Senior Software Engineer - 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 Digital team at Parametric:

- We are responsible for the development of Parametric's client and partner web portals which support and enhance our client experience
- We are building a robust API platform to support client and partner integration and straight-through-processing of client servicing requests
- We have an extensive product roadmap to deliver innovative investment tools, client servicing and rich portfolio/account level reporting through an online                    experience

About the Role

We are looking for individuals that have a strong curiosity and passion for learning new things, while continuously challenges oneself to build things better and more scalable. 

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for design, development, and integration of various new and existing technology solutions that supports all aspects of our client experience: tools, account servicing, account reporting and more.

Primary Responsibilities

·         Own and oversee the development, maintenance, and evolution of web component library.

·         Working closely with UX team to ensure the component library is integrated with the Parametric design system, including design tokens, typography, and brand color schemes

·         Collaborate with business partners, designers, and developers to gather feedback, identify common needs, and ensure the component library meets the needs of various websites.

·         Create and maintain the comprehensive documentation for the component library, including usage guidelines, best practices, and examples to ensure         consistency and ease of use across teams.

·         Ensue components meet quality standards, including accessibility, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility.

·         Establish the governance processes for the contribution to and adoption of the component library, including versioning and release strategies to manage               changes and dependencies effectively.

·         Implement product features for websites with a focus on quality and customer experience

·         Create unit/integration/functional tests

·         Build and maintain well-documented, scalable, flexible, accessible, and reusable UI components.

·         Follow our development process and guidelines

·         Conduct code reviews of other developers

·         Design and develop integration solutions with 3rd party data providers and systems

·         Keeping up-to-date with industry trends, and best practices in component library development to continually innovate and improve the library.

·         Work closely with the business unit and other team members locally and with colleagues in the US to understand and document requirements

Job QUALIFICATIONS

SKILL SET

Required Experience: 7+ years

Skill set:  Angular / C# / SQL

Primary Skills

·         7+ years of font-end web development experience using Angular (version > 6).

·         Proficiency in creating reusable and modular UI components using component library such as Storybook (Ladle, Bit, or Pattern Lab ) that seamlessly integrates with various websites.

·         4+ years of experience in web and REST API development using Asp.net core.

·         4+ years of experience in .Net and C# to implement object and service-oriented architecture.

·         3+ years of experience with Azure PaaS services

·         2+ years hands on experience in building and maintaining component libraries; keeping the library up to date while adapting to new business requirements.

·         2+ years of experience in developing UI confirming to the WCAG accessibility standards.

·         Good understanding of web accessibility concepts and best practices.

·         Hands on experience in writing UI tests such as visual testing, cross-browser testing and integration testing on component library.

·         Strong understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS

·         Experience with SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB preferred) database platforms

·         OIDC and OAuth2 experience for implementing web Authentication and Authorization

·         Experienced with git source control and gitflow fundamentals

·         Experienced with contributing to automated test suites with unit, integration and web tests

·         Experience with event-based and micro-service style architecture

·         Experience in configuring CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)

·         Agile development practice such as Kanban or Scrum

·         Effective communication skills with business users and other developers and testers

·         Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering required

·         Financial services and technology experience is plus

Good to Have Skills

·         Demonstrated experience mentoring developers within a team on agile development and clean coding practices 

·         Demonstrated experience as technology thought leader to champion ideas within a team

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.

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.