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Vice President, Lead Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley
Menlo Park, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/6/2026
Company Profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

In Technology, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.

What You’ll Do In The Role

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Vice President, Lead Software Engineer in Menlo Park, CA to perform analysis, estimation, architecture, design, development, and integration following design patterns. Gather business requirements and functional requirements. Consult with the product team to identify and to clarify program objectives. Provide support for any production escalations. Support current application by debugging and troubleshooting production issues. Analyze design for existing modules and make design changes. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days a week.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

  • Requires a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related occupation
  • Requires seven (7) years of experience in the position offered or seven (7) years as a Manager, Associate, or a related occupation
  • Requires seven (7) years of experience with the following skills:
  • Java;
  • J2EE;
  • Spring;
  • Hibernate;
  • Oracle; and
  • SQL.
  • Requires three (3) years of experience with the following skills:
  • Tomcat;
  • WebSphere;
  • UNIX;
  • Maven;
  • Ajax;
  • Eclipse IDE;
  • JProfiler;
  • SVN;
  • GIT;
  • Bitbucket;
  • Confluence;
  • JIRA;
  • Linux systems;
  • SOAP;
  • Rest Web Services;
  • HTML;
  • JavaScript;
  • CSS;
  • XSL;
  • XML;
  • JSP;
  • RabbitMQ;
  • JDBC; and
  • Agile Methodology.

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $214,000 and $214,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.

Salary : $214,000

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