We're seeking someone to join our team as an AI Development Platform Engineering Specialist in Architecture & Modernization to help build a firmwide AI Development Platform and drive adoption of AI capabilities throughout the enterprise.

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 Software Engineering position at Associate level which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining 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.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What you’ll do in the role:

• Develop tooling and self-service capabilities for deploying AI solutions for the firm. Collaborate with other developers to enhance the developer experience when building and deploying AI applications.

• Have a platform mindset and build common, reusable solutions to scale Generative AI use cases using pre-trained models as well as fine-tuned models.

• Leverage Kubernetes/OpenShift to develop modern containerized workloads.

• Leverage container registries like JFrog artifactory, container packaging/configuration management technologies like Helm & Kustomize, and GitOps deployment methods to orchestrate, manage and deploy these workloads.

• Integrate with capabilities such as large-scale vector stores for embeddings.

• Author best practices on the Generative AI ecosystem, when to use which tools, available models such as GPT, Llama, Hugging Face etc. and libraries such as Langchain.

• Analyze, investigate, and implement GenAI solutions focusing on Agentic Orchestration and Agent Builder frameworks.

• Contribute to major design decisions and product selection for building Generative AI solutions. Inclusive of app authentication, service communication, state externalization, container layering strategy and immutability.

• Ensure AI platform is reliable, scalable, and operational; (e.g. blueprints for upgrade/release strategies (E.g. Blue/Green); logging/monitoring/metrics; automation of system management tasks)

• Participate in all team's Agile/ Scrum ceremonies.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, design and development.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent job experience.

• Strong hands-on Application Development background in Python Flask or FAST Api.

• Broad understanding of data engineering (SQL, NoSQL, Big Data, Kafka, Redis), data governance, data privacy and security.

• Experience in development, management, and deployment of Kubernetes workloads, preferably on OpenShift.

• Experience with designing, developing, and managing RESTful services for large-scale enterprise solutions.

• Hands-on experience with multiprocessing, multithreading, asynchronous I/O, performance profiling in at least one prominent programming language, preferably python.

• Practitioner of unit testing, performance testing and BDD/acceptance testing.

• Understanding of OAuth 2.0 protocol for secure authorization.

• Proficiency with Open Telemetry tools including Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, and Cortex.

• Demonstrated experience in DevOps, understanding of CI/CD (Jenkins) and GitOps.

• Ability to articulate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences.

• Strong desire and ability to influence development teams and help them adopt AI.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a global organization, across time zones, and across organizations.

• Understanding of Information Security, Secure coding practices.

• Experience in building cloud and container native applications.

• Knowledge of DevOps and Agile practices.

• Excellent communication skills.

At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi-faceted and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

Build a career with impact. Visit morganstanley.com for more information.

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 89 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.

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