JAVA Software Engineering Manager - Vice President - Software Engineering

The Liquidity & Cash Management fleet works across a range of critical firm systems that cover all the major Global Treasury and Cash Management functions, including managing and monitoring the Liquidity Reserve Portfolio with respect to various Liquidity Risk measures, Funding & Forecasting of Liquidity flows, Funding Execution and delivers valuable strategic change, tactical enhancement and support for the Treasury and Cash management.

Software Engineering

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

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

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:

The successful candidate will always think as an "owner" and demonstrably work to ensure continuous improvement of both the departments suite of applications and the methods by which they are developed and delivered. The candidate with be an ardent technologist with a keen interest in financial services and investment banking, with an high regard to clean code, test coverage, BDD, building scalable and resilient real-time systems.

Key responsibilities for this role include -
• Lead, inspire and grow a team of talented engineers and technical leads.
• Drive career development, performance management and team engagements.
• Foster a culture of innovation and collaborations, and continuous improvement.
• Own end-to-end delivery of mission-critical projects with high business visibility
• Ensure accuracy, performance, and timeliness in large-scale, real-time data processing systems.
• Balance tactical and strategic goals while managing competing priorities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Treasury, Operations and Finance business partners.
• Collaborate closely with global technology leads across the Finance Technology organization.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable and resilient technology solutions that solves business problems.
• Provide architectural and design oversight on solutions delivered by the development team.
• Be able to dive in hands on into the code to support and guide the team as they build components using Java, Angular.
• Ensure code quality and automated testing standards, be a part of regular code reviews and ensure code coverage test metrics and quality gates are upheld and enhanced.
• Ensuring environment controls and usage, ensuring testing environments are correctly managed across projects and small enhancement work.
• Involved in front-to-back development, including the architecture of the system as well as the data visualisation of the platform.
• Level 3 support.

What you'll bring to the role:

Required Skills:
• At least 10+ years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role with Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
• Hands-on experience in developing robust, large-scale, real-time systems where data accuracy is paramount.
• Proven Track record in delivering system enhancements into a production environment on schedule, in an agile environment.
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise software development with at least one of Java, Angular/Typescript.
• In depth experience with Spring (if coming from a Java background).
• Solid understanding of Stream processing, RDBMS and database application development, ideally DB2.
• Familiarity with messaging protocols, architecture, and communication patterns
• Exposure to various design patterns and knowledge about best practices such as resiliency, fault tolerance, idempotency, etc.
• Competence with the Unix/Linux/Windows Operating Systems.
• Practical knowledge of source control and issue management tools, ideally Git and JIRA.
• Highly proficient written and verbal communication skills in the English language.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desirable Skills
• Experience in SnowFlake
• Experience with Kafka & Spark
• Experience in a financial services/banking industry

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. Our Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team, while our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. 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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise 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.