VP, Lead Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. We advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions and individuals. 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. We provide you a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve and grow.

Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex and dynamic financial markets. We have a large number of award winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm's businesses to be the top in the market. Our India technology teams are based in Mumbai and Bengaluru. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Technology strives to provide a technology platform that helps the business deliver outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of wealth management solutions to a diverse client base.

This position is for a Lead Software Engineer for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management- WMPT PAG at Morgan Stanley's New York location. It provides technology solutions for Financial Advisors. The application Suite includes Single Advisory Platform, Trading, Portfolio Maintenance, Unified Fixed Income and a comprehensive set of Business Components that enable Wealth Management Advisory solutions for Financial Advisory teams.

The charter of this team is to develop FA facing platforms and applications. Working as a member of this team, the candidate will be responsible for developing and supporting applications frontend/services. This is a hands-on role and is responsible for analyzing user specifications and requirements and providing assistance in coding, testing and debugging applications.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and managing complex projects with significant business impact

• Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments

• As a hands-on specialist develop and deliver complex features and reusable architectural components

• Recommend alternative technical approaches, and lead engineering efforts to provide optimal solutions.

• Instill a culture of continuous improvement within the team and demonstrate measurable improvements

• Implement DevOps best practice for monitoring & operation of production services

• Career management and development of direct reports 

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline, preferably computer science

• 10+ years of experience in designing and implementing large scale enterprise applications

• 3+ years of experience in building and leading a strong engineering team

• Solid software development background including design patterns, object-oriented programming and test-driven development

• Strong knowledge of client-side development in CSS3, HTML5, TypeScript/Javascript, Angular 18 or above, REACT JS framework and other JS libraries (Bootstrap, JQuery etc.)

• Strong knowledge of server-side development in Microsoft .Net stack in C#, ASP.Net core, Web API, LINQ, Threading, TPL, MQ and Microservices.

• Experience of working in Database systems (in both NoSQL and SQL)

• Strong understanding of full stack development and experience of working in an Agile environment

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Banking, investment banking or wealth management domains

• Experience of working in successful technology transformation/simplification projects

• Experience in working on Cloud native architecture

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 - put