Senior Software Engineer - Parametric; Java​/AWS

Overview

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

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 PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY

We design and build financial software for Parametric’s proprietary investment systems technologies for the entire account lifecycle across Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives. 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 TEAM

Parametric’s Investment Systems Team designs and builds the proprietary technology platforms that support our strategies.

We are hiring Senior Software Engineers to join two core teams in our Minneapolis (Edina) office:

• Derivatives Team:
  Develops and supports technology solutions for derivatives-based strategies across multiple asset classes for institutional and retail clients.
• Operations Technology Team:
  Builds proprietary software for middle and back-office operations, including reconciliation, accounting, and settlements systems, focusing on scalable, resilient solutions that reduce operational risk.

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for design, development, and integration of various technology solutions, including the development of our proprietary investment systems. Parametric provides a mature working environment for software professionals who excel when working collaboratively with other talented individuals. We pride ourselves on our modern development practices and constantly strive to improve them. Custom software solutions are a key element of our success and, as such, we consider software engineering a tier-one competency.

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable software solutions across the full technology stack.
• Build and integrate application components, including APIs, data persistence layers, and event-driven systems.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver flexible, business-oriented solutions.
• Develop reusable code libraries, shared architectural patterns, and automation frameworks to accelerate development across teams.
• Contribute to the modernization of legacy systems, including migrations to new persistence engines, cloud platforms, and architectures.
• Write unit, integration, and functional tests to ensure software quality.
• Support CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Git Lab, Terraform, and Docker.
• Participate in design reviews, pair programming, and mentorship of junior team members.
• Stay current with relevant technologies and contribute to team discussions on architectural decisions and tooling.

• 5+ years of hands-on professional software development experience using Java.
• Strong understanding of language features (interfaces, generics, annotations, reflection, closures, etc.).
• Practical knowledge of major open-source projects (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate).
• Familiarity with containers (Docker)
• Experience with message-driven and event-driven architectures using Active
  
  MQ and Kafka.
• Proven experience with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, S3,…