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  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 TEAMThe 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.

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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 QUALIFICATIONS8+ 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…