Capital Markets Application Developer

Releady; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Releady in Toronto's Financial District seeks an experienced Capital Markets Application Developer to support the development, integration, and ongoing evolution of a mission-critical trading technology environment using Calypso.

The role requires hands-on Calypso expertise, strong SQL skills, and collaboration with trading, operations, risk, and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions for high-volume markets in a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and enhancing Calypso-based applications.
• Experience with Calypso APIs, workflows, engines, events, and reporting.
• Experience with collateral management in Calypso.
• Strong SQL and relational database experience.
• Experience integrating Calypso with external systems via APIs or messaging.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance applications for capital markets trading and post-trade processes.
• Build workflows, APIs, engines, events, reports, and scheduled tasks in the trading platform.
• Develop and maintain integrations between the trading platform and upstream/downstream systems.
• Support collateral management capabilities and related workflows.
• Collaborate with trading, operations, risk, and tech teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Troubleshoot issues in a high-volume trading environment.
• Develop SQL queries and work with databases to support functionality and analysis.
• Participate in releases, deployment automation, testing, and production work.
• Improve DevOps practices across source control, build, deployment, and releases.
• Provide technical support for business-critical apps and identify stability improvements.

Skills

Capital markets knowledge

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

DevOps practices

CI/CD tools

Tools

Calypso

Calypso APIs

Calypso workflows

Calypso engines

Calypso reporting

SQL

Shell scripting

Job description

OVERVIEW

We are seeking an experienced Capital Markets Application Developer to support the development, enhancement, integration, and ongoing evolution of a mission-critical trading technology environment. This role requires strong hands‑on experience with Calypso and a solid understanding of capital markets products and trading workflows.

6 month contract

Hourly rate ranges - $70-78/hour (T4) $78-88/hour (IC)

Hybrid - Toronto Financial District

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and enhance applications and functionality supporting capital markets trading and post‑trade processes
• Build and customize workflows, APIs, engines, events, reports, and scheduled processes within the trading platform
• Develop and maintain integrations between the trading platform and upstream and downstream systems
• Support collateral management capabilities and related business workflows
• Partner with trading, operations, risk, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Troubleshoot complex application, data, integration, and performance issues within a high‑volume trading environment
• Develop SQL queries and work with relational databases to support application functionality, data analysis, and issue resolution
• Participate in application releases, deployment automation, testing, and production implementation
• Improve development and DevOps practices across source control, build, deployment, and release processes
• Provide technical support for business‑critical applications while identifying opportunities to improve platform stability, performance, and maintainability
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams throughout design, development, testing, implementation, and ongoing support

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience developing and enhancing Calypso‑based applications; experience with recent Calypso versions strongly preferred
• Strong experience with Calypso APIs, workflows, engines, events, reporting, and scheduled tasks
• Experience with collateral management functionality within Calypso
• Strong SQL and relational database experience
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting integrations between Calypso and external applications or platforms using technologies such as messaging, event streaming, web services, and HTTP‑based APIs
• Experience working within Linux/Unix environments, including shell scripting
• Strong understanding of modern software development and DevOps practices, including source control, build automation, deployment automation, and release management
• Experience with commonly used enterprise DevOps and CI/CD tools

Capital Markets Experience

Strong understanding of capital markets and financial products, with experience supporting one or more of the following:

• Interest rate derivatives
• Foreign exchange
• Fixed income
• Credit derivatives
• Collateral and related trading workflows

Professional Experience

• Experience developing and supporting technology within high‑volume, transaction‑intensive capital markets or trading environments
• Ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced, business‑critical environments
• Proven ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across development, infrastructure, operations, and business teams
• Experience contributing within structured project and software delivery environments
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other non‑merit factor. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees.