Release Manager (Hybrid)

We are looking for a senior technical, hands-on specialist to handle the coordination of testing and release process for the Fixed Income pricing and risk modelling libraries and reference data. This is a challenging and high-profile role which spans the end-to-end software development cycle (SDLC) - including managing source code branches, preparing and delivering release candidate builds into testing, and working with QA, IT, trading desk strategists, and production support teams through the test cycle to sign-off, integration into consumer applications, and release. Located in Montreal, this role is a critical point of contact for desk strategists, technology and QA colleagues in that timezone, maintains continuity of SDLC activities in Follow the Sun model in a global release management team with colleagues in India and London.

The successful candidate will also help with improving our automated build, release, integration and testing infrastructure covering the entire SDLC across several million lines of C++, Java, and Scala source code. This will include configuration of Jenkins jobs, source code management tooling, and supporting trading desk strategists' use of development environment.

Most of the Fixed Income portfolio is valued and risked using these pricing and risk modelling libraries, which are used by many varied applications throughout the firm and have multiple inter-dependencies. This requires that we build the libraries in a consistent manner on multiple different platforms, and integrate them into the varied application landscape, which is itself constantly changing. Our ability to patch, test and release new functionality within hours if not minutes can be critical to our success as a business, and the successful candidate will be critical to helping us achieve this.

Required skills:

• extensive experience as hands-on release manager, testing, or application support specialist, preferably in financial services
• extensive experience with git and its use in support of feature and release branching strategies, patching, release notes management
• extensive experience of managing testing cycles, bug tracking, stakeholder communication, release prioritisation, change management
• extensive experience of using Jenkins, BitBucket and effectively using these to build release candidates and optimise build automation flow
• experience of writing scripts (eg in python) for tasks such as promotion and propagation of artifacts, generation of release notes, custom SDLC actions
• experience of working in a globally distributed team

Desired skills:

• Some development experience in Java or C++ so as to be able to read source code to conduct code mergers and conflicts, update test baselines
• Some experience with C++ development environment and multi-platform c++ builds in linux and windows
• Familiarity with build tools such as bazel, cmake, premake, make, visual studio devenv/msbuild, and build acceleration tools such as Incredibuild, distcc and ccache
• Familiarity with standard code quality tools such as sonar, cpplint
• Familiarity with package/dependency management tools such as conan, maven, artifactory

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.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

Client-provided location(s): Montreal, Canada

Job ID: Morgan-JR024643

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-14T18:36:46