This is a Lead Software Engineering position at the Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.
We are looking for a Senior Java developer with fixed Income electronic trading experience.
The ideal candidate will be expected to gain expertise in several components of this etrading platform and take full ownership of their assignments from requirements gathering to rollout. The nature of the application development tasks could the adding business logic, new services, maintenance, bug fix, QA automation or framework development.
What you'll do in the role:
- Developer with relevant Java development experience
- Strong knowledge of core/server-side Java
- Development experience in object-oriented programming and working with mixture of new and legacy systems
- Fixed Income domain knowldge. Experience with Rates (US Treasuries or Swaps) is expected
- The candidate must be willing to communicate directly with clients they serve (ex. Traders, Sales representatives, Operations and other technology partners)
- Good problem-solving, result-focused, can-do attitude, and strong focus to keep the business running and competitive.
- Ability to work in a team as individual contributor
- Claude Code or similar CLI AI tools
What you'll bring to the role:
- Previous eTrading experience with B2C Exchanges (eg: Tradeweb/Bloomberg) or B2B Venues (eg: Brokertec/eSpeed/Fenics)
- Previous Algo development experience
- Previous low latency development experience
- Open to learn and work with other technologies (eg: Python) as business objectives require
- 6+ year of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $155,000 and $215,000 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.