Executive Tech Lead for Global Trading Platforms

Morgan Stanley; New York (NY); On-site; USD 195,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to drive design, development, and delivery of high-performance trading systems across multiple asset classes. This hands-on leadership role partners with front office and technology teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions, while maintaining robust architecture and delivery standards.

The position offers exposure to front-office stakeholders, risk and compliance collaboration, and a fast-paced global

Qualifications

• 12+ years building trading, risk, pricing, order-management, or market-data systems.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and instruments across equities, derivatives, FX, rates, commodities, or cross-asset products.
• Proven technical leadership in architecture, engineering standards, mentoring, and delivery.
• Hands-on experience with distributed, high-performance, or low-latency systems and production operations.
• Ability to communicate with senior non-technical stakeholders and balance urgency, resilience, and maintainability.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools with appropriate validation, security, and controls.
• Strong judgment and systematic problem solving in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of business-critical trading systems, translating requirements into scalable solutions from architecture through production support.
• Act as the primary technical partner to traders, desk heads, product partners, and technology teams, aligning priorities, surfacing risks, and managing trade-offs.
• Lead and mentor developers, setting technical direction, engineering standards, and a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Drive Agile delivery and partner with risk, compliance, infrastructure, and support teams to ensure production stability and appropriate controls.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to improve productivity, quality, and delivery efficiency.
• Remain hands-on in architecture, development, code review, and troubleshooting for high-performance trading systems.

Skills

Trading systems

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Low-latency

AI-assisted tooling

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to drive design, development, and delivery of high-performance trading systems across multiple asset classes. This hands-on leadership role partners with front office and technology teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions, while maintaining robust architecture and delivery standards.

The position offers exposure to front-office stakeholders, risk and compliance collaboration, and a fast-paced global