Java Tech Lead - Cash Confirmations; Hybrid

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Java Tech Lead - Cash Confirmations Lead to provide senior technology leadership for Morgan Stanley’s Cash Confirmations platforms, shaping the target-state architecture and operational resiliency of a globally critical trade confirmations ecosystem across asset classes, markets, and regulatory jurisdictions.

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 Vice President level, which is part of the job family for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

• Contribute to target-state architecture and modernization roadmaps for confirmation platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and strategic technology objectives.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, event-driven architecture, distributed processing, and resiliency improvements.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Cash confirmation workflows, including Trade confirmation generation, Exception processing, Client delivery channels, Regulatory and audit requirements, Integration with market infrastructure providers
• Partner with business and operations stakeholders to translate confirmation processing requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Guide teams on non-functional requirements including Performance, Scalability Capacity management, Disaster recovery, Monitoring and observability, Production readiness
• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, and risk assessments by providing architectural guidance, system documentation, and remediation plans.
• Provide leadership during critical production incidents and major platform transformation initiatives.

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise software engineering and distributed systems, including 3-5 years in a senior technical leadership role.
• Bachelor's/Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Proven experience designing and governing large-scale, low latency transaction processing platforms preferably within financial services.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with experience presenting technology strategy to senior leadership.
• Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure production and delivery environments.
• Strong exposure to AI-assisted software development, engineering productivity tooling, and intelligent operational platforms.
• Ability to diagnose production issues, steer the team in high pressure time sensitive situations

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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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