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.

The Java Developer, Operations Technology, manages technology platforms supporting critical business processes, including position keeping, tax processing, settlements, confirmations, and corporate actions. The team handles high-volume, multi-currency transactions across diverse financial products.

The Global Tax Technology team operates in New York, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Glasgow, organized into Agile delivery teams aligned with Operations product owners. We deliver solutions for tax withholding, gain/loss calculations, document management, and tax reporting for Wealth Management, Institutional, and International businesses.

What you'll do in the role:

• Lead technology projects, manage deliverables, and oversee end-user and vendor interactions.

• Own end-to-end delivery in an Agile environment, including requirements clarification, architecture design, implementation, code review, deployment, and system maintenance.

• Collaborate with users and technologists to deliver tax regulatory and strategic initiatives.

• Support global delivery teams and business operations.

• Mentor and lead global development teams.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Extensive hands-on experience—minimum 8 years—in software development for distributed transactional systems, including at least 2 years in a managerial capacity guiding teams through technical delivery.

• Experience in capital markets or investment banking.

• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities.

• Strong analytical and design skills; ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

• Expertise in service-oriented architecture, Core Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, middleware (messaging/caching/RESTful services), Unix/Linux scripting, Junit, BDD.

• Solid understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, data structures, system resiliency, scalability, and performance.

• Demonstrated ability to guide teams in the use of modern front-end frameworks (such as React, Angular, or Vue), advanced JavaScript (ES6), event streaming platforms like Kafka, Python programming, and relational database technologies (SQL, stored procedures).

• Familiarity with cloud-based application development, Agile, and DevOps practices.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in investment banking or Fin Tech application development.

• Functional/business knowledge in tax reporting, withholding tax, capital gains tax, CRS, FATCA, or other international tax regimes.

• Exposure to cloud architectures and public cloud offerings.

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.

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'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).