex server-side applications, including new feature work, improvements on existing code, and active participation in designing and shipping the product.
The incumbent will be working in Middle Office Core Platform Organization to drive product development including requirement gathering, technical solutioning.
RESPONSIBILITIES- Lead a technical team to design and implement highly reliable, scale-able, extensible, maintainable, global, and operable products and platforms
- Draft and review architectural diagrams, interface specifications, class structures, and other design documents
- Build systems that balance resources, constraints, requirements, and complexity
- Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership in order to shape decisions regarding architectural strategy
- Evangelize technologies, solutions, and best practices developed with the organization
- Develop department-wide technical perspectives, standards, solutions, and strategies that resolve significant product or organizational pain-points
- Participate in a network of principal engineers to share ideas, practices, and experiences
- Work closely with product management and development teams
- You must enjoy challenging engineering problems. We are looking for someone who can solve complex issues
- We value principal engineers who do enough hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside the company
- Lead and mentor other back-end engineers Basic
- Minimum of 10 years of software development experience
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Strong Proficiency with either Go or Java/J2EE
Preferred- Expert in software development domain and principles, including design patterns, data structures, continuous integration and deployment architecture
- Solid experience in working with either Golang or Java. Knowledge in multiple languages like GO, Java, C++, Javascript will be a plus.
- Knowledge on Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate and C/C++, batch scripts - perl, ksh.
- Good understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, SOAP, IDL, gRPC and API design for extensibility and portability
- Experience writing SQL queries for Sybase / Oracle or another Relational Database is required.
- Well versed with OOD and SOA principles.
- Experience of working in UNIX environment. Knowledge of perl and UNIX based shell scripts is required
- Working knowledge of cloud, service mesh and containers
- Team player possessing strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
- Experience with SCRUM, Agile and iterative approaches a plus
- Creative thinker, self-starter, able to work on multiple projects simultaneously
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 that's differentiated - and we've 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 - 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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150,000 and $210,000 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'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).
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