VP-Level Senior Java Engineer & Tech Leader

474 MS Services Group, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Equity Swaps technology team in New York. This hands-on senior role focuses on designing, building, and owning core components within a large-scale, real-time system.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and drive architecture decisions while actively writing code. You will work with a modern stack including Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kafka, IBM MQ, Hazelcast, and Snowflake, and contribute to advancing CI/CD practices

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Java, server-side, concurrent/multi-threaded programming with Spring Boot and JUnit.
• Strong knowledge of message-based architectures (Kafka and/or IBM MQ).
• Strong RDBMS skills — Sybase and/or DB2 — with proficiency writing complex SQL.
• Unix/Linux scripting (Shell / Python).
• Sharp problem-solving and analytical ability, with a track record of owning full SDLC delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication — able to explain complex tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Genuine interest in learning the business the platform supports, not just the tech.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve a multi-threaded, Linux-based, real-time Java platform handling high-throughput event flows.
• Drive analysis, design, and architecture for complex, cross-team initiatives.
• Work with tech stack: RDBMS plus MongoDB, Kafka, IBM MQ, Hazelcast, Snowflake.
• Hands-on with a large sharded MongoDB cluster and grow into SME on its design and operation.
• Be the technical expert on the core cashflow calculator and validate outputs beyond code.
• Strengthen test automation and deployment practices toward CI/CD.
• Participate in L3 North America support on a fair rotation.
• Use AI tooling to accelerate the SDLC while maintaining technical judgment.

Skills

Java

Multithreaded programming

Spring Boot

JUnit

Kafka

IBM MQ

MongoDB

Sybase

DB2

SQL

Unix/Linux scripting

Python

Tools

MongoDB

Kafka

IBM MQ

Hazelcast

Snowflake

Sybase

DB2

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Equity Swaps technology team in New York. This hands-on senior role focuses on designing, building, and owning core components within a large-scale, real-time system.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and drive architecture decisions while actively writing code. You will work with a modern stack including Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kafka, IBM MQ, Hazelcast, and Snowflake, and contribute to advancing CI/CD practices