Institutional Equity Division - Senior Manager, Java (Mumbai) at Morgan Stanley

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Company Profile Mor g an Sta n ley is a lea d ing global fi n anc i al s e rv ic es firm prov i ding a wide ran g e of invest m ent ba n king, s e c u rit i es, inv e st m ent m anage m ent and w e alth m anage m ent serv i c e s . T h e Fir m 's e m ploye e s s e rve clien t s w o rldwi d e inc l u d ing corp o ratio n s , govern m en t s and ind i vid u a l s from m ore than 1,2 0 0 offic e s in 43 co u ntries . As a m arket lead e r, the talent and p a ss i on of our p eo ple is c r itical to our s u cc es s. Togeth e r, we share a co mm on set of val u es r o ot e d in i ntegri t y, excel l e n ce and str o ng team ethic. Mor g an Sta n ley c a n p r o v i de a sup e ri o r fo u ndation for building a pr ofessio n al c a re e r - a pl ac e for p e ople to lea r n, to a c hi e v e and g row. A p hil o sop h y that ba l ances pers on a l lifestyl e s, persp e c tives a nd nee d s is an im portant part of our cult u r e . Department Profile From global institutions to hedge funds, investors come to Morgan Stanley for sales, trading, and market-making services in almost every type of financial instrument in all the world’s financial markets. Morgan Stanley professionals use our network and technology to provide liquidity and sophisticated analysis, to manage risk and execute reliably in the fast-changing markets. Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division (IED) is a world leader in the origination, distribution and trading of equity, equity-linked and equity-derivative securities. Our broad and deep client relationships, market-leading platform and intellectual insights enable us to be a world-class service provider to our clients for their financing, market access and portfolio management needs. Global Markets Group is the offshoring arm of Morgan Stanley’s Equity businesses in India. It covers functions across IED ranging from those associated with sales, trading, analytics, Strats to risk management. Primary Responsibilities The Quantitative Research (QR) group designs, builds and maintains the models which drive the equity trading engines at Morgan Stanley. Our systems are used globally by both internal trading groups and clients of the firm. We utilize systematic, data-driven approaches to understand how markets work and put those ideas in action. The team spans the disciplines of finance, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, machine learning and data analysis, with many team members well versed in multiple areas. We are looking to hire highly talented, creative individuals who are enthusiastic about contributing to a leading-edge team, in an intellectually stimulating environment. We are looking for a Software Engineer who has experience in working with large data sets and designing, developing and maintaining the applications within the QR team. The expected working hours will be US hours:2:00 PM (local time) to 10:00 PM (local time) The key elements of the role are – Design, develop, test and deploy scalable full stack applications in a secure, high-performance environment Collaborate with product owners, business analysts and other developers to understand requirements and deliver high quality solutions; write technical user stories which detail how business functionality is to be designed and built Write clean, maintainable code across both front end and backend technologies Integrate applications with APIs, databases and third-party systems Participate in code reviews, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies Contribute to the improvement of development processes, tools and system architectures Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation of code, configurations and processes Working with large scale global systems, datasets, and databases Core Requirements We are looking for a confident and outgoing person, who has exceptional attention to detail and takes initiative. Engineering degree preferably in computer science & information technology with 5+ years’ experience in building distributed systems applyi