Company Profile:

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

In Technology, 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.

What you’ll do in the role:

Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. is seeking a Director, Lead Software Engineer in Alpharetta, Georgia to design, develop and maintain the corporate client platform within the Wealth Management suite of Java-based applications. Architect core backend components, establish coding standards, and conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality software delivery. Work on the planning, assignment, and tracking of software development work, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements. Build web interfaces using AngularJS and HTML5, and collaborate closely with business, operations, and cross functional stakeholders to gather requirements and validate solution designs. Prepare and review functional and technical specifications, evaluate test plans, and partner with quality assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) teams to ensure timely and accurate testing. Produce reliable time, effort, and cost estimates based on incomplete or evolving requirements. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.

What you’ll bring to the role:

-Requires a Master’s Applied Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field of study.

-Requires three (3) years of experience in the position offered or three (3) years as a Technology Manager, Technology Lead, Module Lead, Software Engineer or a related role.

-Requires three (3) years of experience with the following skills:

• Building Enterprise applications using Java and JEE technologies including Core Java, Multithreading, Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) Tuning, Collections, Data Structure, and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB);
• Java EE backend system design;
• Multi-tiered web application development using Spring tools including Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring JDBC, Transactions, Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) and Spring Security;
• Oracle;
• MS SQL;
• DB2;
• PL/SQL;
• Creating and deploying Micro Services including Java Micro Services;
• RESTful Webservices;
• Apache Camel Integration framework;
• Hibernate;
• JMS MQ’s and Apache Kafka;
• Weblogic;
• Jboss;
• Working with large enterprise applications, including security and entitlements;
• Building Internal Java Frameworks;
• TDD using Junit;
• Jenkins;
• Teamcity;
• Gradle;
• Maven;
• Intellij IDE;
• GIT;
• JIRA;
• Agile development methodologies; and
• Working in the financial industry, including Wealth management and FIX Message usage.

-Requires two (2) years of experience with the following skills:

• AngularJS.

-Requires one (1) year of experience with the following skills:

• Generative AI experience including GitHub Copilot;
• GainsKeeper Integration;
• Working in Stock Plan-based products.

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 $158,500 and $158,500 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.