2027 Technology Summer Analyst Program (New York)

Overview

Summer Analysts join us for 10 weeks and are recruited and placed into a specific development, engineering or business & data analytics team. These programs are designed to offer a real-world, project-based experience of what it’s like to be a technologist for a top financial firm.

Summer Program

Summer Analysts will participate in an induction day that provides an overview of the Firm, followed by direct placement into their teams. In addition to working on a live project, program highlights include senior management networking events, technical demonstrations, team-building opportunities and participation in the Firm’s community service initiatives.

Role and Responsibilities

Development Teams

• Design, develop and maintain applications used by our business units.
• Meet with clients to gather and analyze requirements; make system design decisions, evaluate, integrate and develop software, and test and deploy applications to production.
• Develop high-performing, low-latency electronic trading systems and evolve complex workflows and life-cycle management capabilities.

Enterprise Engineering Teams

• Develop platform-facing systems to run the business.
• Provide tools, applications and platforms such as the Firm’s networks, computing hardware, operating systems and databases for trading applications, mobile applications and other end-user applications.
• Engineer the Firm’s websites, manage the Windows plant and develop a client reporting delivery system.

Business & Data Analytics Teams

• Engage with business units to analyze, capture, and validate requirements with technology teams to solve business challenges in an agile fashion.
• Provide technical, data analytics, data science and process excellence skills to support up-front product and data analysis as well as end-to-end solution development.

Qualifications & Skills

For Development/Enterprise Engineering

• Studying toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, software engineering or other related technical major; expected to graduate between December 2027 and May 2028.
• Superior technical skills, including a strong understanding of Linux/Unix and Windows.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., C, C++, Java or C#).
• Experience in object-oriented development, strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and complexity theory; strong database and scripting skills.

For Business & Data Analytics

• Studying toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, economics, computer science, engineering or other related major; expected to graduate between December 2027 and May 2028.
• Keen interest in the financial services industry with the ability to document IT solution requirements (business, functional and/or technical) and strong technical knowledge.

Compensation

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $70,000 and $110,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Base pay, if hired, will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short- and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.