Vice President, Software Engineer

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 Vice President, Software Engineer in New York, New York to work on continuous evolution of the risk management system to support regulatory changes, new business initiatives, and increased efficiency. Work on the design and architecture of Risk Calculator platform modules, ensuring it meets complex business requirements for large hedge fund and institutional clients. Architect solutions that process and compute risk for a wide range of asset classes. Integrate advanced simulation engines to forecast portfolio risks under hypothetical market scenarios, supporting stress testing and “what-if” analyses. Work on systems capable of managing and processing millions of risk metrics daily, leveraging distributed computing and scalable architectures to ensure performance and reliability. Translate complex business processes and financial product knowledge into actionable technical solutions through collaboration with business stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives. Design and implement interfaces for automated risk reporting, margin calculation, and integration with upstream/downstream systems, supporting both real-time and batch processing. Ensure the risk management platform adheres to industry regulations. Provide hands-on guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to development teams, fostering best practices in software engineering, design patterns, and system scalability. Telecommuting permitted up to 1 day per week.

What you’ll bring to the role:

-Requires a Bachelor’s in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering (any), or a related field

-Requires five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as a Java/Scala Developer, Senior Manager, Associate, or a related technology role

-Requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills:

• high-performance, low-latency distributed systems;
• Java;
• Python;
• Spring Boot;
• SQL, NSQL and hybrid databases;
• Microservices architecture;
• Docker;
• Kubernetes;
• Kafka; and
• real-time streaming data processing and performance tuning for sub millisecond execution.

-Requires three (3) years of experience with the following skills:

• cloud-native deployments including AWS or Azure.

-Requires two (2) years of experience with the following skills:

• stress testing;
• Price Value of 01 (PV01);
• trade lifecycle workflows in equities, fixed income, and derivatives; and
• VaR.

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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $190,000 and $210,000 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.

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