Java Developer

New York, NY, United States

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Department Profile:

Institutional Securities Technology (IST) is a technology division which develops enterprise systems in support of Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group, including Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, and Global Capital Markets. The Equities Sales and Trading Risk (ESTAR) department within IST provides technology solutions to the Equities Business.

This role is within the Equity Structured Products Trading department, which is a sub-department of ESTAR, and specializes in providing a range of systems which perform pre-trade and post-trade pricing and workflow, lifecycle management, secondary trading and manual trade entry for equity over the counter (OTC) and listed derivatives, and securitised structured products.

Role:

An exciting opportunity to join the Trading & Sales facing squad within the Lifecycle chapter area in the ESPT department, whose primary responsibility will be extending and supporting the Trade capture and Lifecycle management platform for the trading desks in the Americas.

We are looking for a dynamic Java and/or a full stack Java developer who has the passion to work closely with the front office desks/stake holders, understand the desk requirements, work with the global team to implement the changes and responsible for the end to end delivery of the feature.

In addition, we are also looking for a team player who can work well within the strong technical team and help the evolution of the platform to support the ever increasing demands of the business to be competitive in the market place while managing the complex regulations that governs the businesses across the globe.

Responsibilities:

• Working in an Agile environment with our users across Sales, Trading, Operations and Finance to implement innovative business ideas and increase business efficiency in a complex platform

• Involve in the full development lifecycle of the project to ensure we iteratively deliver value to our stakeholders

• Collaborate and engage with colleagues and technologists globally to drive both the platform's resiliency and scalability

• Level 3 support to the users of the platform during the regional hours

The candidate should have experience with design and development Java 8+, an aptitude for understanding complex enterprise-scale systems and good problem-solving abilities. A keen interest in the latest development tools and an enthusiasm for both technology and the business domain is required. Experience with HTML 5.0 and Angular is a plus.

Qualifications - External

Required Skills:

• In-depth knowledge and solid commercial experience of Java 8+

• Experience of basic SQL

• Experience in automated testing and continuous integration platforms

• Good architectural knowledge, and experience working with frameworks & distributed environments

• Desire to learn new technologies and business domain knowledge

• Pragmatic attitude to problem solving within a front office environment

• Minimum 6 years of experience

Desired Skills (not essential):

• HTML5 technologies, Angular, Typescript, JavaScript

• Scala, C#/WPF

• Python experience

• Experience in sales and trading platforms or middle office trade processing systems in Equities / FX / Fixed Income / Derivatives domain

• Excel proficiency

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).

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $100,000 and $150,000 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.