We are seeking a senior Java full stack developer, with quality and detail to build and maintain the corporate client platform on wealth management suite of applications for ESOPs. The candidate will be actively solving production code issues and performance tuning and enhancement with upgrades and hygiene changes over the applications.

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

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:

• Investigate production code breaks and implement the solution.

• Drive software design, architecture, and development at a detailed level.

• Design and build core system components.

• Review code and establish rules and guidelines to help developers.

• Face off directly with business and operations staff, as well as partners within IT.

• Review and participate in the specification of business and technical requirements.

• Review test plans and work with partners in QA and UAT to ensure testing is proceeding correctly.

• Provide good time/effort/cost estimates, often from less-than-perfectly-specified requirements.

• Participate in interview process and hire strong developers.

• Provide guidance and supervision to team members, helping them grow their skills and further their careers within the firm.

• Keep the team motivated and engaged.

• Plan, assign and track work within development team.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 6+ years of expertise in building enterprise level multi-tiered applications using Java including knowledge and hands on experience with Core Java, Guava, Log4J, Spring Boot or Spring MVC, Jakarta EE, EJB Stateless Beans, EJB Transaction Management, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess and debug large codebases with complex domains

• Strong understanding of RDBMS databases, JDBC, EJB3, and database access technologies (Oracle 11g/19c preferred but not required), App/Webservers (Weblogic, Apache/Tomcat) and Java Messaging systems (like Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, JMS)

• Strong experience with software design patterns and architectural system design, especially Service Oriented Architecture and Microservice Architecture

• Strong mentorship experience with new developers, including reviewing code and giving constructive feedback

• Working Knowledge of Java Unit and Integration testing with libraries like Mockito, JUnit4, JUnit5, and Selenium

• Excellent communication and presentation skills: ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner; individually or in front of a group and communicating at different technical levels

• Working understanding of Agile development methodologies and processes, and the tools that empower them such as JIRA or other ALM

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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.

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