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 Alpharetta, Georgia to design, develop and maintain the corporate client platform within the Wealth Management suite of Java-based applications. Architect core backend components, establish coding standards, and conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality software delivery. Work on the planning, assignment, and tracking of software development work, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements. Build web interfaces using AngularJS and HTML5, and collaborate closely with business, operations, and cross functional stakeholders to gather requirements and validate solution designs. Prepare and review functional and technical specifications, evaluate test plans, and partner with quality assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) teams to ensure timely and accurate testing. Produce reliable time, effort, and cost estimates based on incomplete or evolving requirements. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.
What you’ll bring to the role:
-Requires a Master’s Applied Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field of study.
-Requires three (3) years of experience in the position offered or three (3) years as a Technology Manager, Technology Lead, Module Lead, Software Engineer or a related role.
-Requires three (3) years of experience with the following skills:
- Building Enterprise applications using Java and JEE technologies including Core Java, Multithreading, Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) Tuning, Collections, Data Structure, and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB);
- Java EE backend system design;
- Multi-tiered web application development using Spring tools including Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring JDBC, Transactions, Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) and Spring Security;
- Oracle;
- MS SQL;
- DB2;
- PL/SQL;
- Creating and deploying Micro Services including Java Micro Services;
- RESTful Webservices;
- Apache Camel Integration framework;
- Hibernate;
- JMS MQ’s and Apache Kafka;
- Weblogic;
- Jboss;
- Working with large enterprise applications, including security and entitlements;
- Building Internal Java Frameworks;
- TDD using Junit;
- Jenkins;
- Teamcity;
- Gradle;
- Maven;
- Intellij IDE;
- GIT;
- JIRA;
- Agile development methodologies; and
- Working in the financial industry, including Wealth management and FIX Message usage.
-Requires two (2) years of experience with the following skills:
- AngularJS.
-Requires one (1) year of experience with the following skills:
- Generative AI experience including GitHub Copilot;
- GainsKeeper Integration;
- Working in Stock Plan-based products.
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 $158,500 and $158,500 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 Applied Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Three years of experience in the position offered or as a Technology Manager, Technology Lead, Module Lead, Software Engineer, or related role
- Three years of experience building enterprise applications using Java and JEE technologies, including Core Java, multithreading, JVM tuning, collections, data structures, and EJB
- Three years of experience with Java EE backend system design
- Three years of experience with Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring JDBC, transactions, AOP, and Spring Security
- Three years of experience with Oracle, MS SQL, DB2, and PL/SQL
- Three years of experience creating and deploying Java microservices
- Three years of experience with RESTful web services, Apache Camel, Hibernate, JMS/MQ, and Apache Kafka
- Three years of experience with WebLogic and JBoss
- Three years of experience working with large enterprise applications, including security and entitlements
- Three years of experience building internal Java frameworks
- Three years of experience with TDD using JUnit, Jenkins, TeamCity, Gradle, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA, Git, and Jira
- Three years of experience with Agile development methodologies
- Three years of experience in the financial industry, including wealth management and FIX message usage
- Two years of experience with AngularJS
- One year of generative AI experience, including GitHub Copilot
- One year of experience with GainsKeeper integration
- One year of experience working with stock plan-based products
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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Healthcare Strength — Health offerings appear broad, including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, free One Medical membership, care advocates, second opinions, and substantial mental-health support with multiple no-cost sessions. Additional resources such as Headspace, virtual physical therapy, and fitness subsidies enhance overall wellbeing coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, additional pregnancy-related medical leave, and four weeks of paid leave to care for a seriously ill family member. A lifetime family-building benefit of up to $75,000 for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility expenses adds meaningful value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and financial programs feature a 401(k) with a competitive match alongside employee stock-purchase opportunities and 529 plan matching. Additional resources include financial-wellness tools, student-loan refinancing, and various insurance options.
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.








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