Senior Java Developer (Hybrid)

PowerToFly; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Senior Java Developer in Montreal to strengthen their Global Security Settlements team. You will build a cloud-based settlement platform while participating in refinement sessions and developing high-quality code and automated tests. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience, strong Java and Spring-boot skills, and familiarity with Azure and DevOps practices. This role offers a hybrid work environment, supporting both remote work and office attendance.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits

Hybrid work model

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in building distributed event-based systems.
• Strong understanding of microservice architecture.
• Experience with high volume messaging and REST-based middleware.

Responsibilities

• Participate in refinement sessions for clear requirement definitions.
• Write clean and reusable code along with automated tests.
• Guide junior developers in best practices.

Skills

Core Java

Spring-boot

Microservice architecture

Cloud-based development principles

Agile practices

Database models

DevOps practices

Kafka

Mongo DB

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our Global Security Settlements team as a Senior Java Developer in Operations Technology to build a resilient, scalable, and secure cloud-based settlement platform. You will be participating in the requirements refinement sessions, working on architecture, design, and implementation - writing code and automated tests, creating CI/CD pipelines following the best software development and DevOps standards. In our agile environment, you will have to interact directly with the users, product owners, business analysts, and other technologists across the firm. If you have a track record of building large-scale distributed applications, preferably on Azure/Cloud, we’d like to meet you.

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 Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining 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.

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:

• Actively participate in the refinement sessions to ensure the requirements are clearly defined.
• Write clean, performant, scalable, testable, and reusable code and build automated tests.
• Guide more junior developers helping them to follow the best software development practices.
• Follow the best DevOps practices - create CI/CD pipelines, enable capturing telemetry, etc.
• Contribute to enhancing team standards and improving processes.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Hands‑on with 6+ years’ experience in building distributed event‑based systems applying agile practices. Sound understanding of microservice architecture and design patterns, system resiliency, scalability, security, and observability.
• Strong working knowledge of core Java, Spring‑boot, and other Spring framework features.
• Experience with designing and implementing high volume messaging‑and rest‑based middleware.
• Experience with defining scalable database models (relational or others).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.
• Familiarity with cloud‑based development principles.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• Familiarity with Kafka and Mongo DB.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or in a related field.

At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi‑faced and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

Build a career with impact. Visit morganstanley.com for more information.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first‑class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.