Public Finance Quantitative Developer & Strategist - Fixed Income - Associate

Morgan Stanley
New York, New York, United States of America2026-05-08Full time

About the job

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Responsibilities

Build a model that helps the desk understand where risk is quietly accumulating

Ship a React dashboard that puts that model's output in front of the right people in real time

Automate a workflow that used to take someone two hours and now takes two seconds

Integrate an AI agent that reads deal documents, extracts key terms, and flags anomalies before anyone else notices

Question an assumption the business has been making for years — with data — and be right

Qualifications

Minimum

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field, or a strong undergraduate background with demonstrated hands-on experience.

Strong Python — you write clean, testable, production-ready code

CI/CD fluency: Git, Docker, structured development workflow

Solid statistics and probability fundamentals

Some exposure to fixed income (or you learn fast and ask good questions)

Experience using GenAI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, etc.)

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.