Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Parametric

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 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 that solves some of the world's most complex financial opportunities. This includes building solutions to provide customized direct index exposure while making tax-sensitive asset allocation decisions 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 through the management of client activities and investment instructions.
• We are focused on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions that are cloud-native.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work closely with business unit and other team members to understand and document requirements
• Deliver flexible solutions to complex business problems using our technology practices
• 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
• Follow our development process and guidelines
• Create unit/integration/functional/performance tests
• Conduct code reviews of other developers
• Mentor new or less senior developers
• Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related area of study
• 5+ years of hands-on Java/J2EE software design and development experience. C# experience a plus.
• Solid understanding of core language features and how to use them properly
• Thorough understanding of multi-threading programming and thread safety principles
• 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 MongoDB
• Proven experience with test driven development, JUnit, and mocking
• Familiarity with version control systems such as GIT or SVN
• Working experience with agile development
• Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools like Maven or Gradle
• Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments
• Effective communication skills with business users and other developers
• Familiarity with AI and related technologies, with the ability to apply them in a business or techni