Lead Software Eng -Vice President-Software Engineer

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.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

This is Vice President position that develops and maintains software solutions that support business needs.

What you will do in the role

• Lead technology projects, manage deliverables, and oversee end-user and vendor interactions.

• Own end-to-end delivery in an Agile environment, including requirements clarification, architecture design, implementation, code review, deployment, and system maintenance.

• Collaborate with users and technologists to deliver asset servicing regulatory and strategic initiatives.

• Support global delivery teams and business operations.

• Mentor and lead global development teams.

What you will bring to the role

• Extensive hands-on experience—minimum 8 years—in software development for distributed transactional systems, including at least 2 years in a managerial capacity guiding teams through technical delivery.

• Experience in capital markets or investment banking.

• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities.

• Strong analytical and design skills; ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

• Expertise in service-oriented architecture, Core Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, middleware (messaging/caching/RESTful services), Unix/Linux scripting, Junit, BDD.

• Solid understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, data structures, system resiliency, scalability, and performance.

• Demonstrated ability to guide teams in the use of modern front-end frameworks (such as React, Angular, or Vue), advanced JavaScript (ES6+), event streaming platforms like Kafka, Python programming, and relational database technologies (SQL, stored procedures).

• Familiarity with cloud-based application development, Agile, and DevOps practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in investment banking or FinTech application development.

• Functional/business knowledge of the corporate actions and asset servicing lifecycle, including event processing, client elections, entitlement calculations, income and dividend processing.

• Exposure to cloud architectures and public cloud offerings.

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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 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.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.