Lead Full-Stack Engineer - Lending Platform

SupportFinity™; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Lending Tech team is seeking an experienced lead backend developer to architect and deliver scalable software across multiple Lending lines. You will guide front-end and back-end components, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced environment.

You will impact origination, underwriting, asset management, and risk calculations while integrating modern tech stacks and secure development standards.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of proven Java 11+ development experience in modern tech stack for Spring Boot and RESTful microservices.
• Solid development experience in Angular web applications.
• Strong knowledge in relational or document-based databases such as Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, MongoDB or Elasticsearch.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and optimize application performance.
• Proven track record of leading high-performance engineering teams.
• Fluent in English with Excellent communication skills.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and vision to design and develop a scalable platform to support multiple Lending business lines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Oversee the execution of the project, ensuring quality and on-time delivery of front end and back-end components
• Mentorship of junior team members and code review expertise.
• Ability to drive technical initiatives and provide leadership.
• Actively contributes to agile squad ceremonies and practices.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration.
• Ensure adherence to security and compliance standards in all development activities.
• Lead the modernization of the tech stack leveraging latest technology

Skills

Java 11+ development

Spring Boot

RESTful microservices

Angular

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Performance optimization

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Tools

Docker

Podman

Kubernetes

Job description

Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Lending Tech team is seeking an experienced lead backend developer to architect and deliver scalable software across multiple Lending lines. You will guide front-end and back-end components, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced environment.

You will impact origination, underwriting, asset management, and risk calculations while integrating modern tech stacks and secure development standards.