Senior Cloud-Native Performance Engineer

Morgan-Stanley; Town of Islip (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the performance reporting engine and drive modernization of legacy systems onto a scalable, cloud-native AWS platform. You will lead cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy, latency, and auditability for client reporting and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, agile delivery, and collaboration with analysts and stakeholders to translate complex financial requirements into robust software solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on Software Development experience.
• Strong object-oriented software development with C#/.NET.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead development of an event-driven engine on AWS.
• Drive migration of legacy systems to a cloud-native platform.
• Ensure performance, latency, and auditability for client reporting.

Skills

C#/.NET

AWS

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Agile/Scrum

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Master’s degree (a plus)

Tools

Apache Kafka

Terraform

Snowflake

DynamoDB

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the performance reporting engine and drive modernization of legacy systems onto a scalable, cloud-native AWS platform. You will lead cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy, latency, and auditability for client reporting and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, agile delivery, and collaboration with analysts and stakeholders to translate complex financial requirements into robust software solutions.