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Job Title: Java, Scala Developer with Finance
End Client: Morgan Stanley (Finance Industry)
Work Location: Onsite Hybrid - New York, NY
Interview Mode: In-person after 2 video sessions
Duration: 12 months
Rate: DOE
Visa: No H1Bs
Morgan Stanley is seeking a strong Developer to join our global team, where we work on projects from risk models and market intelligence tools to distributed calculation infrastructure, in our advanced Scala-based system as well as a Java-based one, co-operating with many other teams across various areas such as Fixed Income, Equities and Corporate Finance.
Required Skills:
- 6+ years of strong experience with Scala and Java
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience in performance tuning
- Ability to navigate a large and complex code base
- Good understanding of Data structures, design patterns, multi-threaded programming and distributed computing
- Experience with Continuous integration
- Financial knowledge, especially in Bond
Role Profile:
- You will be a hands-on Scala/Java developer involved in the full development lifecycle, focusing on bond position management & risk models and their integration with other systems to support the firm s new initiatives, as well as abundant opportunities to work on,
- other functionalities such as calculation infrastructure (e.g. distribution, caching) and workflow automation.
- GUI that empowers users to view/manage relevant data
- Other financial products
- The job will require an inquisitive mind. You need to have a strong interest and capability to,
- Gain proficiency in Scala in a short period of time, if that s not your primary programming language already,
- Learn about the relevant financial products if you don t already understand them,
- Apply such knowledge to the work on real-time systems based on both OpenSource (e.g. Kafka, Zookeeper) and proprietary technologies.
- Take on production issue troubleshooting, as well as performance profiling/tuning
- In addition, you will also have exposure to many other exciting technology solutions on the same Scala platform created by hundreds of people.
- You will work in a dynamic and multi-cultural environment, collaborate with several global teams within, and sometimes outside, Fixed Income, and interact directly with the trading desk to support their function.