Mobile Android Application Developer - Director

About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Role & Responsibilities

The candidate will work as a developer for the Morgan Stanley Digital Client Services team, based out of Chicago. The candidate should be able to work in a dynamic environment with limited or no supervision and should be able to motivate junior team members. The candidate should be comfortable managing time while working with a global team on multiple initiatives. Responsibilities include:

• Design and implement features for a suite of Mobile Android Applications
• Learn and apply new technologies, best design practices and usability patterns
• Contribute to end-to-end system architecture, working with back-end engineers
• Optimizing performance for the app
• Keep up to date on the latest industry trends in the mobile technologies
• Ability to integrate any backend system for web service integration
• Collaborate with product managers and other technical teams to create optimized and delightful user experiences

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• 5-7 years of software development experience
• 3-5 years Android experience building native apps
• Expert knowledge of Kotlin and Java
• Experience with the Android SDK
• Good understanding of the MVVM architectural pattern
• Experience with asynchronous programming using Kotlin coroutines/RxJava
• Understanding of reactive programming using LiveData and Flow
• Experience working with RESTful API type web services
• Knowledge of dependency injection using Dagger or Hilt
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design, principles, patterns, and best practices
• Understanding of source code control (experience with Git preferred)
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Comfortable working individually with minimal direction and on a larger development team
• Experience with Jetpack Compose

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.

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for the position is $100,000 to $150,000 per year. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award and may 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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).

Key skills/competency

• Mobile Android Application Development
• Kotlin
• Java
• Android SDK
• MVVM
• Asynchronous Programming
• Reactive Programming
• RESTful API
• Dependency Injection
• Jetpack Compose