Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Python)

96 Morgan Stanley UK Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in London seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and maintain robust, scalable infrastructure automation systems in a hands-on leadership role. You will own end-to-end delivery of infrastructure projects, mentor engineers, and drive reliability and performance in a fast-paced trading environment.

You will collaborate with developers, SREs and administrators to implement resilient platforms, streamline operations, and apply best practices in automation, monitoring

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming experience.
• Expertise in Unix/Linux and networking basics.
• Experience architecting large-scale infrastructure.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support new infrastructure solutions for algorithmic trading.
• Collaborate with development groups, admins and engineers to reduce costs and manage risk.
• Act as SME for Linux-based electronic trading infrastructure.
• Mentor, coach and lead engineers.
• Provide technical leadership for a small team of engineers and SREs.
• Drive continuous improvement via reviews, blameless post-mortems and SRE practices.

Skills

Python

Unix/Linux

System design

Infrastructure automation

Leadership

Go

Tools

Git

Jenkins

tcpdump

strace

CI/CD

TDD

Job description

We're seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer covering designing, building and maintaining robust, resilient and scalable, infrastructure automation systems. 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 Infrastructure Engineering position at Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for managing and optimizing technical infrastructure and ensuring the seamless operation of IT systems to support business needs effectively. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley has been a global leader in financial services, continually evolving and innovating to better serve clients and communities across more than 40 countries.

What you'll do in the role:

• Design, implement and support new infrastructure solutions to enable our algorithmic trading business to operate in an efficient, effective and compliant manner.
• Collaborate closely with business-facing development groups, system administrators and enterprise infrastructure engineers to implement and maintain appropriate solutions to reduce costs and manage technology risk for our business.
• Act as a subject matter expert for our Linux-based electronic trading infrastructure platform.
• Mentor, coach and lead less experienced engineers.
• Provide technical leadership and vision for a small business-aligned team of engineers and SREs.
• Drive the continuous improvement of our infrastructure and working practices through regular reviews, blameless port-mortems and other SRE techniques.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Advanced knowledge of the Python programming language and standard software engineering concepts such as common data structures, regular expressions, object-oriented programming, and advanced algorithms.
• Strong understanding of core Unix components - networking stack, daemon configuration, OS customisation.
• Experience with architecting large scale, robust, resilient and scalable systems.
• Domain expertise in infrastructure automation and integration.
• The ability to describe algorithmic and architectural trade-offs in an algebraic or quantitative fashion.
• Comfortable developing in a Linux and CLI-based environment.
• Knowledge of standard Linux command line debugging tools such as tcpdump and strace.
• Familiarity with modern development tools and practices including agentic-workflows, git, jenkins, test-driven development, and continuous integration.
• Can take full-lifecycle ownership of components within a project, from initial architecture design to ongoing support.
• A proven track record of technical leadership, able to work independently on both technical problems as well as customer interactions.
• The successful candidate will also be expected to provide technical mentorship and leadership to less experienced engineers.
• Familiarity with the Go programming language would also be useful.

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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:

If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement

Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents. Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.

At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society.