Senior UI Engineer - Design System Innovation

Overview

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 Vice President 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 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management UX team builds digital experiences that help our clients manage their finances and monitor their investments easily. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and a user‑centered approach to solve real business problems. If you can bring clarity to complexity, design holistically in an immense product ecosystem, and have gone the extra mile to create delight, we want to hear from you!

About the Design Systems Team:
We’re a close‑knit group of designers and front‑end engineers who work across all business verticals to maintain and advocate for our design system. We care deeply about our design craft and the quality of the components that we produce. We work fast, valuing experimentation and iteration. We’re not afraid of tackling the complex UX problems, and we know that maintaining a system is just as much about evangelization and collaboration as it is about having extremely high standards for the work we produce for the entire technology team to consume and implement into their products.

We are seeking a Senior UI Engineer to evolve and mature the design system for Morgan Stanley's web and mobile platforms. You will work as an advocate for the design system across the design team, as well as with business and technology partners. You will be an advocate for best code practices as well as collaborate with technology partners to ensure our Design System library continues to be a framework that is easily implemented in projects.

You should be familiar with implementing a design system.

• Build and document new patterns for our established design system.
• Work closely with our front‑end development teams to ensure coding best practices are met.
• Maintain Design System frameworks.
• Create functioning prototypes of experiences or components.
• Contribute beyond the design system itself by helping to build out projects when needed.
• Establish requirements for new components and component enhancements.

• Proficient knowledge of best practices in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Good understanding of CSS pre‑processing platforms such as Sass.
• Experience applying accessibility best practices (WCAG).
• Familiarity with the Agile process.
• Great eye for visual details.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Pride in the work delivered and tremendous attention to detail.
• Go the extra mile to deliver on time and to high quality standards.
• Curiosity about problem solving and learning about finance.
• Self‑disciplined, self‑motivating, and self‑improving.
• Effectively communicate and present complex conceptual thinking visually and verbally.

• Experience working with design systems.
• Proficient knowledge of modern web frameworks.

8+ years relevant work experience.

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.

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