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JAVA Technical Architect_Software Engineering - Vice President - Software Engineering

3+ months ago Mumbai, India

Morgan Stanley

JAVA Technical Architect_Software Engineering - Vice President - Software Engineering

Profile Description

We're seeking someone to join our team as (Vice President) 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 stakeholders of technology teams to provide guidance on strategic initiatives for Data Principles

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The Cybersecurity organization's mission is to create an agile, adaptable organization with the skills and expertise needed to defend against increasingly sophisticated adversaries. This will be achieved by maintaining sound capabilities to identify and protect our assets, proactively assessing threats and vulnerabilities and detecting events, ensuring resiliency through our ability to respond to and recover from incidents and building awareness and increase vigilance while continually developing our cyber workforce.

Firmwide Data Office

Data COE team is distributed globally between New York, London, Budapest, India, and Shanghai; and are engaged in a wide array of projects touching all business units (Institutional Securities, Investment Management, Wealth Management) and functions (e.g., Operations, Finance, Risk, Trading, Treasury, Resilience) across the Firm. The team vision is a multi-year effort to simplify firm's data architecture and business processes front-to-back with goals of reducing infrastructure and manpower costs, improving the ability to demonstrate control of data, empowering developers by providing consistent means of handling data, facilitate data-driven insights & decision making, and providing a platform to implement future change initiatives faster, cheaper, and easier.

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Software Engineering

This is Vice President position that develops and maintains 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.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm's global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm's infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there's ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on...

What you'll do in the role:

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.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Lead diverse technology team contributing to this strategic initiative
  • 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
  • Provide efficient technological solutions for wider adoption of FDO tools

What you'll bring to the role:
  • At least 6 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.
  • 9 - 12 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
  • 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
    • Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design
    • Agile Development, SDLC, TDD, BDD
  • Implementing DevOps techniques and practices like Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test Automation, Build Automation and Test-Driven Development to enable the rapid delivery of working code-utilizing tools like Jenkins, Gradle and Git
  • Scalability, High Availability, Failover
  • Databases - SQL, Stored Procedures, Query Tuning


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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Client-provided location(s): Mumbai, India
Job ID: Morgan-549785183498
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-06-10T23:38:42

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • FSA
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Return-to-Work Program
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Personal/Sick Days
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Internship Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)