Lead Software Engineer - Parametric

ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.
ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.
This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Operations Technology team at Parametric:

• We are responsible for the development of Parametric's proprietary software supporting middle- and back-office operations, including our reconciliation, accounting, and settlements systems.
• We are building high value software to enable complex, time sensitive business workflows.
• We are technology-driven and building for scale and resilience, enabling our business to support clients with improved efficiency and reduced operational risk.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Investment Systems: Operations Technology team is responsible for the development of Parametric's proprietary software supporting middle- and back-office operations, including our reconciliation, accounting, and settlements systems. The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for leading the design, development, and integration of various technology solutions for these systems. This will involve becoming a subject matter expert in Parametric's operational systems, along with the research, design, and implementation of new technologies and solutions to solve key challenges for the organization.
Projects completed by this team are highly technical and critical for enabling efficient global operations. We are seeking individuals who are self-driven, capable of learning and acting independently, enjoy engaging in productive communication, and who have a hunger to grow their technical expertise across a wide variety of areas. The ideal individual is a proven leader who excels when working collaboratively with other talented individuals. Custom software solutions are a key element of our success, and, as such, we consider software engineering a tier-one competency.
This position will report directly into the Operations Technology team and work closely with business analysts, business partners, and technical leaders. This is a management role, and the Lead Software Engineer will lead projects and manage and mentor developers on their team.
A critical objective for this role is to support the architecture and delivery of scalable enterprise solutions by leveraging AWS cloud-native technologies, designing and implementing microservices, and evolving existing services following industry best practices with a relentless focus on performance and resilience.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and mentor a team of developers, fostering growth and driving culture and objectives.
• Lead development projects, including all components of the development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, bug fixes, and enhancements.
• Design and develop high-quality and flexible technical solutions across all layers of application development, including APIs, application logic, performance, reliability, persistence, tests, CI/CD, and IaC.
• Develop domain expertise within Parametric’s middle- and back-office operations systems.
• Research and develop deep expertise in various technologies, including building an understanding of best practices and relevant low-level details.
• Work across teams to build strong relationships, determine technical needs, and design solutions which fit into an existing proprietary codebase.
• Adhere to and promote high standards for development maintainability, consistency, performance, and correctness.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of hands-on Java and J2EE development experience; with strong experience in Spring Boot
•  Experience with .Net development is a plus .
• AI Fluency including understanding of current AI landscape and engineering integration strategies
• Experience supervising software development teams and fostering an engaging and collaborative environment, including building and maintaining cross-team networks.
• Proven experience working with cloud technologies (AWS strongly preferred).
• Proven experience managing all aspects of team-delivered technical projects (including requirements gathering and documentation), with a proven track record of delivering well-architected and well-written software solutions.
• Strong understanding of features and best practices across various programming languages.
• Strong passion for developing a deep understanding of new technologies or solutions.
• Experience working with various persistence technologies, such as RDBMS or NoSQL.
• Experience developing resources using IaC technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab or GitHub.
• Experience adhering to and enforcing high-quality code quality standards.
• Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to assignments, such as in-depth expertise on business concepts or open-source project internals like Spring and Hibernate
• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience developing highly scalable solutions in the cloud.
• Experience operating and improving code quality standards through conventions and automated tooling, such as IDEs and SAST services.
• Experience presenting technical contributions and innovations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

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.

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Salary range for the position: $115,000 - $225,000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit's incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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.