Software Engineer - Backend
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 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. Build real systems. Own real problems. Ship at scale. We are looking for a strong backend engineer with around 4+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production-grade services. This role is for engineers who enjoy thinking through ambiguity, designing clean abstractions, and understanding how systems behave under load, failure, and change. If you like solving real engineering problems, not toy puzzles, and want to work close to distributed systems, APIs, data, and platform concerns, this role is for you.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Java and Python for backend application development.
- Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Design, Design Patterns, and data structures.
- 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience building scalable REST APIs and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with multi-threaded and event-driven systems.
- Experience with messaging/pub-sub systems and event-driven architectures.
- Exposure to batch processing and data pipeline technologies.
- Knowledge of Spring Framework, dependency injection, AOP, and transaction management.
- Familiarity with databases, caching, connection pooling, and resource management.
- Understanding of security fundamentals, logging, monitoring, and observability.
- Experience with unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Comfortable working in globally distributed teams and collaborating with business stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with BDD testing frameworks and tools.
- Work in an open environment where everyone can express their views and make significant contributions.
- Comfortable working in globally distributed teams and collaborating with business stakeholders.
- Experience with BDD testing frameworks and tools.
- Working an open environment where everyone can express their views and make significant contributions.
Responsibilities
- Designing and building new backend services and APIs from scratch
- Working on distributed systems with real scalability, latency, and reliability constraints
- Making thoughtful trade-offs across performance, consistency, and complexity
- Writing clean, maintainable, and testable code that others enjoy working with
- Owning services end-to-end: design - build - deploy - operate
- Debugging production issues and improving system resilience over time
Benefits
- Ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
