Dir, P3, Lead Software Eng : Job Level - Director

Team Profile: This is a small team in Morgan Stanley Algorithmic Trading Services with presence in New York, London, and Hong Kong. The team works closely with business to create trading strategies for clients that optimize execution costs by utilizing systematic, evidence-based approaches, generating ideas, running experiments to verify them, and then put them in action. Team members come from varied backgrounds of finance, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, computer science and data analysis, with many versed in multiple areas.

Role: This position is for a trading systems engineer, primarily coding in Java with some data analysis in KDB/Jupyter notebook. The candidate will design, develop, test, and deploy new strategies and features in production taking responsibility for full software lifecycle. They will monitor trades and do historical analysis for performance improvements and reducing execution costs. They will interact with business extensively, discussing ideas, explaining trading behavior and seeing direct impact of their improvements in production. The work involves a mix of quantitative analysis, idea generation and development of trading algos making it challenging as well as interesting. Required Skills:
> Electronic Trading system/Algorithmic Trading system experience
> Excellent communication and problem solving skills
> Strong technical background in software development
> Experience developing Java (preferred) trading applications
> Scripting Perl/Python

Desired Skills:
> Understanding of US markets/Interest in trading
> KDB/Jupyter Notebook/Data analysis
> Knowledge of FIX protocol

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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 opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize 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.