Java Developer - Associate - Software Engineering - Mumbai/Bengaluru

Profile Description

We’re looking for a skilled Java Developer with minimum 4 years of experience to join our team.

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The Cybersecurity organization's mission is to create an agile, adaptable organization with the skills and expertise needed to defend against increasingly sophisticated adversaries. This will be achieved by maintaining sound capabilities to identify and protect our assets, proactively assessing threats and vulnerabilities and detecting events, ensuring resiliency through our ability to respond to and recover from incidents and building awareness and increase vigilance while continually developing our cyber workforce.

Non-Financial Risk Technology

Non-Financial Risk Technology provides operational controls, support for sustainable investing, business continuity planning, and surveillance capabilities to enhance the firm’s resilience to threats and fraudulent behavior.

Software Engineering

This is a Associate 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.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm’s global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm’s infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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:

We're seeking someone to join our Risk and Information Management team as a Java Developer in Non-Financial Risk Technology to Lead the design and implementation of complex Java systems, mentor junior developers, make significant architectural decisions, and drive technical improvements while collaborating across teams to deliver robust enterprise solutions.

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 Java Developer position, for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs and requirements.

When joining the team, the candidate will take functional ownership of individual functional stories, components or entire applications depending on the candidate motivation and demonstrated ability to deliver quality work in time. The candidate will have opportunities to develop technical, organizational and managerial skills when leading developments, best practices or quality improvement initiatives. The candidate will also have the opportunity to face clients to understand their requirements and get their feedback on delivered functionality.

What you'll do in the role:

• Lead and/or contribute to the design and development of complex software systems and applications.

• Mentor junior and mid-level developers, providing technical guidance and direction on technical tasks.

• Design solutions that meet performance, scalability, and security requirements.

• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.

• Collaborate with the team lead to define project plan.

• Implement and advocate for best practices in software engineering and design patterns.

• Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new tools and technologies.

• Lead efforts to refactor and optimize existing codebase for efficiency and maintainability.

• Maintain and enhance existing software applications to optimize performance and functionality.

• Integrate prepackaged software and services into the bank's technology ecosystem.

• Stay updated on emerging technologies, trends, and tools to drive innovation and continuous

What you’ll bring to the role:

(Skills Required)

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience with Core Java, Spring (Boot, Cloud, Security), Hibernate, JavaScript/TypeScript, and JUnit; proven ability to write optimized, efficient, and clean code.

• Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, Design Patterns, and practical application in designing robust software solutions.

• Proven experience in performance optimization, scalability, and enhancing software quality through code reviews, debugging, and tuning.

• Demonstrated experience in capturing user requirements and designing a functional solution while reusing existing components in place.

• Ability to solve complex problems and break down complex situations in a plan of actionable steps.

• Extensive experience in designing end to end test scenarios and writing comprehensive unit tests

• Hands-on experience in Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, including deployment to QA/UAT environments and troubleshooting deployment issues.

• Proven experience in driving technical or process improvement initiatives.

• Effective mentorship of junior team members, with strong communication, analytical, and technical documentation abilities.

• Expertise in software version control and collaborative development using Git and GitHub.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Skills Desired:

• Demonstrated expertise in implementing RESTful HTTP/HTTPS interfaces, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and integrating prepackaged software and services.

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems, including building, maintaining, and enhancing software applications for performance, scalability, and security.

• Advanced proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL database technologies, database design and optimization, and data structures.

• Strong skills in Kubernetes and container orchestration, monitoring, observability, and maintaining high reliability and security standards in production systems.

• Ability to use AI tools to generate code and increase productivity.

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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.

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