Platform and Application Engineering Lead design and development of high-performance Java or Scala microservices for real-time fraud detection. Architect scalable solutions incorporating LLMs, vector search, prompt engineering, and RAG patterns. Integrate GenAI capabilities such as alert explanation, anomaly summarization, synthetic data generation, and automation. Drive cloud-ready and containerized development using Docker and Kubernetes. Implement APIs for AI inference, model orchestration, and governance. Ensure compliance with responsible AI, model risk, and data privacy standards. Contribute to the target-state architecture for fraud detection platforms. Evaluate new AI technologies and frameworks for enterprise adoption. Support roadmap planning and long-term strategic decisions. Guide engineering teams in CI or CD, DevOps tooling, code quality, and observability. Mentor junior engineers and promote innovation and continuous learning. Collaborate with fraud analysts, reporting teams, and data governance stakeholders. Experience with Scala or willingness to learn. Experience building cloud-ready applications and containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes. Strong analytical and problem-solving ability. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a global and fast-paced environment. Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills. Background in fraud, cybersecurity, risk technology, or financial services. Understanding of reactive programming. Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments. Hands-on experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and API-first design. 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. 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 $150,000 and $210,000 per year at the commencement of employment. 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.