Lead Engineer (Blockchain & Tokenization) - Vice President

We are seeking an experienced product architect to join our Middle Office Core Platform Organization. This team owns systems, services and initiatives to provide financial products to our customers across digital channels. This organization is responsible for building financial products and platform capabilities and components that are used by millions of customers daily. You will be working in Middle Office Core Platform Organization to drive modernization initiatives using the latest cloud and other open-source technologies. You are builder and have deep understanding of tools and technologies to create architecture that delivers business outcomes. You will be responsible for architecting a modern architecture leveraging loosely coupled domain services, modern data integration patterns and secure and scalable architecture. Essential Responsibilities: * You will work closely with other architects and engineering leadership to understand requirements and ensure enterprise best architecture practices are adopted in product * Providing direction to the product development teams with regards to planning, definition, and high-level solution design, establishing critical non-functional requirements and participating in defining other functional requirements. * You must be comfortable presenting your ideas to all levels of management, technical and non-technical audiences, and guiding engineering teams in their implementation. * Perform technical design reviews and peer reviews on source code to ensure reuse, scalability and the use of best practices. * Build reference architecture and solutions that are flexible and can evolve with business needs * Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment * Drive innovation by using innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base around cloud, microservices, high transaction databases, and API-enabled platforms and products Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) * 10+ years of relevant professional experience preferably with a Master's in Computer Science. * Financial Services or FinTech experience is a plus Technical Expertise: * Hands-on experience building services using cloud native technologies and enterprise-scale experience with migrating and decomposing monoliths into services. * Expert knowledge of cloud native and microservices architecture, design principles and technologies and can mentor teams in implementing it * Demonstrable deep experience in rethinking/reimagining existing service/application architecture as it is migrated to cloud. This includes services de-composition, security, leveraging native services, resiliency and observability. * Understanding of how-to design and leverage IaaS, PaaS and SaaS delivery models * Experience designing products leveraging network, security, compute and storage domain * Deep understanding and experience in one of the public clouds (AWS, Azure) native services * Strong Skills in relational database (preferably Sybase, Oracle, MSSql) * Experience with delivery of cloud infrastructure automation, DevOps and CI/CD * Contribution in open-source community project is big plus Business Acumen: * Strong problem-solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments * Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems * Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective Leadership: * Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions * Influences through others; builds direct and behind the scenes support for ideas * Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team * Shares knowledge, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill Personal Attributes: * Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity * Ability to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility * Have a mindset and inclination to teach and grow the talent. Seed cloud mindset and skills in the organization 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 $140,000 and $250,000 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.