Senior AI Engineer

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

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in New York seeks a Market Risk Technology Director to lead Python-based AI applications and frameworks that empower risk teams to onboard datasets and leverage AI-driven insights.

You will own the technical direction, architecture, and production reliability of AI systems used by Market Risk professionals worldwide. This is a hands-on leadership role with strong Python, AI, and modern engineering practice requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development experience and API design.
• Experience delivering production-grade AI or LLM-based apps.
• Solid data engineering fundamentals: SQL, modeling and lifecycle.
• Experience with concurrency, testing and performance.

Responsibilities

• Build and own Python-based AI apps with NLP interfaces and LLMs.
• Deliver tools enabling self-service analytics on datasets.
• Architect and manage RESTful services for large-scale solutions.
• Optimize data ingestion and processing pipelines.
• Collaborate with Risk Management stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.

Skills

Python

API Frameworks

GenAI

Data engineering

SQL

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

Kafka

Redis

Job description

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Software Engineering position at the Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

About Us

The Firm Market Risk Technology Team develops software to measure and monitor Market Risk and Capital for the Firm’s global portfolio. We are responsible for designing and implementing technology solutions that calculate and assess the Market Risk of the Firm. Our systems support daily risk simulations and analytics that estimate potential losses across different time horizons.

We work closely with Risk Managers, Market Risk Analytics teams, Senior management, and various regulatory bodies globally. The Market Risk team constantly updates its current suite of risk management tools, frameworks and processes or builds new ones to meet frequently changing business and regulatory landscape.

Role Overview

As a Market Risk Technology Director, you will lead the development of Python-based AI applications and frameworks that empower business teams to onboard their own datasets and seamlessly leverage advanced tooling. Your solutions will provide a platform for intuitive data access, AI‑driven insights and automation working closely with the Market Risk business teams to help gain productivity and make faster, smarter decisions.

You will design and implement scalable solutions for risk data processing, RESTful services, and agentic workflows that support “talk to data” interfaces and Generative AI driven commentary. You will own technical direction, architectural decisions, and be accountable for production, reliability, and evolution of AI systems used by Market Risk teams. This is a hands‑on role requiring strong technical expertise in Python, Gen‑AI and modern engineering practices.

What you’ll do in the role

• Build and own Python-based AI applications leveraging natural language interfaces, Large Language Models, data analytics, and automation.
• Deliver innovative applications and tools that allow business users onboard and manage their datasets and leverage self‑service analytics.
• Architect and manage RESTful services for large‑scale enterprise solutions using open standards.
• Optimize data ingestion and processing pipelines for efficiency and performance.
• Collaborate with Firm Risk Management stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver AI solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers within the agile squad.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Strong hands‑on application development experience in Python, including building service APIs using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.
• Proven experience designing and delivering production‑grade AI or LLM‑based applications.
• Solid understanding of data engineering fundamentals including SQL, data modeling and data lifecycle management.
• Hands‑on experience with concurrency and performance optimization (multiprocessing, multithreading, asynchronous I/O).
• Practitioner of unit testing, integration and performance testing.
• Experience owning systems in production, including reliability, incident management, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to set technical direction, make architectural decisions, and mentor senior engineers.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with agentic workflows, natural language or “talk‑to‑data” systems.
• Hands‑on experience with OpenTelemetry and observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus).
• Experience with cloud‑native architectures, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with data streaming, messaging, or caching technologies (Kafka, Redis).
• Exposure to CI/CD, DevOps, or GitOps practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

Soft Skills

• Strong problem‑solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to act autonomously and make complex decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams and time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of related experience.

This role offers the opportunity to

• Build platforms and frameworks that transform how business teams interact with risk data.
• Drive productivity improvements by enabling self‑service onboarding and AI‑powered analytics.
• Combine Python engineering excellence with modern architecture and automation to deliver high‑impact solutions.
• Collaborate with top‑tier risk professionals and influence firm‑wide decision‑making.

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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. 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Compensation

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $165,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Base pay is determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long‑term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross‑section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences.

For more information, please visit https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.