Senior Research Software Engineer ( AWS/Python) - Parametric

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 Quantitative Development team supports Portfolio Management and Research with equity models and tools that are used to guide our investment process. The Senior Research Software Engineer will assist in migrating these tools and models to a cloud native infrastructure

As part of the Quantitative Development team, the Senior Research Software Engineer will be responsible for the design/architecture and implementation of various cloud native services primarily focused on AWS based infrastructure and tooling.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with the business unit and other team members to understand and document requirements
- Design and develop integration solutions with 3rd party data providers and systems
- Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity
- Create unit/integration/functional tests
- Follow our development process and guidelines
- Conduct code reviews of other developers, merge-request reviews
- Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology when appropriate
- Act as the security expert for the development team by advocating for secure coding practices and implementing security related features
- Responsible for researching and implementing software development initiatives that are cross functional and may be passed off to other groups later

JOB REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years of experience developing cloud native applications
- Python design and development experience is a plus
- Ability to work well in a highly social and collaborative environment
- Strong knowledge of various AWS cloud services including Batch, Lambda, EKS,
   Fargate
- In depth experience with various message streaming technologies like Kafka
- Solid understanding of Docker and container orchestration
- IaaS familiarity, working knowledge of Terraform
- Familiarity with version control systems such as GIT or SVN
- Working experience with agile development
- Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools
- Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, as well as cache solutions such
  as Redis.
- Proven track record of becoming a subject matter expert in areas related to current
  assignments
- 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).