About Us

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. We advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions, and individuals. 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. We provide you a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve, and grow.

Technology:

Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast, and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. We have a large number of award-winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm's businesses to be the top in the market. Our India technology teams are based in Mumbai and Bengaluru. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.

Firmwide data office:

Managing the accuracy & timeliness of our data enables our businesses, helps us to make informed decisions and protects us from risk. Firmwide data office (FDO) is a group within the Transformation Division that focuses on data as a key priority of Morgan Stanley's overall Strategy. FDO sets standards and develop tooling for ownership, distribution and consumption of data and data accessibility. The frameworks developed by the team address data architecture and data quality issues for new and existing initiatives at the firm by collaborating heavily with various business units and technology functions in the firm.

Position Description:

Data is at the forefront of most business functions as enterprises look to streamline their business processes to cut cost and leverage capabilities such as advanced analytics, big data, AI and machine learning to create new insights. Business decisions will require availability of accurate, timely and consistent data. In a large enterprise like Morgan Stanley, with thousands of systems and tens of thousands of databases, it is critical to provide solutions that help users find data, understand its meaning, and easily access data via APIs, frameworks, and tools in a secure, compliant manner, whether the data is on premise or on the cloud. To address these challenges, the Tooling team within the FDO works on providing tools to document, discover, search, and visualize how data is used in the firm. The team also provides API's and integrations with other technologies in the firm to capture and discover this information to support and promote automation. The team builds in house tools as well as works with vendor tools in this space to address these problems.

The Firmwide Data Office department is recruiting for an enthusiastic, dynamic, hands-on and delivery focused Application Development Lead (Technical Architect) to build next generation tooling for making Data as First class asset. This role will involve working with senior stake holders on both business and technology to build their divisions Data strategy.

Job Responsibilities:

Drive adoption of FDO tools by implementing automation strategies and leveraging developer-native solutions to streamline processes, enhance trackability, and improve user experience.
Lead initiatives to cultivate a culture of innovation within the organization by encouraging creative thinking, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, and implementing processes that support the development and implementation of new ideas and technologies.
Develop people through coaching, mentoring and management.
Lead the design, development and support of full-stack, n-tier distributed applications.
Act as a thought leader in the technical space through researching and knowing industry trends as well as cutting edge tools and technologies, within and external to Morgan Stanley.
Collaborate with business and other technology teams to translate business requirements into innovative solutions implementing performant, scalable, resilient distributed applications.
Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to support them to align with tech data principles and help define divisional data priorities by contributing to Architecture Patterns.

Skills Required:

15+ years of extensive experience designing and implementing n-tier distributed applications, large scale data pipelines, Web applications.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Data Analytics or related field.
Successful experience leading high-performing development and engineering teams with a proven and demonstrable track record of execution and delivery.
Familiarity with C4/PlantUML model tools to design and communicate architecture, ensuring clear and effective visualization of system components, their interactions, and the overall architecture.
Strong problem-solving skills, business acumen, and demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience & expertise across following aspects:

Java - Core Java, Multithreading, Spring, Caching, Security/Authentication.
API Design and Development - REST, GraphQL, JSON, Microservices Architecture.
Agile Development, SDLC, TDD, BDD.
Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code.
Databases - SQL, Stored Procedures, Query Tuning.
Python Programming

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.

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.