Senior Software Engineer - Parametric

ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY

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 [hidden]

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 solves for some of the world's most complex financial opportunities. This includes building solutions to provide customized direct index exposure while making tax sensitive asset selection 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, managing all client activities and investment instructions, and finally managing equity investment accounts at scale.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for individuals that have a strong curiosity and passion for learning new things, while continuously challenging oneself to build things better and more scalable.

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 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

Design and develop proprietary solutions for the Equity Direct Indexing portfolio management teams

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

Ensures that software solutions remain integrated, efficient, and appropriate for a highly regulated industry.

Create unit/integration/functional/performance tests

Conduct code reviews of other developers

Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Required Experience: 7+ years

Skill set: Software design / Dev/ Java / J2EE / SQL

Primary Skills

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area of study

7+ years of experience working on large scale software development and deployment

4+ Years of hands-on Java/J2EE software design and development experience

Cloud native development experience (AWS is preferred)

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 track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments.

A creative, self-confident self-motivator with a can do spirit.

Passionate, forward thinking and creative individual with high ethical standards and integrity.

Ability to collaborate and partner across a diverse team tapping the strength and unique skills of every team member.

Assertiveness balanced with a sensitivity toward and concern for people. The ability to create strong work ethics and committed teams, foster open dialogue, and promote individual and team success.

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 technical context

Good to Have Skills

C# and React experience

Financial services industry experience is a plus.

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

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