Calypso Engineer (hands-on development and configuration)

Role: Calypso Engineer / DevOps (hands-on development and configuration) Location/s: Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC and NYC, NY (Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office) Job Type: Contract Role Overview

• We need a core Calypso engineer for hands-on development and configuration work across Money Market, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Collateral, who can equally support the platform in production troubleshooting, root-causing, and fixing issues as part of application support.
• The role also covers DevOps ownership of builds, releases, and environments across the Calypso SDLC.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and customize Calypso using Core Java and BOL scripting plug-ins, workflows, static data, and reports across the Money Market, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Collateral modules.
• Build and maintain Calypso interfaces to upstream/downstream systems (market data, settlement, accounting, risk).
• Provide application support and troubleshooting for production issues: root-cause analysis, break-fix, and permanent remediation (L2/L3).
• Own CI/CD pipelines and environment builds/refreshes across DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD.
• Support Calypso version upgrades and patch cycles end-to-end environment stand-up, regression coordination, and cut-over.
• Administer batch scheduling (Autosys/Control-M) and monitor platform performance (JVM, database, application server).
• Maintain deployment documentation and runbooks; participate in release governance.

Required Skills And Experience

• 4+ years hands-on Calypso development/engineering experience, ideally across Money Market, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, or Collateral.
• Strong Core Java (OOP, collections, multithreading) a must-have for Calypso customization, plug-ins, and interface development.
• Hands-on BOL scripting and Calypso workflow/USD configuration.
• Strong SQL (Oracle and/or Sybase), including query tuning.
• Unix/Linux administration and shell/Python scripting.
• CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent) and job scheduling (Autosys or Control-M).
• Demonstrated experience providing production application support and troubleshooting on a live Calypso platform.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• Calypso certification(s) a plus, but not mandatory.

Good To Have

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, AppDynamics).
• Working exposure to adjacent capital markets platforms alongside Calypso.