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About Morgan STanleyMorgan 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 .About ParametricParametric 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 2-3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

About The TeamThe Investment Systems team at Parametric: We are responsible for the development of Parametric's proprietary investment systems technologies, including our trading, compliance, and fixed income and derivatives portfolio management systems. We are building financial software to realize complex opportunities using advanced theory-driven strategies, enabling clients to optimize portfolios for their investment objectives. We are technology-driven and building for scale and resilience, enabling our business to support clients with improved efficiency and reduced operational risk.

General Description The Investment Systems: Trading Platform team is responsible for developing core components and architectural patterns used by Parametric's proprietary trading systems and shared across all Investment Systems teams. The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for leading the design, development, and integration of various technology solutions for these systems. This will involve becoming a subject matter expert in multiple areas of the investment management industry, along with the research, design, and implementation of new technologies and solutions to solve key challenges for the organization.

Projects completed by this team are highly technical, are used by many other teams, and have an impact across the organization. We are seeking professionals who excel when working collaboratively with other talented individuals. Custom software solutions are a key element of our success, and, as such, we consider software engineering a tier-one competency.

This position will report directly into the Trading Platform team and work closely with team leads across technology teams, business analysts, and business partners. This is a management role, and the Lead Software Engineer will lead projects and manage and mentor developers on their team.A critical objective for this role is to support the architecture and delivery of scalable enterprise solutions by leveraging AWS cloud-native technologies, designing and implementing microservices, and evolving existing services following industry best practices with a relentless focus on performance and resilience.

Primary Responsibilities- Manage and mentor a team of developers, fostering growth and driving culture and objectives.- Lead development projects, including all components of the development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, bug fixes, and enhancements.- Design and develop high-quality and flexible technical solutions across all layers of application development, including APIs, application logic, performance, reliability, persistence, tests, CI/CD, and IaC.

- Design and integrate shareable solutions within the development organization, such as code libraries, build automation, test automation, API conventions, and cloud architecture patterns.- Design and develop processes to enhance architectures across new and existing applications, such as across or within persistence engines, cloud platforms, and code frameworks.- Research and develop deep expertise in various technologies, including building an understanding of best practices and relevant low-level details.

- Work across teams to build strong relationships, determine technical needs, and design shareable solutions.- Adhere to and promote high standards for development maintainability, performance, and correctness.QualificationsJob QUALIFICATIONSSkILL SETRequired Experience: 10+ yearsSkill set: Software Design/Java/J2EE/SQL/Cloud DevelopmentPrimary Skills- 3+ years of recent hands-on Java and J2EE development experience.

- 10+ years of overall hands-on OOP design and development experience.- Experience supervising software development teams and fostering an engaging and collaborative environment, including building and maintaining cross-team networks.- Proven experience working with cloud technologies (AWS strongly preferred).

- Proven experience managing all aspects of team-delivered technical projects, with a proven track record of delivering well-architected and well-written software solutions.- Strong understanding of features and best practices across various programming languages.- Strong passion for developing a deep understanding of new technologies or solutions.

- Experience working with various persistence technologies, such as RDBMS or NoSQL.- Experience developing resources using IaC technologies such as Terraform.- Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab or GitHub.

- Experience adhering to and enforcing high-quality code quality standards.- Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to assignments, such as in-depth expertise on business concepts or open-source project internals like Spring and Hibernategood to Have Skills- Financial services industry experience.- Experience developing highly-scalable solutions in the cloud.

- Experience operating and improving code quality standards through conventions and automated tooling, such as IDEs and SAST services.- Experience presenting technical contributions and innovations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer.

We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise 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. Job Field: Technology.