About the position
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. Senior Software Developer within Capital Markets area of Investment Solutions Technology (IST) organization, responsible for development and maintenance of various applications related to the Capital Markets platform.
Responsibilities
- Manage and contribute to all aspects of application development including functional and technical specifications, design, development and support
- Ensure high quality of deliverables while enforcing development best practices
- Participate in steering and evolving engineering excellence
Requirements
- Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Engineering, preferably Computer Science/Engineering, from a top tier University
- At least 8 years of hands-on technical experience delivering solutions using technologies including: Java, Camel, Drools, Kafka, Cloud, Spring, SpringBoot, REST services, Linux
- Extensive experience with multi-tier, micro-services, distributed architecture
- Extensive experience in OO analysis and design
- Excellent OO programming and debugging skills
- Good understanding of SOA, XML, WSDL, XSD
- Good working knowledge of Relational Databases (preferably SQL Server & DB2)
- Strong working knowledge of multi-threaded programming
- Experience of building low-latency trading and order management frameworks
- Experience with Splunk, Loki, Prometheus, Tomcat, Gradle, MQ
- Experience should encompass: Performance engineering, Build and deployment, Reviewing issues and program defects, Recognizing system deficiencies and implementing effective solutions, Ensuring that the team(s) deliver high-quality solutions for our clients, Interviewing and hiring resources
- Excellent analytical, and systems design skills
- Excellent collaboration/teamwork skills
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels within Technology, Business and Operations
- Excellent presentations skills: communicate in a clear and concise manner; individually or in front of a group.
- Capability to approach problems as challenges and deal with them constructively while promoting this approach to other team members.
- Ability to set an example for team members in the following manner: hard work, a focus on client delivery, preparedness, organization, a positive attitude and respect for others.
- Development experience within the financial/banking industry strongly preferred
