VP Java Software Engineer — Lead Platform (Hybrid)

Morgan Stanley

United States

Hybrid

USD 160,000 - 230,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Morgan Stanley’s Parametric Investment Management unit seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead technical delivery and people leadership across direct indexing platform services. You will guide a team of engineers, design scalable microservices, and partner with Equity Investments, Core Services, and Digital teams to improve performance and reliability.

You will help shape architecture, leverage AWS cloud-native tech, and build tests while maintaining strong collaboration with US West Coast

Qualifications

12+ years hands-on development experience managing all aspects of technical projects with a proven track record of delivering well architected and well written software solutions.
3+ years of managing software development teams and providing direct guidance, mentorship, project leadership, and team development while fostering an engaging, collaborative environment and building strong cross-team relationships
Strong Java and Spring Boot experience
Experience with microservices and distributed systems
Cloud native development experience a plus: AWS is preferred
Exposure to event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka)
Working knowledge of SQL, RDBMS, NoSQL databases such as Redis & DynamoDB
Experience using enterprise AI development tools, including GitHub Copilot Enterprise and GitHub Spec Kit, to enable AI-powered Specification-Driven Development.
Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments.
Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and a results-oriented approach to solving complex business and technology challenges.
Demonstrated sound judgment, integrity, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes in a collaborative environment.
Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.
Familiarity with AI and related technologies, with the ability to apply them in a business or technical context

Responsibilities

Design and develop proprietary solutions for the Equity Direct Indexing portfolio management teams
Provide technical leadership by directly managing a team of engineers, guiding and mentoring them to achieve their highest potential while collectively advancing the goals and projects of the engineering team
Drive vision and strategy for the team while exemplifying strong leadership skills, including communication, consensus building, elevated standards, ownership, accountability, and project management
Design, develop, and maintain services and API to support various business needs
Leverage scalable and distributed computing principles to build the next generation of services
Ensures that software solutions remain integrated, efficient, and appropriate for a highly regulated industry
Create unit/integration/functional/performance tests
Conduct code reviews of other developers
Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity
Maintain regular collaboration with teams and stakeholders in the US West Coast time zone, including flexibility to support overlapping working hours when needed