Director, Software Engineering

Morgan Stanley•New York, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. is seeking a Director, Software Engineering in New York, New York to build and maintain Java Spring Boot services, Python ETL flows, and data quality rules based on business requirements. Maintain the schemas and contents of our operational data stores (ODSs) and data warehouse across DB2 and Snowflake databases. Respond to support queries and system or data alerts. Perform detailed data analysis to troubleshoot system anomalies. Document process enhancements. Work closely with business users, external vendors, Morgan Stanley’s central IT teams, and other Investment Management IT teams globally. Participate in the SDLC as required by the firm to develop, deploy, and support applications. Perform software hygiene tasks to ensure software is properly upgraded and security risks are minimized. Telecommuting permitted up to two (2) days per week.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Information Systems and Security, Computer Information Systems or a related field.
Three (3) years of experience in the position offered or three (3) years as a Computer Programmer, Software Developer, or a related role.
Three (3) years of experience applying end-to-end backend engineering for enterprise data platforms using Python, Java 8+, and Spring Boot.
Three (3) years of experience utilizing Python knowledge in ETL engineering and data pipeline maintenance for operational and analytical data workflows.
Three (3) years of experience conducting data quality framework development in Python, including validation, reconciliation, and anomaly detection rules.
Three (3) years of experience with relational database skills across DB2, Snowflake, and SQL Server, including schema design, SQL optimization, and data lifecycle management.
Three (3) years of experience with Microservices and API design expertise, including RESTful service development and integration.
Three (3) years of experience with Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) application in distributed enterprise systems.
Three (3) years of experience applying Cross-language data access implementation using Java/Python database connectivity layers.
Three (3) years of experience implementing Cloud platform to modernize data and service architecture.
Three (3) years of experience evaluating production support and incident response capability for system alerts, data issues, and root-cause analysis.
Three (3) years of experience applying SDLC ownership across design, build, test, deployment, support, and secure software hygiene/upgrades.
Three (3) years of experience utilizing UNIX/Linux operational proficiency for deployment, scripting, troubleshooting, and runtime support.
Expertise with exceptional command of investment management data, workflows, and controls that drive accurate, high-impact business outcomes.
Expertise evaluating quantitative and analytical capability for portfolio analytics contexts including performance, attribution, and risk.
Expertise calculating Financial look-through for portfolio exposure, risk analytics and built complex logic for multi-level look-through of funds.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain Java Spring Boot services, Python ETL flows, and data quality rules based on business requirements.
Maintain the schemas and contents of our operational data stores (ODSs) and data warehouse across DB2 and Snowflake databases.
Respond to support queries and system or data alerts.
Perform detailed data analysis to troubleshoot system anomalies.
Document process enhancements.
Work closely with business users, external vendors, Morgan Stanley’s central IT teams, and other Investment Management IT teams globally.
Participate in the SDLC as required by the firm to develop, deploy, and support applications.
Perform software hygiene tasks to ensure software is properly upgraded and security risks are minimized.