Senior Software Engineer (Python/Backend) - Parametric

ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.

This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

ABOUT THE TEAM
The Workflow Automation and Management team is focused on streamlining business processes through innovative technology solutions. Our mission is to build out and maintain a platform that serves as a pivotal intersection between business teams, automation, and artificial intelligence for handling high volume of operational workloads efficiently and error free together. We are dedicated to developing a beautifully designed web application complemented by an elegantly architected backend system. This platform is designed to simplify complex operations and enhance user interaction, making our solution both powerful and accessible. Join us in shaping the future of business operations, where technology meets practicality in exciting new ways.

ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with a robust background in API development and building data processing systems. This role requires knowledge of cloud technologies, proficiency in Python, and direct experience working with databases. The ideal candidate will be technically strong, motivated to solve problems, loves to learn and experiment, uses data and empirical evidence to make thoughtful decisions, and a team player who is confident in working with a geo distributed team. You should be capable of bootstrapping yourself with new technologies and develop strong logical opinions while maintaining openness to ideas from others. As a critical player in a cross-functional team who cares a lot about the users, your collaborative and innovative problem-solving skills will be highly valued.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Scope, lead, build the backend portion of new user facing features in an evolving product with a growing internal user base.
• Work closely in a cross-discipline team to build full stack user facing features. This will include doing API development, data engineering, and cloud infrastructure development types of projects.
• Help continue to mature the cloud-based platform that is critical to the day-to-day of the company. Make it increasingly low touch and robust. Work with the support team to handle production issues. Help them help us in our endeavor in keeping the app up and available all the time.
• Work with engineers in other project teams to properly integrate with their services and applications in the execution of ETL style workflows.
• Develop and execute against both short- and long-term roadmaps. Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation. Maintaining quality is important.
• Teach and mentor both individual contributors and managers to become the next generation of leaders at Parametric. As a senior member of the team, you will be looked upon for guidance in helping to grow our technical knowledge base.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience shipping high-quality user-facing products and engineering large systems.
• 5+ years of experience in writing Python while implementing programs.
• API Development experience.
• Familiarity with functional programming is a bonus.
• Must have cloud computing experience and skills.
• Terraform and use tech like AWS DynamoDB, AWS Opensearch, AWS Neptune, AWS Lambdas, AWS ECS, Gitlab, Sentry so exposure to these is a plus.
• We are open to skilled engineers with experience in other languages and equivalent tech.
• Are comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations.
• Measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code.
• Work well cross-functionally