AI Engagement Engineer - Vice President

Job description

We are seeking a hands-on Developer Engagement Engineer to join the Firmwide developer tools group, MSDE.

In the Technology division, 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. This is a Software Engineering position at the Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

MSDE is responsible for shaping the SDLC within Morgan Stanley by implementing the tools, systems, and processes used by 25,000+ developers in the Firm for software development and deployment.

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, developer experience, and AI coding tool adoption. You'll help ensure developers don't just get access to agentic AI capabilities — they use them well, safely, and meaningfully in real workflows.

You'll work with engineering teams, platform owners, risk partners, and senior technology leaders to scale adoption across the firm. The ideal candidate is a hands-on developer who enjoys helping others succeed, explains technical concepts clearly, and thrives in ambiguity and fast-moving change.

What You'll Do In The Role

Engage Developers

Run demos, workshops, office hours, and enablement sessions

Help teams identify practical use cases for AI coding tools across coding, testing, refactoring, documentation, and code review

Create reusable examples, patterns, and guidance that accelerate adoption

Gather developer feedback and translate it into actionable insights for platform and product teams

Drive Practical Adoption

Develop clear guidance for responsible, productive use of AI coding tools

Help teams distinguish where agentic AI accelerates work from where human judgment remains essential

Surface and share successful usage patterns across teams and business areas

Partner with engineering leaders to identify blockers and define what good usage looks like in a regulated enterprise

Advocate for Developers

Represent the developer perspective in discussions with platform, tooling, risk, training, and leadership teams

Foster a community of AI coding tool champions and encourage cross-team knowledge sharing

Create Enablement Content

Guides, FAQs, playbooks, demo scripts, workshop materials, and short-form updates for engineers and senior stakeholders

Prioritize clarity and usefulness over corporate polish

Shape the Adoption Strategy

Contribute to rollout planning, usage analysis, and continuous improvement

Identify patterns, success stories, and risks to inform training, communications, and support models

Technical Experience

Software development experience with exposure to modern engineering workflows (PRs, CI/CD, developer tooling)

Practical experience with AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, Claude Code)

Ability to evaluate where AI tools add value — and where they introduce risk

Familiarity with enterprise SDLC practices or regulated technology environments is a plus

Engagement & Communication

Comfort leading demos, workshops, and enablement sessions for varied audiences

Clear, credible written and verbal communication

Ability to synthesize feedback and usage patterns into recommendations

Skill in building trust with engineers by being honest, practical, and technically grounded

Mindset

Genuine enthusiasm for AI coding tools and curiosity about how developers work

Bias toward action, experimentation, and practical outcomes

Comfort with evolving tools, policies, and best practices

Collaborative approach across teams, regions, and experience levels

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.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $155,000 and $215,000 for Vice President 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.

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Worksite address

new york, NY, 10261, US

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