Engineering Lead, Equity Derivatives Tech — Risk Platform

474 MS Services Group, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley seeks an Engineering Lead (Executive Director) in ESTAR to drive intraday risk management and scenario analysis for our global Equity trading business. You will shape product direction, contribute technically, and lead the team in delivering high-impact platforms.

You will collaborate with the Equity Risk Systems department, navigate complex requirements, and guide implementation on modern distributed infrastructure, including containers and cloud orchestration.

Qualifications

• Ability to foster productive relationships with a global trading desk.
• Ability to lead the team through engineering challenges.
• Understanding of equity derivatives trading business.
• Understanding the dynamics of enterprise systems.
• Experience in dealing with complicated and conflicting requirements and scheduling and reconciling them.
• Experience in large scale distributed systems development, on modern infrastructure platforms such as containers and cloud orchestration solutions.
• Experience with using AI for code generation would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future direction of the product through stakeholder communication.
• Personally contribute to the development of the product.
• Manage the team’s delivery.
• Coordinate with the Equity Risk Systems department and renovation projects to meet platform goals.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering leadership

Equity derivatives knowledge

Enterprise systems understanding

Distributed systems

Containers

Cloud orchestration

AI for code generation

Tools

Containers

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

AI code generation tools

Job description

Morgan Stanley seeks an Engineering Lead (Executive Director) in ESTAR to drive intraday risk management and scenario analysis for our global Equity trading business. You will shape product direction, contribute technically, and lead the team in delivering high-impact platforms.

You will collaborate with the Equity Risk Systems department, navigate complex requirements, and guide implementation on modern distributed infrastructure, including containers and cloud orchestration.