ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.
ABOUT PARAMETRIC Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.
This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 2-3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.
ABOUT THE ROLE This position reports to a Principal Software Engineer on the Digital Platform Team in the IT Organization. As a Senior Software Engineer you will be working on Parametric's client-facing web sites and our customer experience. You will work collaboratively with the broader Digital Team and Parametric business partners to prioritize epic and feature development and execute on both strategic and tactical product enhancements. You will work primarily with JavaScript and CSS frameworks and our CMS infrastructure.
ABOUT YOU â?¢ You want to be a key part of enhancing customer engagement and digital transformation at Parametric â?¢ You are interested in web development â?¢ You care about quality software development â?¢ You seek a collaborative relationship with your business partners and your peer team â?¢ You are an active learner, open-minded and innovative
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Own and oversee the development, maintenance, and evolution of web component library.
Working closely with UX team to ensure the component library is integrated with the Parametric design system, including design tokens, typography, and brand color schemes
Collaborate with business partners, designers, and developers to gather feedback, identify common needs, and ensure the component library meets the needs of various websites.
Create and maintain the comprehensive documentation for the component library, including usage guidelines, best practices, and examples to ensure consistency and ease of use across teams.
Ensue components meet quality standards, including accessibility, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility.
Establish the governance processes for the contribution to and adoption of the component library, including versioning and release strategies to manage changes and dependencies effectively.
Implement product features for public websites with a focus on quality and customer experience
Create unit/integration/functional tests
Build and maintain well-documented, scalable, flexible, accessible, and reusable UI components.
Follow our development process and guidelines
Keeping up-to-date with industry trends, and best practices in component library development to continually innovate and improve the library.
JOB REQUIREMENTS â?¢ 5+ years of font-end web development experience using Angular (or similar modern front-end technology). â?¢ Proficiency in creating reusable and modular UI components using component library such as Storybook ( Ladle, Bit, or Pattern Lab ) that seamlessly integrates with various websites. â?¢ 2+ years hands on experience in building and maintaining component libraries; keeping the library up to date while adapting to new business requirements. â?¢ 2+ years of experience in developing UI confirming to the WCAG accessibility standards. â?¢ Good understanding of web accessibility concepts and best practices. â?¢ Hands on experience in writing UI tests such as visual testing, cross-browser testing and interaction testing on component library. â?¢ Strong understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS â?¢ Familiarity with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD. â?¢ Education/basic training related to web development â?¢ Experience with source control system like GitHub â?¢ Awareness of Agile development process such as Kanban or Scrum â?¢ Comfortable in a highly collaborative environment â?¢ Effective communication skills â?¢ Awareness of web testing frameworks and practices â?¢ Awareness of CI/CD tooling â?¢ Candidates should have experience, training or basic familiarity with the following languages and frameworks:
o Html
o CSS
o JavaScript
o Angular
Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.
Salary range for the position: $110,000 - $225,000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to 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.
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).