Senior Java Lead: Algorithmic Trading & Platforms

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Global mobility opportunities

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in London to lead Java development for automated trading systems. Join a fast-moving IT/quant/trading team building scalable engines, analytics, and trading strategies in a high-performance environment.

You will collaborate with product leads and global teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions, while guiding junior staff and driving architecture improvements across markets.

Qualifications

• Strong Java expertise with UNIX/Linux experience.
• Experience building/maintaining high-volume, low-latency trading systems.
• Ability to communicate with product leads and global teams.
• Willingness to learn business context and adapt across markets.

Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly with product leads across the technology organization and discuss opportunities for improvement to existing and future technology solutions.
• You will be using core Java development to build and enhance trading strategies and engines
• The role involves working directly with the global trading, quant and IT teams to advance the platform and the businesses it serves
• The project portfolio is typically varied, spanning new and existing algorithm development, improving the technical and execution performance of trading systems, the generation and analysis of trading signals & data
• You will part of a team which is involved in the full system development lifecycle from discussing and agreeing requirements through to designing, developing and deploying the changes
• The systems you will work on are high volume, low latency, resilient, scalable and message-driven based on cutting edge Java and utilising the latest hardware

Skills

Java development

UNIX/Linux

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Global teamwork

REST API design

Low-latency systems

Tools

Git/Stash

Jenkins

JUnit

KDB/q

TypeScript

Angular

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in London to lead Java development for automated trading systems. Join a fast-moving IT/quant/trading team building scalable engines, analytics, and trading strategies in a high-performance environment.

You will collaborate with product leads and global teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions, while guiding junior staff and driving architecture improvements across markets.