Vice President, Lead Software Engineer

Company Profile:

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

In Technology, 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.

What you’ll do in the role:

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc.  is seeking a Vice President, Lead Software Engineer in New York, New York to Provide end-to-end software solutions to business processes. Work closely with business users and product owners on application level strategic initiatives, perform feasibility analysis and gather business requirements. Design system architecture, convert business requirements to functional deliverable and implement technical solutions. Drive agile development practices and standards. Provide support for production system and resolve issues raised by application users. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.

What you’ll bring to the role:

-Requires a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.

-Requires five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as a Computer Programmer, Software Developer, or related occupation in the technology field.

-Employer will also accept Bachelor’s degree in any field with seven (7) years of experience. Employer will accept 3 or 4-year Bachelor’s degree.

-Requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills:

• Domain knowledge of Capital Markets including Fixed Income or Equities;
• Fundamentals of Electronic Trading including ECN/ATS;
• Front office exposure including driving the agenda with senior traders;
• Object Oriented programming including Java or Scala;
• Spring framework;
• Reactive programming concepts;
• Messaging technologies;
• Databases including Sybase or DB2;
• Behavior Driven Development or Test Driven Development including Cucumber or Concordion;
• DevOps tools including JIRA;
• Git/BitBucket; and
• Bamboo/Jenkins.

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. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. 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. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $260,000 and $260,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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.