Morgan Stanley ยท 2 months ago
Electronic Trading Software Engineer, Vice President
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $210K/yr
10+ years expMorgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The role involves building, deploying, and supporting trading strategies and analytical tools as part of a fast-moving IT/quant/trading team.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesLending
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Expert-level core Java knowledge in a UNIX/Linux environment with minimum 10 years of experience
Track record working in 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
Preferred
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
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Company
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
James Gorman
Chairman and CEO
Ted Pick
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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