Front-End / Web Dev (Application Development)

Job Description

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, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.Technology at Morgan StanleyThe Technology division partners with our business units and leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global and dynamic financial markets.Our sizable investment in technology results in leading-edge tools, software, and systems. Our insights, applications, and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients, businesses and to our firm. Enterprise Technology Services develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the Institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. Our clients include Fixed Income, Prime Brokerage, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research and Global Capital Markets as well as Operations, HR and Corporate Services.Department / Sub Department ProfileWe are looking for a technical software engineer who is passionate about web technology and wants to contribute to the development of Morgan Stanleys premier institutional client facing portal platform, Matrix (http://www.morganstanley.com/matrixinfo/). The Matrix Platform Development team is responsible for the application infrastructure, middleware, and front-end engineering that enables businesses within ISG to reach premier clients. The platform provides the portal, entitlements, security, and administrative infrastructure that backs all of the firms internet facing applications for the ISG business, including our mobile offering on iOS and Android.We are a global team with members in New York, Montreal, London and India. Our tech stack includes modern presentation tier frameworks and JVM based middleware. We use a combination of open source, commercial, and proprietary GUI and server-side toolkits to deliver robust web and mobile application infrastructure to the business. These range from Angular and TypeScript on the browser, to Tomcat, Jetty, JAX-RS, Spring, Scala, and Java on the server. We embrace polyglot programming and use the right tool for the job.Job Responsibilities- Developing the next major version of the Matrix Platform and its toolings, including JavaScript UIdevelopment and JVM based middleware, targeting cloud deployment- Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget using Agile methodologies- Contribute to bug fixes and enhancements to existing systems- Providing 3rd line support for production applications, resolve production issues in a timely manner, *Primary Skills:- Core Java. Experience with web services- Core Javascript/TypeScript. Some experience with modern UI frameworks. Angular is preferred.- Expert Object-Oriented Design: You can easily create reusable HTML5 and server side components and deliver robust APIs that other developers are happy to use.- Experience with large-scale, real-time, business critical systems- Experience in database design and programming- Excellent communication skills- You take the initiative to propose ideas and air concerns- Strong working ability in local and global teamsSkills Desired:- Knowledge of Agile Scrum methodologies- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and delivery of software embracing DevOps principles- Experience and knowledge wider than Java/HTML5 is a plus: dynamic languages, functional programming, Linux shell scripting, build tools- Experience with Sybase / DB2 / Postgres / NoSQL- No specific business knowledge is required but a healthy interest in all of the firm s lines of business is valuable in understanding and responding to the needs of the varied application and infrastructure teams we work withMorgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

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3rd line supportfront endopen sourceserver sidefixed incomebusiness unitsshell scriptingprime brokeragedatabase designcapital markets