AI Java Lead Engineer Vice President Software Engineering

We're seeking someone to join our Institutional Securities Technology (Prime Brokerage AND Institutional Equity) team as a Java Backend Engineer to build scalable, high-performance enterprise applications on a team that's adopting agentic AI workflows (built on frameworks like the Claude Agent SDK). This is fundamentally a backend engineering role — the bar is deep Java/Spring Boot craftsmanship and robust problem-solving. AI/agentic experience is crucial; we need someone who is aware & can quickly pick up orchestrator/subagent patterns & eval workflows.

In the Technology division, 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. This is a Lead Software Engineer position at Vice President Level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintains software solutions that support business needs.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services,



always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you’ll do in the role:
• Hands-on Java development.
• Deep Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, messaging integrations (Kafka, JMS, RabbitMQ).
• Solid SQL, concurrency & distributed systems design
CI/CD, DevOps, production observability.
• Experience in performance tuning and scalability improvements.
• Demonstrated solid problem-solving ability and comfort learning new technologies quickly

What you’ll bring to the role:
• Genuine interest in AI-assisted / agentic software development, with basic hands-on exposure (personal projects, POCs, or production) to LLM-integrated systems — e.g., calling OpenAI/Azure OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, or using tools like GitHub Copilot / Claude Code in a substantial way.
• Ability to grasp and reason about agentic concepts:

📌 Ai Java Lead Engineer Vice President Software Engineering Mumbai
🏢 Morgan Stanley
📍 Mumbai