Lead Java Developer - VP

Company Profile

At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions and individuals, and always do so with a standard of excellence. We are a leading global financial services firm that conducts its business through three principal business segments—Institutional Securities, Wealth Management (WM), and Investment Management. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

Our WM business is one of the largest in the world with more than $2 trillion in client assets, $73 billion in lending balances, and nearly 16,000 Financial Advisors in 600+ offices across the U.S. Our Financial Advisors focus on delivering timely, customized solutions and services that help clients meet their financial and life goals. Our offering includes brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning, access to credit and lending, cash management, annuities and insurance, and retirement services.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Department Profile

Unified Middle office (UMO) is a dynamic and fast-paced area within the Firm’s WM Technology Division. We are responsible for client and account demographic data of WM clients. We are developing a new resilient platform to maintain the same. If you are an exceptional individual who is interested in solving complex problems and building sophisticated solutions in a dynamic team environment, UMO is the place for you.

Position Description

As a leader of a Java development team, you will:

• Develop people through coaching, mentoring and management
• Lead projects / initiatives front-to-back from planning, designing, architecting to implementation and go-live.
• Lead the design, development and support of enterprise scale, global applications
• Act as a thought leader in the technical space
• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• 7+ years professional work experience in development
• At least 1 year in a leadership position (techlead or teamlead)
• Strong knowledge of Java (enough to mentor / coach other developers)
• Good knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Experience with Spring/Spring Boot
• Experience developing client-server, distributed, real-time, performance-critical, highly available, or large-scale systems
• Hands on experience with modern distributed technologies such as messaging brokers (e.g. MQ, Kafka) and distributed caching solutions (e.g. Redis).
• Experience building real time applications using multithreading
• Experience working with Git
• Experience with IntelliJ or Eclipse IDE
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and DevOps
• Experience with Fullstack Development
• Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases (ex. DB2, SQL Server, Mongo)

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $170,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs

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).