Java Software Engineer -Vice President - Parametric
Mumbai · Posted
Location
Mumbai
Level
Lead
Experience
12+ years
Pay
Not listed
Workplace
Hybrid
Posted
32 days ago
Status
Open · checked 1d ago
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Skills mentioned in the posting
AWS
Java
Spring Boot
Microservices
Kafka
SQL
Redis
DynamoDB
React
About the role
We are looking for individuals that have a strong curiosity and passion for learning new things, while continuously challenging oneself to build things better and more scalable.
The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for providing both technical and people leadership, project delivery, process development, training and support. The role partners across the Equity Investments and Client Activities team, Core Services, and the externally facing Digital Team to design and develop technology solutions that support Direct Indexing business priorities and improve business processes. The role spans multiple services within the team, building out underlying components that provide critical services to the Equity Portfolio Management Platform. These services help streamline rule-based portfolio analytics, order generation and straight through processing enabling exception driven portfolio management.
This position will report into the Investments & Innovation Platform team and work closely with team leads across Technology teams, Business Analysis as well as Business Partners. In this role, you will lead developers and projects and provide mentoring opportunities to the development team.
A critical objective for this role is to support the architecture and deliver scalable enterprise solutions, leveraging AWS cloud native technologies, designing and implementing micro-services and a relentless focus on performance and resilience.
ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan 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 www.morganstanley.com.
ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric 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 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.
The Investment Systems team at Parametric
We are building financial software that solves for some of the world's most complex financial opportunities. This includes building solutions to provide customized direct index exposure while making tax sensitive asset selection to improve overall after-tax portfolio returns.
We design and build scalable multi-asset portfolio management solutions, secure platforms for creating financial applications and low-code workflows, and a core data platform that delivers trusted financial data.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design and develop proprietary solutions for the Equity Direct Indexing portfolio management teams
Provide technical leadership by directly managing a team of engineers, guiding and mentoring them to achieve their highest potential while collectively advancing the goals and projects of the engineering team.
Drive vision and strategy for the team while exemplifying strong leadership skills, including communication, consensus building, elevated standards, ownership, accountability, and project management.
Design, develop, and maintain services and API to support various business needs
Leverage scalable and distributed computing principles to build the next generation of services
Ensures that software solutions remain integrated, efficient, and appropriate for a highly regulated industry.
Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity
Maintain regular collaboration with teams and stakeholders in the US West Coast time zone, including flexibility to support overlapping working hours when needed.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area of study
12+ years of hands-on development experience managing all aspects of technical projects with a proven track record of delivering well architected and well written software solutions.
3+ years of managing software development teams and providing direct guidance, mentorship, project leadership, and team development while fostering an engaging, collaborative environment and building strong cross-team relationships
Strong Java and Spring Boot experience
Experience with microservices and distributed systems
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
Strong aptitude for highly efficient data structures and algorithms
Cloud native development experience a plus: AWS is preferred
Exposure to event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka)
Working knowledge of SQL , RDBMS ,NoSQL database engines such as Redis & DynamoDB
Experience using enterprise AI development tools, including GitHub Copilot Enterprise and GitHub Spec Kit, to enable AI-powered Specification-Driven Development.
Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments.
Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and a results-oriented approach to solving complex business and technology challenges.
Demonstrated sound judgment, integrity, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes in a collaborative environment.
Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.
Familiarity with AI and related technologies, with the ability to apply them in a business or technical context
Good to Have Skills
Experience with React or modern front-end frameworks
Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL
Asset management experience
Experience governing enterprise AI agents through secure access, auditability, human oversight, and emerging standards.
Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY
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Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
About Morgan Stanley, diversity & equal opportunity
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.
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.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.