Morgan Stanley
Senior Software Engineer (Fixed Income Risk System)
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We are currently seeking a Senior Developer within Fixed Income Derivatives Technology group
Our team works closely with Interest Rates Sales & Trading and Quantitative Strategists team to develop next generation risk and trading systems to achieve their business goals.
A successful candidate would work on one of the world’s largest Scala projects and gain exposure to every aspect of Interest Rates Derivative trading. We balance between strategic system renovation projects and day-to-day business coverage based on each team member’s preference and expertise.
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 Engineer position at Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.
Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.
What You'll Do In The Role
- Communicate regularly with product leads across the technology organization and discuss opportunities for improvement to existing and future technology solutions.
- Develop large-scale distributed systems to compute and report intra-day and eod-of-day risks, PnL (Profit and Loss) and market scenarios to senior management, trading desks, controllers, and market risk department.
- Greenfield project to redesign pricing and workflow applications for sales and traders to keep ahead of the market.
- Greenfield project to redesign Front to Back risk scenario infrastructure for Fundamental Review of the Trading Book.
- Greenfield project to revamp the market data and marking system in strategic cross-asset platform.
- Design APIs so that the pricing and risk analytics can be accessed programmatically by other internal systems and processes.
- Provide IT coverage for Macro business in EMEA, with day-to-day interaction with sales/trading, desk strategies, FID COOs, operations, controllers, and market risk department.
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What You'll Bring To The Role
- Strong software engineering, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience in distributed computing or cloud computing, Java/Scala development experience and performance tuning
- Understand DevOps and Continuous Development Principles
- Strong interest in learning about the financial markets
- Strong academic record with Bachelor's level or above in a computational field like Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline or equivalent experience.
- At least 6 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role
- Preferred Full Stack development; programming experience in HTML5/AngularJS, C++ and APL (Array-Programming Language) like KDB/Q or A+ (http://www.aplusdev.org)
- Preferred knowledge of fixed income market, financial models, and risk management
- Preferred experience in financial risk calculation and management system or trading tools development
- Preferred experience with JVM
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.
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Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.
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.
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