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 Lead Software Engineering 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.

Equity Zen, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, is a leading marketplace for pre-IPO investments, connecting shareholders of private companies with accredited investors. Through its category-leading technology and innovative approach, Equity Zen delivers data-driven insights and tools that empower its 800,000 users to navigate the private markets with confidence. Having completed more than 51,000 private placements in nearly 500 private companies, Equity Zen is on a mission to deliver Private Markets for the Public. Equity Zen is looking for a Back End Systems Engineer to support the work of our growing Sales team.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own Platform Health: Step into a pivotal role owning backend systems architecture and platform health to ensure the team remains robust and redundant.

• Drive Impactful Projects: Lead the development of highly visible projects that directly influence the experience of tens of thousands of customers.

• Evolve the Architecture: Be the driving force behind expanding our service-oriented architecture, including building out microservices and migrating to an event-driven framework.

• Enhance Resilience: Assist in key areas of backend development with a heavy focus on security, scalability, and system resilience to support our growing marketplace.

• Innovate & Prototype: Use cutting-edge technologies and DDD fundamentals to introduce improvements to our stack, business processes, and workflows via rapid Po Cs.

• Bridge the Gap: Act as a technical partner to internal teams, helping ideate and implement key initiatives that serve both our clients and internal stakeholders.

Support Team Longevity: Provide much-needed leadership and redundancy to a lean team, helping to mitigate burnout and ensure sustainable, long-term development velocity.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Seasoned Systems Architect: You bring 7+ years of professional experience designing and managing complex system applications.

• Python Power User: You are highly proficient in the Python ecosystem, specifically with Django and GraphQL.

• Cloud Native: You have deep experience deploying and managing high-scale applications within the AWS Cloud.

• Architectural Expertise: You possess a strong background in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), microservices, and event-driven pub-sub frameworks.

• Full-Stack Backend Mentality: You are comfortable across multiple domains, including application architecture, data pipelines/ETL, platform security, and building for massive scalability and resilience.

• Strategic Collaborator: You excel at working cross-functionally with designers, PMs, data scientists, and business stakeholders to turn high-level ideas into technical reality.

• NYC Metro Based: You are located in the NYC area (or willing to relocate) and thrive in a collaborative, in-person environment that adheres to NY market hours.

• Best-Practices Champion: You are a proponent of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and agile methodologies, with a passion for rapid prototyping and continuous improvement.

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.