Jobs Companies Morgan Stanley AI Engineer

About this AI Engineer role at Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley · Onsite · New York, New York, United States of America

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 Software Engineering III 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.

Partner with the Advanced Analytics, Machine learning and Gen AI Platform team(s), across multiple project areas, and work in collaboration with team(s) in India & US. The individual would be responsible for building autonomous systems that can reason, use tools, and complete multi-step tasks using LLMs/Reasoning models, build calibration scoring and guardrails for agent accuracy. The person would also be part of the overall cloud adoption and engineering roadmap and ensure scalable, agile and robust architecture and implementation. Additionally, should be able to work in a dynamic environment with limited or no supervision and should be able to knowledge-share across other team members. Should be comfortable and manage time working with global team on multiple initiatives.

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.


What you’ll do in the role:

  • Hands-On Engineer who acts as the catalyst in building and deploying AI Agents at scale to accelerate technology and business roadmaps

  • Evaluate state-of-art Gen AI centric technologies and prototype solutions to improve our architecture and platform

  • Design, Implement and Operationalize distributed, scalable, and reliable data flows that ingest, process, store, and access data at scale in batch / real-time used by AI Agents

What you’ll bring to the role:

  • Experienced professional with 2+ years of experience working towards building GenAI solutions & supporting components design, architecture, development, and operationalization of agent orchestrations at scale

  • Agent Orchestration Frameworks: Mastery of frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, and Microsoft's AutoGen to build multi-agent workflows.

  • LLM Implementation: Deep expertise in LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock), prompt engineering (Chain-of-Thought), and fine-tuning for specific agentic behaviors.

  • Memory & Context Management: Ability to implement complex memory systems, including vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.

  • Tool-Calling & APIs: Proficiency in integrating external APIs as agent tools, including function calling and error handling for malformed model outputs.

  • Languages & Backend: Expert-level Python (mandatory), often paired with FastAPI, Node.js, or Go. Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployment is standard.

  • Ability to work in Fast paced and Dynamic environment.

  • Good written and verbal communication skills

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

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. 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 and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $165,000 per year at the commencement of employment.  However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.

Ready to apply to Morgan Stanley?
Apply to Morgan Stanley

How this AI Engineer salary compares

This role pays $142,500/yrbelow the typical range for AI Engineer roles.

$126,008 median $204,200 $269,900

Typical range $161,250–$213,250/yr, from 19 comparable AI Engineer listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See AI Engineer salary insights →

About Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society. What We Do

See all jobs at Morgan Stanley →

Similar jobs

Thomson Reuters
Staff Software Engineer / Architect - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Thomson Reuters
⚡ Apply early United States of America, Fris... Onsite $254,700–$254,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Thomson Reuters
Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform
Thomson Reuters
⚡ Apply early United States of America, Eaga... Hybrid CA$175,000–CA$175,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Thomson Reuters
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
Thomson Reuters
⚡ Apply early United States of America, Fris... Onsite $204,200–$204,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Block
Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI
Block
⚡ Apply early New York, NY, United States of... Onsite $263,600–$395,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
General Motors
Senior ML/AI Engineer - Agentic Developer Experience
General Motors
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California, Uni... Onsite $178,420–$230,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
MS
AI Integration Software Engineer - Associate
Morgan Stanley
⚡ Apply early New York, New York, United Sta... Onsite $95,000–$135,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
MS
AI Engagement Engineer - Vice President
Morgan Stanley
⚡ Apply early New York, New York, United Sta... Onsite $155,000–$215,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Spotify
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety
Spotify
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4w ago
MS
Sr AI Engineer
Morgan Stanley
⚡ Apply early New York, New York, United Sta... Onsite $150,000–$215,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

More jobs at Morgan Stanley

See all jobs at Morgan Stanley →

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get an edge on your job hunt.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free