Senior Software Engineer (AI/ML) - Vice President at Morgan Stanley
New York, NY
$150,000–$210,000from the description
Jun 28, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role focused on replacing legacy accounting and spreadsheet-based workflows with a cloud-native web platform serving Finance and Treasury teams. Day-to-day work involves building and maintaining backend services for accounting adjustments, P&L reporting, and exception analysis, using Java, Scala, and Python on Databricks. Best suited to experienced engineers comfortable with data-intensive, business-critical systems who want close collaboration with finance stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 340 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 250–440
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $166,830 (middle half $130,650–$205,970). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The posting advertises openings at Associate, Director, and VP levels simultaneously, but the body requirements ('10+ years of strong backend engineering experience') most closely align with a Senior individual-contributor band. The title carries no explicit seniority label, so the title states no level.
Java, Scala, Python, and Databricks are listed under the 'What You'll Do' and 'Tech Stack at a Glance' sections with clear build/operate framing, treating them as hard gates for this backend-focused role.
Angular, Power BI, Tableau, and AI/ML appear only in the 'Tech Stack at a Glance' context section or as aspirational ('where they add value') — not gated requirements. Power BI and Tableau are listed as alternatives since both serve the same reporting function on this team.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Morgan Stanley's primary US technology hub is New York City, so the CBSA has been inferred accordingly.
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