Lead Software Engineer - Vice President - Software Engineering

Morgan Stanley; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley India seeks a Vice President for Exposure & Collateral Management Technology to lead architectural efforts as part of a major platform renovation. You will drive cloud-ready, highly scalable solutions and mentor a team of developers across multiple tech stacks.

The role demands leadership, hands-on delivery, and strong communication with stakeholders to ensure timely feature delivery. Mumbai-based with India-wide impact.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Engineering/Technology degree with CS background from a top-tier university.
• Strong fundamentals in event-driven architecture and microservices.
• Unix/Linux familiarity with shell scripting.
• Relational/NoSQL databases and SQL for DDL/DML.
• Experience with CI/CD, blue/green and canary deployments and feature flags.
• End-to-end design experience and ability to communicate architecture clearly.
• Proficiency in Core Java 8+ with Spring Boot, REST, JSON, XML, Kafka, and related tech.
• Scripting in Python, Perl, or JavaScript; shell/bash scripting.
• Unit/Integration testing with JUnit/Mockito/Cucumber and automated tests.
• Strong problem solving and business learning aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical architect within a high-performance team to drive cloud-ready architecture.
• Apply software engineering principles to build scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
• Develop observable, available services in a cloud-ready manner.
• Mentor junior technologists and collaborate with senior staff.
• Collaborate with external teams to support strategic integration and renovation goals.

Skills

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

Unix/Linux scripting

SQL/DDL/DML

CI/CD pipelines

Design & architecture

Java 8+

Spring Boot

REST/JSON/XML

Kafka

Python/Perl/JavaScript

JUnit/Mockito/Cucumber

Telemetry/Observability

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Technology with Computer Science background

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Hazelcast/Redis

ELK/Grafana/AppDynamics

Job description

Profile Description

We’re seeking someone to join our team as (Vice President) Exposure & Collateral Management Technology Team within BRM Technology at a time when we are performing a significant renovation in the core platform, with an aim to simplify and making our processes real time by embracing best in class technology solutions.

Institutional Securities Technology

Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. IST’s ‘clients’ include Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, Prime Brokerage and Global Capital Markets.

Software Engineering

This is Vice President position that develops and maintains 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.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm’s global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm’s infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Strong & experienced technologist working as a technical architect within a high-performance team to help drive the business implementation & cloud ready architecture.

• Effectively apply software and systems engineering principles to build and run complex, distributed, scalable and fault-tolerant systems.

• Implement highly observable, available, and testable services in a cloud ready manner

• Mentor junior technologists within the team and collaborate with other senior technologists (VPs) within the team.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with external teams to help achieve the objectives of strategic integration as part of the renovation agenda. Ability to disambiguate and dive deep as needed.

This is a senior role, and you would have previously demonstrated the leadership of a small or sizable team of developers, whilst demonstrating hands-on development activities too. We are looking for someone to help own problems and be able to demonstrate leadership and responsibility for the delivery of new features. The team and role are ideal for someone looking for a strong career development path with many opportunities to grow, learn and develop too.

The role requires someone who is flexible and able to respond to a dynamic business environment. The candidate must be adaptable to work across multiple technologies and disciplines, with a focus on delivering quality solutions for the business in a timely fashion. This role suits people experienced in complex data domains.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Required Skills:

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

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Technology with Computer Science background from a top tier university & 9+ Years of experience in Software Engineering.

• Software Engineering: Understanding of Computer Science fundamental concepts and best practices related to Software engineering with a focus on Event Driven Architecture and Design using Microservices.

• Systems Engineering: Familiarity of Unix/Linux operating systems with knowledge of shell/bash scripting.

• Database Engineering: Experience in Relational/NoSQL database with working knowledge of SQL for DDL/DML operations.

• Release Engineering: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines Blue/green & Canary deployments. Familiarity with feature flag-based releases.

• Design & Architecture: Experience in design and implementation of end-to-end components of the larger architecture. Ability to deal with functional complexity and help simplify where possible. Self-starter working in a pro-active mode with a mindset of system owner.

• Ability to produce high quality artefacts around the SDLC such as architecture diagrams, design blueprints & ability to communicate the same to the junior member of the team as well as the senior stakeholders.

• Programming: Proficiency in Core Java 8.0 or above with knowledge of frequently used API/Transport/Frameworks (Ex. Spring Boot, REST, JSON, XML, Swagger, MQ, Distributed Caches, REST, Kafka, Log4j). Knowledge of functional programming concepts, streams, lambdas etc.

• Scripting: Python, Perl, JavaScript, Unix shell/bash scripting

• Testing: Knowledge of Unit and Integration test frameworks with experience in writing automated tests using JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber or similar testing frameworks

• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of driving excellence.

• Inclination to learn business.

Desired Skills:

• Experience working with messaging systems such as Kafka. Knowledge of streams, global K-Tables, KSQL etc.

• Understanding of containers and virtualization with Infrastructure as code (Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift)

• Knowledge of distributed Caching frameworks like Hazelcast, Redis etc.

• Experience in developing enterprise scale n-tier applications in financial domain

• Exposure to application instrumentation, telemetry, observability. Experience with ELK/ Grafana/AppDynamics etc.

• Experience with full stack design & development with exposure to C#, Angular & React.

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 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.

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