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This role pays more than
66%
of similar roles. Most pay
$185,000–$262,600
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$248k
versus about
$224k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. Industry: Investment Banking & Financial Services
Morgan Stanley currently has
28 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$155,000–$215,000
across 27 roles with salary data.
The Algorithmic Trading Engineer - Executive Director joins a fast-moving IT, quant, and trading team to advance market-leading equities delta1 algo trading systems. In this front-office role, you will lead and grow global teams while building, deploying, and supporting trading strategies, analytical tools, and scalable trading engine infrastructure. You will manage the full software development lifecycle, translating business requirements into well-designed solutions for high-volume, low-latency, and message-driven systems. Key responsibilities include improving technical execution performance and generating trading signals. Required expertise includes core Java in a UNIX/Linux environment, low-latency messaging middleware, and experience with automated market making in liquid markets like equities or FX. Desirable skills include Agentic AI-led software development, KDB/Q, and HTML5/Angular UI development to solve complex electronic trading problems.
Java
J2EE
JEE
Multithreading
Low Latency Optimization
Solace
Data Pipelines
Graph-based Data Structures
Agile Methodology
Business Data Analysis
Business Process Modeling
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Chef
Ansible
PostgreSQL
IPv4 Networking
OSI Model
Cloud Native
Configuration Management
Cryptography
Low-Latency
Log/Metric Aggregation
SRE
Product Owner