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Morgan Stanley

VP - E-Trading Strategy Senior Developer (Java) - Derivatives - Automated Risk T

Morgan Stanley, New York, New York, us, 10261


Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, achieve, and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives, and needs is an important part of our culture.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize 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.

Team Profile:Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced electronic trading Java senior developer to help advance its market-leading options, futures & structured market making and algorithmic trading engines. The role involves building, deploying & supporting trading strategies, analytical tools, scalable trading engine infrastructure, working as part of a fast-moving IT/quant/trading team.

This is an agile, front-office role facing off with the business and as such strong communication skills and ability to work in a team is essential.

Role Profile:You will be using core Java development to build and enhance trading strategies and engines.The role involves working directly with the global trading, quant, and IT teams to advance the platform and the businesses it serves.The project portfolio is typically varied, spanning new and existing algorithm development, improving the technical and execution performance of trading systems, the generation and analysis of trading signals & data.You will be involved in the full software development lifecycle from discussing and agreeing requirements, formulating designs, developing, and deploying the changes.The systems you will work on are high volume, low latency, resilient, scalable, and message-driven based on cutting edge Java and utilizing the latest hardware.

Skills Required:Expert-level core Java knowledge in a UNIX/Linux environment with a minimum of 10 years of experience.Track record working in a front-office environment with trading and quantitative strategists.Experience working on systems for automated market making, algo trading in liquid markets (equities, FX, liquid rates, etc.).Experience with low-latency messaging middleware pub/sub technologies.Candidate must have electronic trading knowledge: options/cash/ETF/futures preferred; liquid rates/FX acceptable.Strong problem-solving skills.Ability to analyze business & technical requirements and translate them into a well-designed & coded solution.Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team is essential.

Skills Desirable:Experience interacting with and writing KDB/Q queries.Experience with Java/GC/Linux.HTML5/Angular development.Derivatives product and market knowledge. Option pricing and trading would be an advantage.

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).

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $140,000 and $200,000 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.

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