VP, Lead Software Engineer

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Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. We advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions and individuals. 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.

We provide you a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve and grow.

Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex and dynamic financial markets. We have a large number of award winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm s businesses to be the top in the market.

Our India technology teams are based in Mumbai and Bengaluru. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Technology strives to provide a technology platform that helps the business deliver outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of wealth management solutions to a diverse client base.

This position is for a Lead Software Engineer for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management- WMPT PAG at Morgan Stanley s New York location. It provides technology solutions for Financial Advisors. The application Suite includes Single Advisory Platform, Trading, Portfolio Maintenance, Unified Fixed Income and a comprehensive set of Business Components that enable Wealth Management Advisory solutions for Financial Advisory teams.

The charter of this team is to develop FA facing platforms and applications. Working as a member of this team, the candidate will be responsible for developing and supporting applications frontend/services. This is a hands-on role and is responsible for analyzing user specifications and requirements and providing assistance in coding, testing and debugging applications.

• Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and managing complex projects with significant business impact
• Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
• As a hands-on specialist develop and deliver complex features and reusable architectural components
• Recommend alternative technical approaches, and lead engineering efforts to provide optimal solutions
• Instill a culture of continuous improvement within the team and demonstrate measurable improvements
• Implement Dev Ops best practice for monitoring & operation of production services
• Career management and development of direct reports

• Bachelor s Degree in a technical discipline, preferably computer science
• 10+ years of experience in designing and implementing large scale enterprise applications
• 3+ years of experience in building and leading a strong engineering team
• Solid software development background including design patterns, object-oriented programming and test-driven development
• Strong knowledge of client-side development in CSS3, HTML5, Type Script/Java script, Angular 18 or above, REACT JS framework and other JS libraries (Bootstrap, JQuery etc.)
• Strong knowledge of server-side development in Microsoft .Net stack in C#, ASP.Net core, Web API, LINQ, Threading, TPL, MQ and Microservices
• Experience of working in Database systems (in both No
  
  SQL and SQL)
• Strong understanding of full stack development and experience of working in an Agile environment
• Excellent verbal…