Software Engineer

Company profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management 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.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Overview of Wealth Management’s Client Channels Organization

The Client Channels (CC) technology organization is responsible for the design, development and delivery of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Client facing website and mobile app.  These platforms provide clients access to products and services such as trading, money movement, bill pay, mortgages and many more.  The group is diverse, globally distributed and follows agile methodologies.  With a focus on clear and consistently designed user experiences and a drive that keeps the technology stack current, resilient and secure; teams innovate and iterate to bring our clients a world class product.       

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Engineering, preferably Computer Science/Engineering

Role & Responsibilities

This position is for a Director in the Client Channels Authentication and Security Team, at the Alpharetta office.

This is a hands-on development role and requires the candidate to be involved in all parts of the software development life cycle including requirements, software design, writing code, testing, deployment and maintenance. The candidate is expected to provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new software projects and initiatives to support and enhance our existing applications. The candidate may also be called on to provide technical, troubleshooting and design guidance to other peer application development teams.

Working in a geographically dispersed team, the candidate will be responsible for system design and project delivery. The candidate will be self-motivated and should be able to work in a dynamic environment with limited or no supervision.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Lead a functional area / deliverable as required
• Participate in design discussions and contribute to the architecture process
• Adhere to and contribute to application development guidelines and help improve the guidelines
• Develop and implement security guidelines and best practices

Primary Skills / Must have

• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to interpret business requirements / technical design documents and design / develop appropriate software solutions
• Solid understanding and experience with Object-Oriented design and development
• Good understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• A thorough understanding of web technologies and web architectures including responsive design and micro services architecture
• Experience using Java, Spring Security, Spring Boot
• Expertise in SQL and database
• Source control (preferably Git), Continuous Integration tools
• Exposure to agile methodologies
• Driven, Self-motivated, team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to learn quickly and work independently.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working with geographically dispersed teams.

Secondary Skills / Desired skills

• Experience on ForgeRock Access Manager, authentication nodes and dynamic polices setup
• Prior work on Client facing websites in the banking/brokerage industry a plus.
• Experience exposing internet websites on mobile devices, or comprehensive knowledge of mobile application development.

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 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. 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.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $130,000and $160,000 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's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).