Consultant conversion - Software Eng II - Associate

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

1d • $90,000 - $150,000

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 Software Engineering II position at the Associate 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. Technology Technology works as a strategic partner with Morgan Stanley business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Morgan Stanley's sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modelling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses—and to our own. Position Description: The team develops applications to provide services for Morgan Stanley’s Regulatory Reporting groups to report and file important disclosures to regulatory bodies across the globe. These applications include a feature-rich Angular web UI, highly flexible and scalable Java services, large scale computational processing of datasets, and warehouse reporting. The technology team practices agile development and uses a multitude of languages including Java, Python, and SQL. The team is working a front-to-back initiative to re-platform and renovate key streams of data. It addresses regulatory and audit findings thematically, providing an efficient framework for better control and reporting over time. The objectives of the projects include: Consolidate sourcing, integrating and verifying of information across Control Functions. Allow for easy drill-back capabilities from the regulatory filings to the underlying data. Enable continued business process integration within and across Control Functions. What you'll do in the role: You will be expected to work as a senior member of the development team and participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, with automated testing, tools, and shared libraries development. The ideal candidate will possess solid technical and problem solving skills as well as the drive to learn more about the business and new technologies. Candidate should be open to work from front to back on applications and must have a sound grasp of development best practices and system architecture. You will be expected to drive standardization and architecture discussion across the team and be responsible for high quality implementations. Expertise in any one of the following business domain would be preferable: Regulatory, Accounting, Finance, and Control Functions. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY: At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. 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. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. 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. Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. 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. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet). At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society.

Requirements

• 3+ years software development experience in Java
• Demonstrates exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication, organizational, and collaboration skills.
• Database experience such as SQL, RDBMS etc.
• Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux
• Experience working in an agile team with focus on continued integration and automated testing
• Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure
• Experience working on large and medium scale projects in an agile environment
• Bachelors or related field experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with a functional programming language
• Python or similar scripting language
• Prior experience with external requirement gathering and derivation
• Gradle build tool
• Experience with mixture of new and legacy systems.
• Experience building high volume and resilient systems
• Experience with Azure cloud technologies
• Experience with web development using Angular or React
• Expertise in any one of the following business domain would be preferable: Regulatory, Accounting, Finance, and Control Functions.

Responsibilities

• work as a senior member of the development team and participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, with automated testing, tools, and shared libraries development
• drive standardization and architecture discussion across the team and be responsible for high quality implementations

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level