Software engineer - Director

Director, Application Development

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.

Position Description

We are seeking an experienced Software engineer in our Core Brokerage group, who will participate in 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

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 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 engineers who do enough hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside the company

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 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 Java. Knowledge in multiple languages like Java, C++, GO, Javascript will be a plus.

Knowledge on Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate and C/C++

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, Python and UNIX based shell scripts is required

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

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