Lead Software Engineer - Vice President

Profile Description

We’re seeking someone to join our FORT team as a Lead Software Engineer position at Vice President Level . Candidate with strong experience in building scalable, data‑intensive systems and working with cybersecurity datasets. The ideal candidate brings expertise across backend engineering, modern UI frameworks, cloud platforms, and data processing technologies. This role requires strong ownership, problem‑solving skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment.

About Super Department:

FINANCE Technology (FINTECH) provides innovative solutions for regulatory and financial reporting, general ledger, profit & loss calculations, securities bookkeeping, budgeting & forecasting, and tax filing. The group leverages a state-of-the-art multi-terabyte financial data warehouse as one of its main assets to service the Firm’s Finance division.

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 Lead Software Engineer position at Vice President Level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintains software solutions that support business needs.

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.

What you’ll do in the role:

We are looking for highly motivated individual with hands-on Java development experience, to support building the new Model management platform.

Technology stack includes a wide range of proprietary and open-source technologies including REST API, Workflow and Rule Engine technologies, scalable big-data platforms, No-Sql databases, UI – ReactJS/Redux and reporting tools.

The candidate needs to be able to understand distributed systems architecture, be a team player with effective communication skills and passionate about programming in a distributed, event-driven pub/sub environment using Core Java, and Python.

The candidate should enjoy working in a highly collaborative environment that values teamwork.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Very strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

8 years of experience in Java backend development

Good exposure to Agentic AI

Very strong knowledge of software design principles: MVC, data structures, graph data, algorithms, design patterns, multithreading, caching, recursion

Strong knowledge of core Java: class loading, garbage collection, Java collections API, Reflections API, Java Streams and Functional Programming

Strong knowledge of common Java frameworks (Spring, JSR-303, Logback, Junit, Apache Commons)

Strong Knowledge of Relational Databases and SQL (DB2)

Good Knowledge of No-SQL Databases (Mongo DB)

Preferred Skills

Cloud tech stack – Azure, Snowflake, Databricks

Workflow Engine – BPMN, DMN – Camunda 7/8

Strong knowledge of BDD (behavior-driven development) with JBehave/Cucumber

Experience with TDD (test driven development)

Strong knowledge of GIT source code management

Knowledge of Gradle, Jenkins automated build processes

Strong knowledge of Representation state transfer (RESTful Web services)

Knowledge of HTTP, XML, JSON

Knowledge of Unix/Linux

Knowledge of Liquibase database schema management

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.

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