Investment Banking Strategist: Quantitative Developer (Applied AI)
Investment Banking Division
Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division (IBD) provides industry, regional and product expertise to corporations, institutions and government clients in order to advise our clients on strategic and financing matters. These solutions include initial public offerings; public and private equity and equity-linked financings; mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; defense advisory assignments; strategic partnerships; public and private debt placements; share repurchases; hedging, swaps and derivative transactions.
About the Role
- We are looking for a hands-on engineer to combine quantitative analysis, software development and applied AI to solve high-impact problems across Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division.
- As an IBD Strategist, you will be embedded with bankers and work alongside other Strats and senior management to build solutions that improve productivity, support revenue generation and reduce risk globally.
- You will help shape both what we build and how we build it: developing AI-native applications while contributing to the team's adoption of AI-assisted software development.
- This role suits engineers and quantitative developers who enjoy building with AI and are curious about finance. Prior investment banking experience is welcome, not required.
What You'll Do
- Turn banker needs into products.
Work with bankers and management across industry, regional and product teams to identify valuable opportunities and translate ambiguous requirements into clear specifications. Own delivery from prototype through production and adoption. •
Build complete banking applications.
Deliver rigorous quantitative analysis.
Accelerate software delivery with AI.
Help contribute to team-wide adoption.
Build for trust and reliability.
Own outcomes and communicate clearly.
Explain analytical results, project progress and technical trade-offs to bankers and senior leadership. Develop expertise in investment banking processes and financial products, and use feedback to improve solutions and identify new opportunities.
What We're Looking For
- Strong software engineering fundamentals.
Proficiency in Python and SQL, familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and APIs, and the ability to design, test, debug and maintain reliable software, including AI-generated code. •
Quantitative reasoning and curiosity about finance.
Practical application development with AI.
Practical AI fluency.
Ownership and collaboration.
Relevant education.
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