Sr.Algo/Quant developer (Multiple roles available on various levels)

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.

This is a small team in Morgan Stanley Algorithmic Trading Services with presence in New York, London, and Hong Kong. The team works closely with business to create trading strategies for clients that optimize execution costs by utilizing systematic, evidence-based approaches, generating ideas, running experiments to verify them, and then put them in action. Team members come from varied backgrounds of finance, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, computer science and data analysis, with many versed in multiple areas.

This position is for a trading systems engineer, primarily coding in Java with some data analysis in KDB/Jupyter notebook.

What you'll do in the role:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy new strategies and features in production taking responsibility for full software lifecycle.
• Monitor trades and do historical analysis for performance improvements and reducing execution costs.
• Interact with business extensively, discussing ideas, explaining trading behavior and seeing direct impact of their improvements in production.
• Work involves a mix of quantitative analysis, idea generation and development of trading algos making it challenging as well as interesting.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Electronic Trading system/Algorithmic Trading system experience
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Strong technical background in software development
• Experience developing Java (preferred) trading applications
• Scripting Perl/Python

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of US markets/Interest in trading
• KDB/Jupyter Notebook/Data analysis
• Knowledge of FIX protocol

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:

Associate - $90,000 and $150,000

Director - $120,000 and $165,000

Vice President - $150,000 and $210,000

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).

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY

Job ID: Morgan-549786680985

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-03T18:35:43