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Read on.\nBuild real systems. Own real problems. Ship at scale.\nWe are looking for a strong backend engineer with around 4+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production-grade services. This role is for engineers who enjoy thinking through ambiguity, designing clean abstractions, and understanding how systems behave under load, failure, and change.\nIf you like solving real engineering problems, not toy puzzles, and want to work close to distributed systems, APIs, data, and platform concerns, this role is for you.\nWhat you’ll do in the role:\nDesigning and building new backend services and APIs from scratch\nWorking on distributed systems with real scalability, latency, and reliability constraints\nMaking thoughtful trade-offs across performance, consistency, and complexity\nWriting clean, maintainable, and testable code that others enjoy working with\nOwning services end-to-end: design - build - deploy - operate\nDebugging production issues and improving system resilience over time\nCore Engineering Skills\nStrong proficiency in Java and Python as primary languages for backend engineering\nSolid understanding of HTTP fundamentals\nStrong grasp of object-oriented design, clean class modeling, and design patterns with multi-threaded and event-driven systems\nAwareness of me\nGood command of data structures and collections, and when to use them\nHands-on experience with multi-thread and event-driven systems.\nAwareness of memory usage, time and space complexity\nFramework & Platform Knowledge\nExperience with dependency injection and lifecycle management\nUnderstanding of AOP concepts (advice, pointcuts, cross-cutting concerns)\nExperience with transaction management\nFamiliarity with connection pools and resource management\nSystem Design & Distributed Systems Exposure\nExperience designing read and write APIs focused on stability, scalability, and performance\nExposure to real-world event-driven systems, pub-sub patterns, and fault tolerance\nFamiliarity with caching strategies (local and distributed)\nPractical understanding of batch processing and data pipelines is a plus\nPractical understanding of logging, monitoring, and observability\nWorking knowledge of security fundamentals (authentication, authorization, encryption)\nHow You Work\nYou are comfortable thinking out loud and reasoning through problems\nYou do not need perfectly defined requirements to get started\nYou focus on clarity, correctness, and simplicity\nYou can explain why you made a design choice, not just what you built\nYou take ownership and follow problems through to resolution\nWhat You Can Expect From the Interview Process\nHands-on, real-world problem discussions\nNo tell me about yourself or resume walkthroughs\nFocus on how you think, design, and reason\nInteractive conversations, not trivia or puzzle solving\nWhy Join Us\nWork on meaningful systems with real impact\nEngineering culture that values depth over buzzwords\nOpportunity to grow into system design and ownership roles\nSmart peers, real problems, and room to think\nWhat you’ll bring to the role:\nStrong proficiency in Java and Python for backend application development.\nSolid understanding of Object-Oriented Design, Design Patterns, and data structures.\n10+ years of relevant experience.\nExperience building scalable REST APIs and distributed systems.\nHands-on experience with multi-threaded and event-driven systems.\nExperience with messaging/pub-sub systems and event-driven architectures.\nExposure to batch processing and data pipeline technologies.\nKnowledge of Spring Framework, dependency injection, AOP, and transaction management.\nFamiliarity with databases, caching, connection pooling, and resource management.\nUnderstanding of security fundamentals, logging, monitoring, and observability.\nExperience with unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nComfortable working in globally distributed teams and collaborating with business stakeholders.\nNice to Have:\nExperience with BDD testing frameworks and tools.\nWork in an open environment where everyone can express their views and make significant contributions.\nComfortable working in globally distributed teams and collaborating with business stakeholders.\nNice to Have:\nExperience with BDD testing frameworks and tools.\nWorking an open environment where everyone can express their views and make significant contributions.\nWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:\nAt 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.\nTo learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.\nExpected base pay rates for the role will be between $155,000 and $215,000 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.\nMorgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. 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