Company Profile:
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals 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 our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.
What you’ll do in the role:
Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Director, Lead Software Engineer in New York, New York to support key software applications and risk models within the Investment Banking and Global Capital Markets space involved in managing the firm’s lending business. Working on all phases of the deal lifecycle including business development, syndication, book building, allocation, trading, and portfolio and capital management. Build revenue-generating execution and analytics applications. Engage with business stakeholders and third-party vendors to understand requirements and design and develop complex software systems for deal execution. Develop and maintain innovative software solutions. Work closely with the Product Management and QA teams to deliver high-quality software deliverables and must be proficient in agile software development methodologies. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.
What you’ll bring to the role:
-Requires a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related degree
-Requires three (3) years of experience in the position offered or three (3) years as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or a related role
-Requires three (3) years of experience with the following skills:
- Systems involved in Finance technology and deal servicing platforms;
- Designing and developing data-intensive and real-time applications with a focus on scalability, multithreading, performance optimization, maintainability, and robustness;
- REST and SOAP web services;
- Full-stack development including Python and Java;
- Using Spring Containers with Spring Boot for enterprise applications;
- XML and JSON;
- Container technologies including Docker and Podman;
- FAST API;
- Relational databases including Sybase, SQL Server, and DB2;
- Non-relational databases including MongoDB;
- Java multi-threading and concurrent package experience;
- Jenkins CI/CD pipeline implementation;
- UI technologies including JavaScript, and Angular frameworks;
- Developing REST APIs using Spring Boot and Open API specification;
- Backend web development technology including APIs, asynchronous messaging, pub-sub based system, and cloud computing;
- Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) practices;
- Testing frameworks including Junit, Cucumber, or REST Assured;
- Unix scripting and shell scripting;
- Version control systems including Git;
- Agile development and DevOps; and
Production and user support for the live system resolving issues.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $168,000 and $168,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Three years of experience in the position offered, as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or in a related role
- Three years of experience with finance technology systems and deal servicing platforms
- Three years of experience designing and developing scalable, multithreaded, high-performance, data-intensive, real-time applications
- Three years of experience with REST and SOAP web services
- Three years of full-stack development experience using Python and Java
- Three years of experience using Spring Containers and Spring Boot
- Three years of experience with XML and JSON
- Three years of experience with Docker and Podman container technologies
- Three years of experience with FastAPI
- Three years of experience with Sybase, SQL Server, and DB2 relational databases
- Three years of experience with MongoDB or other non-relational databases
- Three years of experience with Java multithreading and concurrent packages
- Three years of experience implementing Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
- Three years of experience with JavaScript and Angular
- Three years of experience developing REST APIs using Spring Boot and OpenAPI
- Three years of experience with backend APIs, asynchronous messaging, publish-subscribe systems, and cloud computing
- Three years of experience with Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development
- Three years of experience with JUnit, Cucumber, or REST Assured
- Three years of experience with Unix and shell scripting
- Three years of experience using Git
- Experience with agile software development and DevOps
- Experience providing production and user support and resolving live-system issues
Morgan Stanley Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Morgan Stanley and has not been reviewed or approved by Morgan Stanley.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support is extensive, with paid parental leave for all parents, adoption and fertility assistance, backup childcare, and eldercare resources. Feedback suggests these programs meaningfully enhance the overall package and help with retention.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental‑health access, care navigation, and expert second opinions. Convenient primary care access and condition‑specific support reinforce the depth of healthcare coverage.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity compensation and stock ownership are positioned as core motivators that encourage commitment and retention. Feedback suggests education and support are provided to help participants manage equity and related financial benefits.
Morgan Stanley Insights
What We Do
Morgan Stanley mobilizes capital to help governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. For over 85 years, the firm’s reputation for using innovative thinking to solve complex problems has been well earned and rarely matched. A consistent industry leader throughout decades of dramatic change in modern finance, Morgan Stanley will continue to break new ground in advising, serving and providing new opportunities for its clients. Morgan Stanley is committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm. At its 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 its more than 60,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 41 countries.








