Vice President, P4, Lead Software Engineer
We are seeking a senior hands-on engineer to join our Finance Technology team in Tokyo and help modernize finance workflows in Asia. This role focuses on building AI-enabled solutions that reduce manual effort for financial controllers while improving the quality, speed, and resilience of business-critical processes.
You will own solutions from design through production, including both business-facing capabilities and improvements to engineering productivity. This includes applying LLMs and automation to improve testing confidence, deployment quality, and developer feedback loops.
Experience in finance technology or accounting-related systems is valuable, but we are equally interested in strong engineers who can learn the domain quickly and thrive in a complex, regulated environment. Success in this role requires developing a strong understanding of financial products, accounting flows, and reporting processes over time.
About Finance Technology
Finance Technology supports the systems and workflows that underpin the firm's books, records, reporting, and control environment. The Finance organization is responsible for financial control, profitability analysis, capital management, internal and external reporting, and contributing to firmwide risk management.
Finance Technology builds and operates the platforms that enable these processes, while continuously improving efficiency, control, and scalability. A distinctive aspect of this team is its breadth of interaction across the firm: our systems process data across all major asset classes and integrate inputs from Risk, Settlements, market data, and other core functions. The team works closely with a wide range of business and technology partners across the firm.
We are currently focused on automating manual workflows, modernizing core platforms, and applying AI where it can deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and control. In Asia, this means solving for regional complexity such as multiple markets, regulators, local products, and currencies.
Our systems span user-facing UI's, scalable REST services, large-scale analytical processing, and warehouse reporting over 100TB+ of data. The environment includes high-volume orchestration and operationally complex data workflows. We work across Scala, Java, and Python, and value engineers who can navigate a heterogeneous stack. Strong SQL and Linux fluency are important in day-to-day development and production support.
Position Description:
We are looking for an engineer who can take ownership of complex problems, work effectively across global teams, and drive delivery with a high degree of autonomy.
You will work closely with engineers and business stakeholders to understand data workflows, design and implement new capabilities, test them rigorously, and deploy them into production. The ideal candidate combines strong engineering judgment with curiosity about the finance domain and a willingness to explore new technologies pragmatically. While depth in backend and data-intensive systems is most important, we value engineers who are comfortable contributing across the stack when needed.
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The role is based in Tokyo , where the team works closely with regional stakeholders and users. We work in close proximity to our users and stakeholders, enabling fast feedback, stronger partnership, and clearer understanding of operational needs. You will also collaborate closely with development teams and stakeholders across Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, London, Montreal, and New York.
In this role, you should expect to:
- Design and build robust solutions to real business problems, remaining hands-on throughout delivery. Technology choices vary by component and team strategy, so adaptability across the stack is important.
- Challenge existing architectural patterns and propose thoughtful enhancements.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's technical growth.
- Improve throughput and reliability by optimizing processing pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Build and evolve ETL and data-processing jobs with a focus on orchestration, performance, and operational stability.
- Partner with product management and stakeholders to define new features and translate them into clear technical designs.
- Develop a strong understanding of accounting concepts and Finance reporting platforms to design effective solutions.
- Contribute to engineering innovation through hack days and by advancing our DevOps, cloud, and AI capabilities.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong hands-on capability in backend development such as Java, Scala, or Python
- Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as Snowflake, Teradata, Sybase, or DB2
- Strong Linux proficiency, including the ability to navigate environments, support deployments, and troubleshoot production issues
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to reason through complex architectural and data problems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with finance technology, accounting-related systems, or regulated enterprise environments
- Experience contributing to full-stack applications, including Angular or other web UI frameworks
- Exposure to AI or LLM-enabled solutions in software delivery, workflow automation, or developer productivity
- Experience with ETL orchestration, large-scale data processing, or operationally complex production systems
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that's differentiated - and we've done that for 90 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.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo .
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)