Lead Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in Carlsbad, CA is seeking a Lead Software Engineer who treats latency budgets like personal grudges and CI/CD as a second language. The role emphasizes owning technology end-to-end, debugging complex systems, and delivering reliable Rails and Ansible pipelines that keep deployments green for local teams.

This position offers a competitive compensation range, mentorship, and the opportunity to shape infrastructure while living in California.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a technology setting.
• Proficiency with Ansible and Ruby on Rails; solid CI/CD understanding.
• Ability to debug complex, multi-service systems across teams.

Responsibilities

• Trace a deeply technical bug across multiple Ansible services across the stack.
• Maintain backward compatibility of Ansible schemas to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Keep the Rails build pipeline green for timely deployments by Carlsbad teams.
• Design Rails APIs used by Carlsbad, CA teams for future use.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across CA engineering teams.
• Automate manual CI/CD chores to reduce engineering hours.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.

Skills

7+ years experience

Debugging under pressure

Ambiguity handling

Initiative

Tools

Ansible

Ruby on Rails

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

We're hiring a Lead Software Engineer who treats latency budgets like personal grudges and CI/CD like a second language. The whole arrangement rewards initiative — $153,000 - $240,000 to start, technology ownership throughout, and Morgan Stanley backing every step.

Key Responsibilities

• Trace a deeply technical technology bug across three Ansible services to the one bad line
• Keep Ansible schemas backward-compatible so Morgan Stanley never forces a breaking upgrade
• Keep the Ruby on Rails build pipeline green so Carlsbad deploys never wait on a red light
• Design Ruby on Rails APIs other Carlsbad, CA teams will still thank you for next year
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across CA engineering teams
• Automate the manual CI/CD chores that quietly drain Carlsbad, CA engineering hours
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for service-minded production environments

What You'll Bring

• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• 7+ years putting Flexibility to work in a technology setting
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written

Morgan Stanley is a relentlessly curious Carlsbad, CA studio where Ansible gets treated with the seriousness most companies reserve for marketing. Our Carlsbad, CA team moves at a steady, sustainable pace and protects time for deep, focused Terraform work.

We frame the offer around growth: $153,000 - $240,000 today, mentorship now, benefits always, and the flexibility to live well in CA.

The freshness epoch just refreshed, marking this Lead Software Engineer role live again.

Got 8 of technology experience itching for a new home? This is the door.