Director, Lead Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley; New York (NY); On-site; USD 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Director, Lead Software Engineer, to design and develop applications crucial for business units, aiding in cash, swaps, and derivatives management. This role requires collaboration with teams to create high-performance trading systems while ensuring system integrity and reliability. Candidates should have a Master’s degree in IT or Computer Science, with relevant technical experience.

Benefits

Employee benefits and perks

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Comprehensive employee support programs

Qualifications

• Must have a Master's degree and 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in building scalable real-time systems is crucial.
• Familiarity with development methodologies and SDLC required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and sustain applications utilized by various business units.
• Ensure high stability and resilience in system capacity.
• Engage with clients to analyze requirements and make design decisions.

Skills

Building scalable real-time systems

Agile methodologies

Server-Side Java

Angular/React

Linux/Unix

Spring

Education

Master’s in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

JIRA

DB2

NoSQL Technologies

GIT

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Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. seeks a Director, Lead Software Engineer in New York, New York

Design, build, and sustain applications utilized by various business units. Function as a developer and architect for deliverables. Develop infrastructure related to capacity and establish a highly stable and resilient system. Deliver crucial projects facing the business for cash, swaps, and listed derivatives. Engage with clients to collect and analyze requirements and make system design decisions. Evaluate, integrate, and build necessary software. Conduct testing and deploy applications to the production environment. Participate in development projects, including the creation of high-performance, low-latency electronic trading systems, the advancement of intricate workflows, and life-cycle management capabilities across increasingly complex products. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to build cutting-edge systems, provide tools, applications, and platforms. Contribute to application projects, including the engineering of the Firm's trade allocation system, and the development of streamlined integration systems for upstream and downstream systems. Work with the firm's proprietary technologies and financial products. Establish and maintain productive relationships with various teams.

Salary: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $158,000 and $158,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Requirements

Requires a Master’s in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field of study and two (2) years of experience in the position offered or two (2) years as a/an Technology Associate, or related. Requires any amount of experience with: Building scalable real-time systems; agile; Development methodologies; SDLC from engaging with stakeholders to translating stakeholder requirements to IT specifications; Liaising with Front Office and Back Office teams; Server-Side Java; Angular/React; Linux/Unix; Spring; SOAP; XML based technologies; CXF; DB2; MQ; JIRA; Sybase; PERL; GIT; NoSQL Technologies; Exposure to queuing, database and caching technologies; Eclipse IDE; and FIX protocol.

Qualified Applicants: To apply, visit us at https://morganstanley.eightfold.ai/careers?source=mscom and enter JR000574 in the search field. No calls please. EOE

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's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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