Java Developer – London – Struts/AJAX/Spring/Hibernate/SOAP recruitment

Position Description:

Morgan Stanley is looking for talented Developers that have a true passion for technology and the raw intelligence to pick up new languages and platforms. This is a hands-on role that requires extensive coding / programming. As such, this person will build customized tools, infrastructure and environments for a large-scale, diverse (multi-platform/multi-language) agile software development lifecycle.
-Highly technical and passionate about software development (e.g. codes for fun)
-Flexible and adaptable; quick to embrace new ideas, designs, platforms, languages
-Goal oriented, wants to get things done and make impact
-Ability to recognize priorities and make/ follow through on deadlines
-Good team player, willing to help out

Education:
-BS/MS, preferably in quantitative discipline (EE, CompSci, Math, Physics) or equivalent.

Experience:
-Strong work experience strongly preferred, but will consider exceptional graduate candidates with commercial work experience

Examples of a strong candidate:
-Very proficient Java developer, with strength both in web application and server-side development (Struts/AJAX/Spring/Hibernate/SOAP)
-Has written Eclipse IDE plugins, Ant build macros; contributed to open source projects
-Very versed in Java performance issues, multithreaded JUnit test cases, and database design
-Promotes agile development, test driven development
-Interested in building tools and infrastructure for automated builds, tests, change management, and massive scale software distribution

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fair treatment, regardless of background (including criminal record.)