Calypso Developer/ Lead

We are seeking an experienced Calypso Developer to design, develop, configure, and maintain solutions on the Calypso Trading and Risk Management Platform. The role involves supporting end-to-end trade lifecycle processes across Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Treasury, and Risk Management functions. The successful candidate will work on configuring Calypso workflows, trade processing, settlement, collateral management, and reporting modules, while also developing and supporting integrations between Calypso and external systems such as market data providers, payment platforms, risk systems, and general ledger applications. Building and maintaining APIs, interfaces, and messaging solutions to enable straight-through processing (STP) will be a key part of the role. Additionally, the developer will analyze business requirements, troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, support platform upgrades and releases, and collaborate closely with traders, operations teams, business analysts, architects, and technology stakeholders. Creating technical documentation, supporting testing activities, and ensuring compliance with banking SDLC standards are also essential responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain solutions on the Calypso platform tailored to capital markets needs.
- Support trade lifecycle processes spanning Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Treasury, and Risk Management.
- Configure workflows, trade processing, settlement, collateral management, and reporting modules within Calypso.
- Develop and maintain integrations between Calypso and external systems including market data providers, payment platforms, risk systems, and general ledger applications.
- Build APIs, interfaces, and messaging solutions to facilitate straight-through processing (STP).
- Analyze and translate business requirements into scalable and efficient technical solutions.
- Troubleshoot production issues, conduct root cause analysis, and support platform upgrades and software releases.
- Collaborate effectively with traders, operations teams, business analysts, architects, and other technology stakeholders.
- Prepare and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
- Support testing activities and ensure adherence to banking software development lifecycle (SDLC) standards.

Required Qualifications

- Strong hands-on experience with the Calypso Trading and Risk Management Platform and capital markets applications.
- Proficiency in Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, SQL/PL-SQL, Oracle databases, REST APIs, and Unix/Linux environments.
- In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income, FX, Derivatives, Interest Rate Swaps, Repos, and Treasury products.
- Experience working with messaging technologies such as MQ, Kafka, JMS, FIX, and SWIFT.
- Solid understanding of trade lifecycle management, settlements, risk management, collateral processes, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments and providing production support.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a critical platform within capital markets, engaging with diverse teams and complex financial products. Candidates with a strong technical background and a deep understanding of trading and risk management processes will find this role both challenging and rewarding.