Consultant Conversion - Lead Software Eng - Director

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

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About The Position

In the Technology division, 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. This is a Lead Software Engineering position at the Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs. Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on. Department Profile WM Product Technology (WMPT) is a dynamic and fast-paced area within the Firm’s WM Technology Division. We are responsible for creating innovative technology solutions for the Private Banking Group (PBG), one of the strategic growth areas of the Firm, providing cash management and lending products and services to our WM clients. This includes state-of-the-art technology for a nationwide network of Private Bankers and product specialists who work with Financial Advisors to provide access to products and services such as online banking, cards, deposit products, residential mortgages, securities based loans and tailored lending. If you are an exceptional individual who is interested in solving complex problems and building sophisticated solutions in a dynamic team environment, WMPT is the place for you. Position Description We are looking for creative individuals who have experience developing cutting-edge, scalable technology solutions. The selected candidate will become a member of the team which develops the platform for banking. The individual will participate in design and architecture sessions and develop code which is in alignment with system architecture and integration design standards. Candidate will work as part of an Agile squad and interact with other squad members as well as external stakeholders including business and technology partners (local as well as global) across Wealth Management, infrastructure team, architecture team to deliver the objectives.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands on experience in java/j2ee and related technologies
• Candidate must have hands-on development experience in core Java, and Java 8, Spring, Spring Boot and relational databases
• Awareness of messaging technologies such as Kafka and MQ
• Ability to learn new concepts and technologies, and implement them to solve business problems
• Exposure to JIRA or other ALM tools to create a productive, high quality development environment
• Previous experience in working with global teams
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with requirements of large enterprise applications (security, entitlements, etc.)
• Proficient in Agile development methodologies & understanding of DevOps
• Integration Skills

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of UI technologies such as Angular
• Knowledge / Experience of DevOps / SRE practices
• Prior experience with public cloud providers such as Azure
• Financial markets, payment solutions or Wealth Management previous experience

Responsibilities

• Design, architecture and development of multi-tiered Java EE-style applications
• Code development across Agile practices and methodologies, facilitiate between business and technology
• Take complete ownership for the specified business feature from requirements analysis to implementation in the PROD environment
• Candidate will interface on a regular basis with other teams including other internal IT teams across Wealth Management, BA team, QA team, and global development team
• Role will require the individual to understand the banking technology landscape, and to offer creative solutions that integrate current capabilities, vendor capabilities, proprietary system builds, and the ability to adapt to changing business requirements.
• Contribute to high level and low level application design, development and testing
• Work within an Agile team, participating in ceremonies related to the Agile framework

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees