Java Developer - Operations Technology

In the Technology division, 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. This is a Lead Software Engineering position at the Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

The Java Developer, Operations Technology, manages technology platforms supporting critical business processes, including position keeping, tax processing, settlements, confirmations, and corporate actions. The team handles high-volume, multi-currency transactions across diverse financial products.

The Global Tax Technology team operates in New York, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Glasgow, organized into Agile delivery teams aligned with Operations product owners. We deliver solutions for tax withholding, gain/loss calculations, document management, and tax reporting for Wealth Management, Institutional, and International businesses.

• Lead technology projects, manage deliverables, and oversee end-user and vendor interactions.
• Own end-to-end delivery in an Agile environment, including requirements clarification, architecture design, implementation, code review, deployment, and system maintenance.
• Collaborate with users and technologists to deliver tax regulatory and strategic initiatives.
• Support global delivery teams and business operations.
• Mentor and lead global development teams.

• Extensive hands‑on experience—minimum 8 years—in software development for distributed transactional systems, including at least 2 years in a managerial capacity guiding teams through technical delivery.
• Experience in capital markets or investment banking.
• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Strong analytical and design skills; ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Expertise in service‑oriented architecture, Core Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, middleware (messaging/caching/RESTful services), Unix/Linux scripting, Junit, BDD.
• Solid understanding of object‑oriented design, design patterns, data structures, system resiliency, scalability, and performance.
• Demonstrated ability to guide teams in the use of modern front‑end frameworks (such as React, Angular, or Vue), advanced JavaScript (ES6+), event streaming platforms like Kafka, Python programming, and relational database technologies (SQL, stored procedures).
• Familiarity with cloud‑based application development, Agile, and Dev Ops practices.

• Experience in investment banking or Fin Tech application development.
• Functional/business knowledge in tax reporting, withholding tax, capital gains tax, CRS, FATCA, or other international tax regimes.
• Exposure to cloud architectures and public cloud offerings.

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—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…