Front-End / Web Dev (Application Development)

Job Description

*Company Profile: Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firms 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, to 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 maximise 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 Angular developer to help build the next generation GUI platform for its market-leading electronic trading platforms. The role involves designing, building, deploying & supporting GUIs & analytical tools which are used by our global Trading, Strat and Support teams to operate a variety of trading systems. The candidate will be working as part of a fast-moving IT / quant / trading team on systems which span complex option trading to high volume market making. Top-notch core web development skills and a track record building resilient, scalable message-driven systems is a must-have. This is an agile, front-office role facing off with the business and, as such, strong communication skills and an ability to work in a global team is essential. Role Profile: You will be using core Angular to build the strategic GUI platform. The project portfolio is varied, spanning the build out of new GUIs for automated trading systems; enhancements to the platform to improve technical performance; working with colleagues on the server-side to improve APIs and the interaction across both sides of the platforms. The applications we build include high volume & time critical market making systems through to advanced display of complex trading analytics. You will be involved in the full software development lifecycle from discussing and agreeing requirements, formulating designs and developing and deploying the changes. The role involves working directly with the global trading, quant and IT teams to advance the platforms and the businesses they serve. The systems you will work on are critical to the business and operate in demanding electronic trading environments and, as such, must be highly available, scalable and able to manage high throughput, large volume messaging and data-sets., *Skills required- Proficient in Angular / Javascript / Typescript- Clear verbal and written communication - Track record of designing systems which can be automatically tested- Strong troubleshooting ability- Development and architecture style focused on maintainability, stability and resiliencySkills desired:- Experience of developing and optimising demanding web-based message driven GUIs managing very high update rates- Experience of working with end users directly- Knowledge of automated trading systems, specifically trading GUIs- Knowledge of Java, C#/WPF is a plus- Knowledge of KDB or other time series data analysis systems is a plus

Keyskills :
software development life cycletime seriesfront officedata analysismarket makingweb developmenthigh throughputtrading systems