Position Description

We are seeking someone to join our Institutional Securities Tech team as a Lead Software Engineer position at Vice President Level, who will be involved in requirements analysis, leading infrastructure squad to quickly deliver reporting solutions along with on-going renovation of reporting platform applications, building new or leverage existing frameworks for validation of data, user & job support. We expect the candidate to have an interest in the financial business. This is a great opportunity for learning about a high growth, industry-leading business, while fully utilizing your leadership, analytical and programming skills.  

About Super Department: 

Prime Brokerage & Sec Fin Tech provides platform to those who borrow cash and securities from the Firm to execute their investment strategies. Some of our solutions are also leveraged by other businesses within the Firm’s Institutional Securities Group (ISG).

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 Engineer position at Vice President Level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintains software solutions that support business needs. 

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you’ll do in the role:

Working with business users to understand requirements, analyze them in detail and write clear specs and convert them into technical design

• Communicate effectively with business teams to ensure alignment of technical deliverables with strategic objectives.

• Drive ongoing modernization and renovation of client reporting platform applications.

• Build new frameworks or leverage existing ones for data validation and quality assurance.

• Lead efforts to enhance existing solutions to meet new requirements

• Addressing ad-hoc requests by leveraging existing tools and infrastructure or with out-of-the-box ideas

• Identify opportunities for optimization and scalability within the platform.

• Stay updated with emerging technologies and apply best practices to enhance system capabilities.

• Liaise with RPE to enhance L1/L3 production support functions

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 8 + years’ experience in architecting new web components/ applications and development of reporting systems

  • Programming Languages : Java, Springboot, RestAPI (Mandatory)

  • Scripting (Shell (Mandatory), Perl (Optional))

  • Python (Optional)

  • JavaScript, React, Angular (Optional)

  • CI/CD (at least one mandatory)

        Knowledge in one or all of these:

Relational Databases

• Sybase/DB2 (Mandatory)

• Snowflake (Mandatory)/ Cloud experience (at least one mandatory)

• PL/SQL and Stored Procedures (Mandatory)

• Analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills

• Team player; highly motivated; excellent communication skills

• Experiencing in leading a squad of 6-7 technical members

• At least 6 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role

• Knowledge in reporting applications development

  • Crystal Reports (Optional)

  • Excel Macro (Optional)

  • Power BI (Optional)

  • TIBCO Composite TDV (Optional)

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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.