Lead Software Engineer - Crypto - Vice President

Morgan Stanley • Menlo Park, CA

1d • $150,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Lead a technical team to design and implement highly reliable, scale-able, extensible, maintainable, global, and operable products and platforms Draft and review architectural diagrams, interface specifications, class structures, and other design documents Build systems that balance resources, constraints, requirements, and complexity Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership in order to shape decisions regarding architectural strategy Evangelize technologies, solutions, and best practices developed with the organization Develop department-wide technical perspectives, standards, solutions, and strategies that resolve significant product or organizational pain-points Participate in a network of principal engineers to share ideas, practices, and experiences Work closely with product management and development teams You must enjoy challenging engineering problems. We are looking for someone who can solve complex issues We value principal engineers who do enough hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside the company Lead and mentor other back-end engineers 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. 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 $150,000 and $210,000 per year at the commencement of employment. 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.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of software development experience
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong Proficiency with either Go or Java/J2EE
• Expert in software development domain and principles, including design patterns, data structures, continuous integration and deployment architecture
• Solid experience in working with either Golang or Java.
• Good understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, SOAP, IDL, gRPC and API design for extensibility and portability
• Experience writing SQL queries for Sybase / Oracle or another Relational Database is required.
• Well versed with OOD and SOA principles.
• Experience of working in UNIX environment.
• Knowledge of perl and UNIX based shell scripts is required
• Working knowledge of cloud, service mesh and containers
• Team player possessing strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Creative thinker, self-starter, able to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge in multiple languages like GO, Java, C++, Javascript will be a plus.
• Knowledge on Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate and C/C++, batch scripts - perl, ksh.
• Experience with SCRUM, Agile and iterative approaches a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead a technical team to design and implement highly reliable, scale-able, extensible, maintainable, global, and operable products and platforms
• Draft and review architectural diagrams, interface specifications, class structures, and other design documents
• Build systems that balance resources, constraints, requirements, and complexity
• Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership in order to shape decisions regarding architectural strategy
• Evangelize technologies, solutions, and best practices developed with the organization
• Develop department-wide technical perspectives, standards, solutions, and strategies that resolve significant product or organizational pain-points
• Participate in a network of principal engineers to share ideas, practices, and experiences
• Work closely with product management and development teams
• Lead and mentor other back-end engineers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level