Senior Software Engineer (Frontend/React) - Parametric
Job Number: 3246119
POSTING DATE: Jan 23, 2024
PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-United States of America-Massachusetts-Boston
OTHER LOCATIONS: Americas-United States of America-Georgia-Alpharetta, Americas-United States of America-Washington-Seattle
EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor's Degree
JOB: Development
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time
JOB LEVEL: Vice President
ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.
ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.
This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 2-3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Equity Investments and Client Activities team at Parametric is building financial software that solves for some of the world's most complex financial opportunities. This includes building solutions to provide customized direct index exposure while making tax-sensitive asset selection to improve overall after-tax portfolio returns. We design and build financial software responsible for the account life cycle that starts with the onboarding of accounts, managing all client activities and investment instructions, and finally managing equity investment accounts at scale.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for individuals that have a strong curiosity and passion for learning new things, while continuously challenging oneself to build things better and more scalable. The Senior Software Engineer on the Equity Investments and Client Activities team will be responsible for design, development, and integration of technology solutions to support all aspects of our equity investments platform. In this role, the Senior Front-End Software Engineer will leverage new and existing technologies to build and maintain browser-based web applications that drive intuitive, efficient user experiences.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and develop proprietary solutions for the Equity Direct Indexing portfolio management teams.
- Provide technical leadership to other Software Engineers.
- Work with UX professionals to implement designs created in Figma.
- Ensure that software solutions remain integrated, efficient, and appropriate for a highly regulated industry.
- Create unit/integration/functional/performance tests.
- Mentor new or less senior developers.
- Conduct code reviews of other developers.
- Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity.
QUALIFICATIONS
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area of study preferred.
- 5+ years of work experience working on large-scale software development and deployment. Asset management experience preferred but not required.
- 5+ years of hands-on development experience managing all aspects of technical projects with a proven track record of delivering well-architected and well-written software solutions.
- 5+ years of hands-on REACT software design and development experience.
- Full stack skills including GraphQL, C#, and SQL a plus.
- Cloud native development experience a plus: AWS is preferred, but not required.
- Strong aptitude for highly efficient data structures and algorithms.
- Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current assignments.
- A creative, self-confident self-motivator with a can-do spirit.
- Passionate, forward-thinking, and creative individual with high ethical standards and integrity.
- Ability to collaborate and partner across a diverse team tapping the strength and unique skills of every team member.
- Assertiveness balanced with a sensitivity toward and concern for people. The ability to create strong work ethics and committed teams, foster open dialogue, and promote individual and team success.
- Effective communication skills with business users and other developers.
Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.
Salary range for the position: $110,000 - $225,000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.
Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).
