Lead Software Engineer (JAVA) - Parametric
About The Position
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm. Parametric, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, partners with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week. The Equity Investments and Client Activities team is building financial software to solve complex financial opportunities, including customized direct index exposure and tax-sensitive asset allocation decisions. They design and build financial software responsible for the account life cycle, focusing on delivering high-quality, scalable, cloud-native solutions. The Lead Software Engineer will provide technical leadership, project management, process development, training, and support, working across various teams to enhance Direct Indexing business priorities, design and develop technology solutions, and improve business processes. This role spans across many services within the team, building underlying components for the Equity Portfolio Management Platform to streamline rule-based portfolio analytics, order generation, and exception-driven portfolio management. The position reports into the [Equity Services] team and collaborates with team leads across Technology, Business Analysis, and Business Partners. The role involves leading developers and projects, mentoring the development team, supporting architecture, and delivering scalable enterprise solutions using AWS cloud-native technologies, microservices, and a focus on performance and resilience.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area of study
- 8+ years of hands-on development experience managing all aspects of technical projects with a proven track record of delivering well architected and well written software solutions.
- Experience supervising and guiding software development teams and fostering an engaging, collaborative environment.
- 7+ Years of hands-on Java/J2EE software design and development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience developing API using GraphQL/REST
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
- Strong aptitude for highly efficient data structures and algorithms
- Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL
- Working knowledge of NoSQL database engines such as Redis, Cassandra, or MongoDB
- Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments.
- Strong leadership skills including: Communication, Total quality commitment, Ownership and accountability, Project management
- A creative, self-confident self-motivator with a "can do" spirit.
- Passionate, forward thinking and creative individual with high ethical standards and integrity.
- Ability to collaborate and partner across a diverse team tapping the strength and unique skills of every team member.
- Assertiveness balanced with a sensitivity toward and concern for people.
- The ability to create strong work ethics and committed teams, foster open dialogue, and promote individual and team success.
- Effective communication skills with business users and other developers
Nice To Haves
- Cloud native development experience a plus: AWS is preferred, but not required
- Familiarity with AI and related technologies, with the ability to apply them in a business or technical context
Responsibilities
- Design and develop proprietary solutions for the Equity Direct Indexing portfolio management teams
- Provide technical leadership to other Software Engineers.
- Design, develop, and maintain services and API to support various business needs
- Leverage scalable and distributed computing principles to build the next generation of services
- Ensures that software solutions remain integrated, efficient, and appropriate for a highly regulated industry.
- Create unit/integration/functional/performance tests
- Mentor new or less senior developers
- Conduct code reviews of other developers
- Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity
Benefits
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
