Lead Software Engineer (JAVA) - Parametric

ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit

ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.

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 TEAM
The Equity Investments and Client Activities team at Parametric:

• We are building financial software that that solves some of the world's most complex financial opportunities. This includes building solutions to provide customized direct index exposure while making tax-sensitive asset allocation decisions to improve overall after-tax portfolio returns.
• We design and build financial software responsible for the account life cycle that starts with the onboarding of accounts through the management of client activities and investment instructions.
• We are focused on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions that are cloud-native.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership, project management, process development, training and support. The role will work across and within the Equity Investments and Client Activities team as well as Core Services and externally facing Digital Team. This role will enhance the Direct Indexing business priorities, to design and develop technology solutions, and to improve business processes. This role spans across many services within the team building out underlying components that will provide critical services to the Equity Portfolio Management Platform. These services will help streamline the rule-based portfolio analytics, order generation and straight through processing allow for exception driven portfolio management.

This position will report into the [Equity Services] team and work closely with team leads across Technology teams, Business Analysis as well as Business Partners. In this role, you will lead developers and projects and provide mentoring opportunities to the development team.

A critical objective for this role is to support the architecture and deliver scalable enterprise solutions, leveraging AWS cloud native technologies, designing and implementing micro-services and a relentless focus on performance and resilience.

PRIMARY 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

JOB 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
• Cloud native development experience a plus: AWS is preferred, but not required
• 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
• Familiarity with AI and related technologies, with the ability to apply them in a business or technical context .

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

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.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $115,000 - $225,000 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 is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

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