Java Developer - Senior Manager - Sr Software Engineer

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 www.morganstanley.com.

About 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 2-3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

About The Team

The Equity Investments and Client Activities team at Parametric:

• We are building financial software that solves for some of the world’s most complex financial opportunities. This includes building solutions to provide customized direct index exposure while making tax sensitive asset selection to improve overall after-tax portfolio returns.
• We design and build financial software responsible for the account life cycle that starts with the onboarding of accounts, managing all client activities and investment instructions, and finally managing equity investment accounts at scale.
  
  

General Description

We are looking for individuals that have a strong curiosity and passion for learning new things, while continuously challenging oneself to build things better and more scalable.

The Senior Software Engineer on the Equity Investments and Client Activities team will be responsible for design, development, and integration of technology solutions to support all aspects of our equity investments platform. In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will leverage new and existing technologies to build and maintain services that scale the platform, including on-prem systems and cloud native AWS micro services. This role will also manage and mentor a small team of developers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership directly managing a team of developers guiding and mentoring them
• Design and develop proprietary solutions for the Equity Direct Indexing portfolio management teams.
• Design, develop, and maintain services and API to support various business needs.
• Leverage scalable and distributed computing principles to build the next generation of services.
• Ensures that software solutions remain integrated, efficient, and appropriate for a highly regulated industry.
• Create unit/integration/functional/performance tests.
• Conduct code reviews of other developers.
• Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity.
  
  

Job QUALIFICATIONS

SkILL SET

Required Experience: 7 to 9 years.

Skill set: Software design / Dev / Java / J2EE / SQL / NoSQL

Primary Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related area of study.
• Experience in managing smaller teams.
• 7+ years of experience working on large scale software development and deployment.
• 7+ Years of hands-on Java/J2EE software design and development experience
• Strong aptitude for highly efficient data structures and algorithms.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL database engines such as Redis, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.
• Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments.
• A creative, self-confident self-motivator with a "can do" spirit.
• Passionate, forward thinking, and creative individual with high ethical standards and integrity.
• Ability to collaborate and partner across a diverse team tapping the strength and unique skills of every team member.
• Assertiveness balanced with a sensitivity toward and concern for people. The ability to create strong work ethics and committed teams, foster open dialogue, and promote individual and team success.
• Effective communication skills with business users and other developers
  
  

Good To Have Skills

• Kotlin and React experience.
• Financial services Experience.
• Cloud native development experience a plus: AWS is preferred.
• Experience developing highly scalable solutions in the cloud.
  
  

Parametric believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications, but not limit the employee or the organization to just the work identified. It is our expectation that every employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our services.

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values — putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back — that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. 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 and perks in the industry.

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.