Backend Java Developer - Associate

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

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About The Position

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture. With professionals in 30 countries, we are consistently recognized for our performance in both traditional and innovative financing techniques. Technology works as a strategic partner with Morgan Stanley business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Morgan Stanley's sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modeling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses—and to our own. The Investment Banking and Global Capital Markets Technology is a globally distributed but close-knit team based in NY, LN, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune. We are a highly innovative team that works in small groups that learn, grow, and succeed together. We follow Agile development practices to deliver high quality solutions that delight our customers. As a member of the team, you will interact with others who are genuine and want you to succeed. Your talent, experience, and voice are valued and will make a difference. 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. Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet). At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society.

Requirements

• Strong Java developer (4+ years), who has good grasp of functional and reactive programming
• Experience in using Spring Containers (with Spring Boot) for enterprise applications
• Experience in building data-intensive / real time applications and scaling of applications (multithreading, performance, maintainability, and robustness)
• Working experience on XML, JSON, SOAP, REST Services
• Proficiency in Java 8 (Lambdas, Streams, Completable Future, Optional, generics)
• Experience in developing REST APIs using Spring Boot 2.0 (reactive) and skilled in Open API (swagger) specification.
• A working knowledge of backend web development technology topics like APIs, asynchronous messaging, and cloud computing
• Experience in relational data bases like DB2 or PostgreSQL
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) / Behavior Driven Development (BDD) practices, writing test cases with testing frameworks like Junit, Cucumber, Rest assured
• Basic knowledge on Unix / shell scripting and RDBMS like Sybase
• The ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to a broad audience of business, product, and technology team members
• Familiarity with Agile development and DevOps concepts

Nice To Haves

• Experience with no-SQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience with distributed systems architecture concepts such as micro services, service meshes and API gateways, XML , SOAP
• Experience with software development and collaboration tools (GitHub, Jira/Rally, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience in using GIT for source control management, and Automated Build Deployment tools (eg: Jenkins)
• Significant open source or other community contribution

Responsibilities

• Build time critical and revenue generating applications for investment banking and global capital marketing businesses
• Use design thinking to improve developer efficiency
• Apply your knowledge of APIs, components, security standards, testing tools, web browsers, mobile development, etc. to deliver outstanding outcomes
• Collaborate with your peers across the globe to build innovative solutions which delight our users
• Work closely with Product Management Team, Development & QA Teams to deliver timely and quality deliveries.
• Successfully multi-task and thrive in a dynamic, fully engaged developer role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed