AI Platform Engineer / Architect - VP

About the role

Our mission is to develop a firmwide Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development Platform that aligns with the firm's Technology principles and drives efficiency and consistency, controls, security and strong governance and promotes innovation, enabling teams to build applications that leverage AI capabilities and accelerate the adoption of AI across our businesses.

This role is for a platform engineering specialist who will help build a firmwide AI Development Platform and drive adoption of AI capabilities throughout the enterprise. We have multiple focus areas across the platform and are looking for energetic, multi-disciplinary candidates who are eager to contribute to providing scalable, secure, enterprise-wide solutions for the firm.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience building software platforms on any combination of the following platforms - Kubernetes, Cloud (AWS, Azure, and/or Google), API based development, REST framework, data engineering, and large-scale API Gateway environments etc. Knowledge of AIML and hands-on experience implementing solutions using Generative AI are also preferable. The candidate will have great communication skills, a team-based mentality and a strong passion for using AI to increase productivity as well as help generate new ideas for product & technical improvements.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role

Below is a sample of potential responsibilities depending on product / focus area

• Develop tooling and self-service capabilities for deploying AI solutions for the firm leveraging Kubernetes/OpenShift, Python, authentication solutions, APIs, REST framework, etc
• Develop Terraform modules and Cloud architecture to enable secure AI cloud service deployment and consumption at scale
• Have a platform mindset and build common, reusable solutions to scale Generative AI use cases using pre-trained models as well as fine-tuned models.
• Leverage Kubernetes/OpenShift to develop modern containerized workloads
• Integrate with capabilities such as large-scale vector stores for embeddings.
• Author best practices on the Generative AI ecosystem, when to use which tools, available models such as GPT, Llama, Hugging Face etc. and libraries such as Langchain.
• Analyze, investigate, and implement GenAI solutions focusing on Agentic Orchestration and Agent Builder frameworks.
• Author and publish architecture decision records to capture major design decisions and product selection for building Generative AI solutions. Inclusive of app authentication, service communication, state externalization, container layering strategy and immutability.
• Ensure AI platform are reliable, scalable, and operational; (e.g. blueprints for upgrade/release strategies (E.g. Blue/Green); logging/monitoring/metrics; automation of system management tasks)
• Participate in all team's Agile/ Scrum ceremonies.
• Participate in team's oncall rotation in build/run team model

What you'll bring to the role

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent job experience
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, design and development
• Strong hands-on Application Development background in at least one prominent programming language, preferably Python Flask or FAST Api.
• Broad understanding of data engineering (SQL, NoSQL, Big Data, Kafka, Redis), data governance, data privacy and security.
• Experience in development, management, and deployment of Kubernetes workloads, preferably on OpenShift.
• Experience with designing, developing, and managing RESTful services for large-scale enterprise solutions.
• Experience deploying applications on Azure, AWS, and/or GCP using IaC (Terraform)
• Hands-on experience with multiprocessing, multithreading, asynchronous I/O, performance profiling in at least one prominent programming language, preferably python.
• Ability to articulate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a global organization, across time zones, and across organizations
• Demonstrated experience in DevOps, understanding of CI/CD (Jenkins) and GitOps.
• > Knowledge of DevOps and Agile practices.

Nice to have

• Practitioner of unit testing, performance testing and BDD/acceptance testing.
• Understanding of OAuth 2.0 protocol for secure authorization.
• Proficiency with Open Telemetry tools including Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, and Cortex.
• Good knowledge of Microservice based architecture, industry standards, for both public and private cloud.
• Good understanding of modern Application configuration techniques.
• Hands on experience with Cloud Application Deployment patterns like Blue/Green.
• Good understanding of State sharing between scalable cloud components (Kafka, dynamic distributed caching).
• Good knowledge of various DB engines (SQL, Redis, Kafka, etc) for cloud app storage.
• Experience building AI applications, preferably Generative AI and LLM based apps.
• Deep understanding of AI agents, Agentic Orchestration, Multi-Agent Workflow Automation, along with hands-on experience in Agent Builder frameworks such Lang Chain and Lang Graph.
• Experience working with Generative AI development, embeddings, fine tuning of Generative AI models.
• Understanding of ModelOps/ ML Ops/ LLM Op.
• Understanding of SRE techniques.

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley

We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities, we help our clients raise, manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and asset management services.

All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values: do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. These aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day, ensuring we do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences.

Wherever you are in our 1,200 global offices, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. 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.

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.

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Pay and benefits

Expected 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

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.