Consultant Conversion - Lead Software Engineer

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 Director 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.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Lead the design and implementation of new features for the myGIO and Welathbooks platform including for the Mobile platform. 
• Work closely with business on understanding and brainstorming the GenAI and Agentic usecases for the GIO domain. 
• Lead the design and development of the GenAI features 
• Lead the effort to modernize many of the modules in the tech stack using tools like Moderne and Copilot. 
• Work with vendors to understand some of the tools and solutions 
• Mentor junior members of the team 

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 7+ years of hands-on application development experience with Java and associated frameworks/technologies. 
• Core Java and modern Java capabilities (Java 8/11/17) including Streams, Lambdas, Optional, Date/Time API, and core concurrency concepts 
• Strong foundation in Collections, multithreading, exception handling, JVM fundamentals, and performance tuning/optimization considerations 
• Extensive experience with the Spring ecosystem, including: Spring Framework (4/5) and Spring Boot 
• Building RESTful APIs/services using Spring MVC/REST, including input validation, centralized exception handling, and use of filters/interceptors 
• Integrating with external/internal services through REST (exposure to Rest Template/Web Client is a plus) 
• Data structures and algorithms, object-oriented modeling, and system design basics 
• Secure coding practices and adherence to modern development standards and guidelines 
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve productivity while ensuring code quality, readability, and adherence to engineering standards.

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 $120,000 and $165,000 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, s