Lead Software Engineer - Parametric

Morgan Stanley•Edison, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Software Engineer on the Investment System Technology team is responsible for providing technical leadership for a set of applications across the technology platform. Foremost, the role will be responsible for architecting and delivering a highly scalable and resilient set of central services that will advance the integration and scalability of the broader proprietary technology platform. The role will report into the Director of Engineering, Investment Systems Technology, and work closely with technical leads and managers across Parametric's technology team. The person in this role will lead a team of engineers as they design, build, and support the next generation of services. The role is also responsible for identifying priorities, managing deliveries with stakeholders across the technology team. A critical objective for Lead Software Engineer, Investment Operations is to architect and deliver scalable enterprise solutions, leveraging cloud native technologies, designing and implementing micro-services and a relentless focus on performance and resilience.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on software development experience in Java ecosystem
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science strongly preferred
A minimum of one or more of the following skills required: 5+ years of experience with SQL server and/or No SQL Databases
Experience with cloud native development, preferably on AWS.
Excellent communication and ability to collaborate well with both technical and non-technical users
Strong math orientation and numerical aptitude
Interest in combining technical skills with Finance and business level understanding

Nice To Haves

Experience with Event Based integration like Kakfa is preferred.
Experience with Kotlin is preferred.
Understanding of financial markets is a preferred.

Responsibilities

Utilize programming and quantitative skills to create efficiencies for traders, analysts and portfolio managers with the primary goal of improving systems.
Work closely with investment professionals and other team members to understand and document requirements in order to provide solutions to complex business problems.
Work towards a long-term goal of specializing in development areas, including but not limited to: front-end interfaces, data analytics, back-end design, and data architecture.
Lead team of developers, manages their plan and performance.