Calypso Java Developer – Commodities, Calypso v16+ & Trade Processing
Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a Calypso Java Developer with 5+ years of total IT experience and strong hands-on expertise in Java development, Calypso APIs, and Calypso platform customizations. The role requires experience with Calypso v16 or above and expertise in at least one asset class, with a primary focus on Commodities.
The position is responsible for developing, enhancing, and supporting Calypso-based back-office applications that enable effective trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and related operational processes. The role contributes to business objectives by delivering reliable technology solutions, improving trade-processing workflows, resolving production issues, and supporting operations and trade-support users.
Shift timing: 12:00 PM-9:00 PM
Software Requirements
Required Software Skills
Java: Minimum 5 years of professional development experience.
Calypso APIs: Demonstrable hands-on experience developing and enhancing Calypso solutions using Java and Calypso APIs.
Calypso: Experience with version 16 or above.
Calypso asset class expertise: Proven experience with the Commodities asset class; experience in another asset class group such as Fixed Income, FX, or Commodities may also be relevant where supported by project requirements.
Calypso customizations: Experience developing and maintaining Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines.
Calypso message and sender frameworks: Good understanding of their configuration, implementation, and support.
Trade processing: Experience with trade settlement, reconciliation, reporting, confirmations, and payment notice processing in Calypso.
Development and support: Experience participating in planning, work estimation, testing, troubleshooting, and L2 support.
Preferred Software Skills
AWS: Exposure to cloud-based application environments.
Kubernetes: Experience supporting containerized applications or deployments.
Grafana: Exposure to application monitoring and operational dashboards.
Maven: Experience with Java project build and dependency management.
Jenkins: Experience supporting build and deployment pipelines.
CloudBees: Exposure to continuous integration and delivery environments.
Derivative products: Understanding of derivative products and their related trading and processing workflows.
Overall Responsibilities
Develop new features and enhancements for desks and operations users using Java and Calypso APIs.
Develop, enhance, and maintain back-office applications on the Calypso platform to support commodity trading operations.
Translate business and operational requirements into maintainable technical solutions that improve trade processing and settlement.
Implement and maintain workflows for trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processing.
Design and maintain Calypso customizations, including Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines.
Apply knowledge of Calypso message and sender frameworks to support accurate and timely processing.
Participate in planning sessions, estimate work effort, define implementation activities, and contribute to delivery plans.
Develop and execute unit, functional, integration, and regression tests for assigned changes.
Provide L2 support by investigating incidents, troubleshooting defects, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.
Collaborate with operations, trade support, development, testing, and other technical teams to resolve issues and meet delivery commitments.
Maintain technical documentation, implementation details, support procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
Deliver solutions that improve processing accuracy, operational efficiency, system reliability, and user support outcomes.
Consider sustainability by developing reusable components, optimizing processing efficiency, reducing avoidable rework, and supporting maintainable application designs.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages
Essential
Minimum 5 years of professional experience with Java.
Ability to develop clean, reusable, maintainable, and testable Java code.
Experience using Java with Calypso APIs for application development and customization.
Ability to troubleshoot code, analyze system behavior, and resolve technical issues.
Preferred
Experience developing integrations or custom services for enterprise trading platforms.
Experience applying object-oriented design principles and reusable development patterns.
Databases/Data Management
Essential
Understanding of data used in trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processing.
Ability to investigate data-related issues affecting Calypso workflows and back-office operations.
Experience validating transaction, settlement, and reconciliation data during testing and troubleshooting.
Preferred
Experience with database queries or data investigation for production support and issue analysis.
Exposure to data quality controls, data reconciliation, and operational reporting requirements.
Cloud Technologies
Essential
Ability to support Calypso applications in enterprise application environments.
Understanding of environment-specific configuration, deployment, monitoring, and support considerations.
Preferred
Exposure to AWS.
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized application environments.
Experience monitoring applications using Grafana.
Exposure to CloudBees-based delivery environments.
Frameworks and Libraries
Essential
Calypso v16 or above.
Calypso APIs and platform customization capabilities.
Calypso Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines.
Calypso message and sender frameworks.
Calypso workflows supporting trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processing.
Preferred
Experience supporting derivative-product workflows.
Experience designing reusable Calypso components and extensions.
Exposure to platform integration frameworks used in trading and back-office environments.
Development Tools and Methodologies
Essential
Experience participating in planning sessions, work estimation, testing, defect investigation, and L2 support.
Ability to follow structured development, testing, release, and production-support practices.
Experience collaborating with operations and trade-support teams to clarify requirements and validate solutions.
Ability to document technical changes, test results, known issues, and support procedures.
Preferred
Maven for Java builds and dependency management.
Jenkins for continuous integration and automated delivery activities.
CloudBees for build and deployment management.
Experience with iterative or Agile delivery methods.
Security Protocols
Essential
Follow applicable access-control, data-protection, environment-management, and organizational security requirements.
Apply secure development practices when handling trade, settlement, payment, and operational data.
Support controlled access and appropriate segregation of responsibilities across development, testing, and production environments.
Preferred
Exposure to security considerations for cloud-hosted applications, APIs, and containerized environments.
Awareness of secure integration and authentication practices in enterprise trading platforms.
Experience Requirements
Total IT experience: 5+ years.
Java development experience: At least 5 years of hands-on professional experience.
Calypso experience: Demonstrable experience developing and supporting solutions using Calypso APIs and Calypso v16 or above.
Asset class experience: Proven expertise in Commodities; experience with at least one asset class group, such as Fixed Income, FX, or Commodities, is required.
Functional experience: Strong understanding of trade settlement, reconciliation, reporting, confirmations, and payment notice processing in Calypso.
Customization experience: Hands-on experience with Calypso Scheduled Tasks, Reports, Engines, message frameworks, and sender frameworks.
Support experience: Experience troubleshooting Calypso applications, providing L2 support, investigating incidents, and resolving production issues.
Industry preference: Experience supporting banking, capital markets, commodity trading, financial operations, or other technology environments involving trade processing is preferred.
Alternative experience pathways: Candidates may qualify through equivalent practical experience demonstrating successful delivery and support of Java-based Calypso solutions, even where job titles or career progression differ from the stated role.
Work arrangement: The role is based in Pune (Hinjewadi), Bangalore (BCIT office), or Chennai and operates during the 12:00 PM-9:00 PM shift.
Day-to-Day Activities
Develop, enhance, test, and troubleshoot Calypso back-office applications, customizations, workflows, Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines using Java and Calypso APIs.
Participate in planning sessions, requirement discussions, work estimation, technical reviews, and collaboration with operations, trade-support, development, and testing teams.
Deliver tested enhancements and support outcomes for trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processes.
Investigate production issues, provide L2 support, make technical decisions within assigned scope, and escalate risks or dependencies that may affect delivery or operational continuity.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
Minimum of 5+ years of total IT experience, including at least 5 years of Java development experience.
Relevant experience with Calypso v16 or above, Calypso APIs, Commodities or another asset class group, and Calypso customizations.
Calypso, Java, cloud, or related technical certifications are preferred but are not specified as mandatory.
Maintain continuous professional development in Calypso capabilities, Java development, trading processes, cloud technologies, monitoring, automation, and secure software practices.
Professional Competencies
Apply structured analysis, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation to resolve Calypso application and trade-processing issues.
Collaborate effectively with operations, trade-support, development, testing, and technical teams to deliver reliable solutions.
Communicate requirements, technical decisions, risks, defects, dependencies, and support updates clearly to relevant stakeholders.
Adapt to changes in Calypso functionality, asset-class requirements, platform architecture, delivery practices, and operational priorities.
Identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, reuse technical components, strengthen automation, and enhance application maintainability.
Manage work estimates, development tasks, testing activities, L2 support responsibilities, priorities, and delivery commitments with appropriate escalation.
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