Lead Java Developer - VP

Position Overview

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At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions and individuals, and always do so with a standard of excellence. We are a leading global financial services firm that conducts its business through three principal business segments—Institutional Securities, Wealth Management (WM), and Investment Management. The Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

Our WM business is one of the largest in the world with more than $2 trillion in client assets, $73 billion in lending balances, and nearly 16,000 Financial Advisors in 600+ offices across the U.S. Our Financial Advisors focus on delivering timely, customized solutions and services that help clients meet their financial and life goals. Our offering includes brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning, access to credit and lending, cash management, annuities and insurance, and retirement services.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career—a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Unified Middle Office (UMO) is a dynamic and fast‑paced area within the Firm’s WM Technology Division. We are responsible for client and account demographic data of WM clients. We are developing a new resilient platform to maintain the same. If you are an exceptional individual who is interested in solving complex problems and building sophisticated solutions in a dynamic team environment, UMO is the place for you.

As a leader of a Java development team, you will:

• Develop people through coaching, mentoring and management
• Lead projects and initiatives front‑to‑back from planning, designing, architecting to implementation and go‑live
• Lead the design, development and support of enterprise‑scale, global applications
• Act as a thought leader in the technical space
• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• 7+ years professional work experience in development
• At least 1 year in a leadership position (tech lead or team lead)
• Strong knowledge of Java (enough to mentor / coach other developers)
• Good knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Experience with Spring/Spring Boot
• Experience developing client‑server, distributed, real‑time, performance‑critical, highly available, or large‑scale systems
• Hands‑on experience with modern distributed technologies such as messaging brokers (e.g., MQ, Kafka) and distributed caching solutions (e.g., Redis)
• Experience building real‑time applications using multithreading
• Experience working with Git
• Experience with Intelli
  
  J or Eclipse IDE
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Dev Ops
• Experience with Fullstack Development
• Proficiency with SQL and No
  
  SQL databases (e.g., DB2, SQL Server, Mongo)

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—guarantee that you’ll work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are supported and empowered. You’ll have access to some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry and ample opportunities to move within the business.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $170,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Base pay will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which 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 diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet) and upholds a policy of ensuring equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.