Java Development Lead - Vice President

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. This is a Lead Software Engineering position at the Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

We are seeking someone to join our Equity Swaps Trading team as a Senior Java Developer in ESTAR to support the Equity Swaps business. This is a global front-office team that writes the software supporting a leading provider of the Equity Swap product. This role will be within the real time calculation engine and its related components that is at the heart of the product suite. The developer will work within an agile squad developing within a system comprising of numerous Java services that interact via messaging to produce the product outputs in real time. Technologies and techniques such as highly multi-threaded Java, Sharded Mongo DB and caching are used in the stack to provide the scale and performance that the product requires. A candidate is likely to gain exposure to both new and complex technologies as well as in-depth business knowledge.

What you'll do in the role:

• Join one of our core development squads to work on business logic changes, general code maintenance, to more complex changes to support the incoming business requests.
• Write efficient code in a high message volume, large data sets in a complex business product and highly complex concurrent event processing model.
• Own and deliver change from idea to production.
• Involve in the testing and development of unit tests, automated integration tests, runbook development.
• Help in the comprehensive UAT, full system regression and change rollback tests.
• Be part in the Level 3 regional production support rotation which is shared between our global developers.
• Adaptable to work across multiple technologies and disciplines, with a focus on delivering quality solutions for the business in a timely fashion.

What you'll bring to the role:

• 7+ years of core server-side Java experience with expertise in working in a multi-threading environment.
• Demonstrable ability to write quality solutions and to identify / avoid poor solutions and common pitfalls.
• Experience in software testing methods (ex. JUnit, Cypress)
• Understanding of Linux and scripting languages
• Experience in relational and/or NoSQL database experience, for example MongoDB or DB2
• Understanding of message-based architectures (MQ, Pub Sub, Kafka and/or similar techs)
• Full software development lifecycle experience in an enterprise setting
• An interest to learn the business supported by the applications.
• Good problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A willingness to be flexible and able to respond to a dynamic business environment.

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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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).