Vice President, Lead Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. In Technology, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.

About the role

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Vice President, Lead Software Engineer in New York, New York to design, code, test, debug, document, and support software applications in accordance with established specifications and business requirements. Telecommuting permitted up to two (2) days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop business solutions by creating new software applications and modifying existing ones.
• Utilize innovative approaches to address complex technical challenges, applying advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts to product development.
• Manage multiple concurrent software development projects.
• Apply Object-Oriented Analysis and Object-Oriented Design (OOAD) principles throughout the development process.
• Integrate solutions with dependent modules, document solutions, write code, perform unit and integration testing, participate in load testing and deployment, and troubleshoot production issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as a Technology Portfolio Manager, Senior Manager, Senior Consultant, or a related role.

Skills

• Applying end-to-end software development life cycle (SDLC) within Agile/DevOps environments.
• Utilizing core Java, J2EE, and Spring technologies.
• Developing REST/SOAP web services.
• Working with relational databases including Sybase.
• Conducting test automation, writing unit and integration tests.
• Implementing JIRA and CI/CD pipelines.
• Applying Git, Bitbucket, and SVN, and utilizing an understanding of branching models, workflows, merge, and conflict resolution.
• Performing client-side debugging tools to troubleshoot issues across multiple browsers including Chrome and Edge.
• Working in Unix/Linux environments, including shell scripting.
• Developing batch jobs.
• Utilizing understanding of application and system architecture.

Benefits

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.

Pay

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $200,000 and $210,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Base pay is only part of the total compensation package, which may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.