Director, Lead Software Engineer
Company websitemorganstanley.com (Morgan Stanley, opens in new tab)
Base salary $175K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Alpharetta, GA
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- LocationAlpharetta, GA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Company Profile:
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
In Technology, 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.
What you’ll do in the role:
Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Director, Lead Software Engineer in Alpharetta, Georgia to build strategic multi-use technology solutions for reuse and leverage across business areas. Build components and libraries that can be easily ported, integrated, and upgraded with minimal effort by various applications. Coordinate with developers, business analysts, quality assurance testers, infrastructure architects, user communities, and senior management. Support major technology implementation projects. Code, conduct code reviews, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the architecture process. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.
What you’ll bring to the role:
-Requires a Bachelor’s in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study.
-Requires five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as a Software Engineer, Lead-UX, or a closely related occupation.
- Requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills:
- Angular;
- JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, and Core Java;
- HTML5;
- CSS3 and SCSS;
- MySQL;
- Spring Boot;
- Git-based version control;
- CI/CD pipelines; and
- working in the Banking and Finance domain.
- "> ">undefined-Requires two (2) years of experience with the following skill:Spec Driven Development using AI.
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.
To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $175,000 and $175,000 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.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
Source: Morgan Stanley on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
How this pay compares
Base floor $175,000, above 83% of the 68 Software Engineering roles in Georgia on this site. First observed today.
Pay in context
Among 68 Software Engineering roles in Georgia listed on this site, the median base floor is $140,000 and the middle half runs from $121,800 to $168,590. This role's floor ($175,000) is above 83% of them.
Base floors of 68 Software Engineering roles in Georgia
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 29.4% | 20 |
| $125K to $150K | 33.8% | 23 |
| $150K to $175K | 20.6% | 14 |
| $175K to $200K | 13.2% | 9 |
| $200K to $225K | 2.9% | 2 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 68 open postings with this job family in Georgia
- Sample size
- 68
- Hidden when
- the cohort has fewer than 30 postings
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-09
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 9, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in Georgia vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering, Georgia | $140K | 68 |
| Software Engineering, all states | $160K | 12,820 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $175K |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 68 in Georgia; 12820 nationwide
- Hidden when
- either cohort has fewer than 30 postings
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-09
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Morgan Stanley pays
31 of Morgan Stanley's 297 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 261 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $125,000; the middle half runs from $115,000 to $155,000.
Base floors of Morgan Stanley's 297 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 48.5% | 144 |
| $125K to $150K | 9.8% | 29 |
| $150K to $175K | 29.6% | 88 |
| $175K to $200K | 4.7% | 14 |
| $200K to $225K | 2.7% | 8 |
| $225K to $250K | 1.3% | 4 |
| $250K to $275K | 1.7% | 5 |
| $275K and up | 1.7% | 5 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 297 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 297
- Hidden when
- this employer has fewer than 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Software Engineering roles in Georgia with the nearest published base floor to $175,000, one per employer.
- Principal Full Stack Engineer - Agent Platform Workday · base floor $173,300
- Director, Cloud Software Architect The Coca-Cola Company · base floor $171,000
- Full Stack Java Developer Amentum · base floor $179,000
- Senior Architect, Professional Services Omnissa · base floor $170,000
- Senior IT Systems Engineer Ditto · base floor $168,120
This listingDirector, Lead Software Engineer$175K
Investment Banking Real Estate Associate - New York$175K to $225K
Associate, Banking$175K to $200K
MSIM Infrastructure Partners, Acquisitions Associate$175K to $225K
MSIM Growth & Innovation - Associate/Vice PresidentFrom $175K
Fiduciary Consulting Group - Institutional Retirement Consultant - Executive Director$170K to $250K
Product Architect - S2P Platforms$170K to $209K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Director, Lead Software Engineer (this listing) | $175K |
| Investment Banking Real Estate Associate - New York | $175K - $225K |
| Associate, Banking | $175K - $200K |
| MSIM Infrastructure Partners, Acquisitions Associate | $175K - $225K |
| MSIM Growth & Innovation - Associate/Vice President | From $175K |
| Fiduciary Consulting Group - Institutional Retirement Consultant - Executive Director | $170K - $250K |
| Product Architect - S2P Platforms | $170K - $209K |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 9, 2026 (today).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-09
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $175,000 and $175,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base p
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.
