Calypso Principal Software Engineer

Stratacent; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT consulting firm is seeking a Calypso Principal Software Engineer to work with engineering teams to solve major challenges in the banking industry. This role requires 10+ years of experience, including expertise in Calypso systems, mentoring engineers, and cloud services. The position offers hybrid work and involves designing high-quality technology solutions that drive innovation and enhance customer experience in finance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years supporting Nasdaq’s Calypso platforms.
• Ability to lead and mentor software engineers.
• Experience with systems configuration for OTC derivatives.
• Hands-on experience integrating Calypso with financial utilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Hands‑on Calypso integration with market utilities and data sources.
• Experience with Websphere, Java, SpringBoot, MQ, ETL, and API development.
• Experience on UNIX/Oracle SQL/PostgreSQL/Linux.
• AWS cloud services and DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of software solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with teammates.
• Ensure adherence to Agile best practices.
• Design and implement architecturally sound components.
• Evaluate and prevent vulnerabilities during development and deployment.
• Foster innovation and accountability through Agile practices.

Skills

Leading and mentoring software engineers

Systems configuration and testing for OTC derivatives

Calypso application configuration

Experience with collateral management

Integration with financial market utilities

Developing/supporting applications with Websphere, Java

AWS cloud services

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related discipline

Master's degree in Software Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Unix

Oracle SQL

PostgreSQL

Linux

AWS Solutions Architect certification

API development

UNIX

Oracle SQL

PostgreSQL

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Bitbucket

Nexus

Jenkins

Job description

Job Title: Calypso Principal Software Engineer

Experience: 10+ Years

Location: Hybrid-Gurgaon, IN

Job Description: Your role as Calypso Principal Software Engineer is to work with engineering teams and architecture to produce high‑quality technology solutions. You will be given the autonomy to lead, design and develop innovative solutions to some of the biggest technical issues facing the banking industry. As Principal, you will serve as a peer‑leader tasked with pursuing cutting‑edge initiatives and solutions. The breadth of Citizens operations ensures a diversity of projects as the bank pivots toward innovation and customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Participating in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology, adhering to best practices and collaborating effectively with your teammates.
• Collaborating and contributing insight to solution design ideation, ensuring both the success of the product and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.
• Designing, modifying, developing and implementing software solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission‑driven strategic business goals.
• Infusing quality of service characteristics, such as scalability, manageability and maintainability, into distributed service‑based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities.
• Employing industry best practices to evaluate, correct and prevent vulnerabilities during the software development process.
• Serving as a peer‑leader, encouraging a culture of innovation and accountability while adhering to Agile best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of 7 years of directly related experience supporting Nasdaq’s Calypso platforms and infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor software engineers.
• Deep experience with systems configuration, implementation and testing for OTC derivatives products across the trading lifecycle including front, middle and back office processing.
• Deep experience configuring and extending with Calypso application modules for interest rates, commodities, FX, FX Options and equity derivative asset classes.
• Thorough understanding and deep experience with collateral management, General Ledger accounting, ISDA SIMM and Swift processing.
• Hands‑on experience integrating Calypso with financial market utilities such as DTCC SDR, FedWire, Bloomberg, AcadiaSoft, TriResolve and with market data sources, market and credit risk platforms.
• Experience developing and/or supporting applications with Websphere, Java, SpringBoot, MQ, ETL and API development.
• Experience working on one of the following platforms: UNIX, Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL and Linux.
• Experience with AWS cloud services, DevSecOPs CICD pipeline (Bitbucket, Nexus, Jenkins, Terraform or equivalents).
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect.
• Strong communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills.

Desired Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in the financial services industry, developing solutions for consumer banking, portfolio management, trading, compliance or wealth management.
• Experience with Apache, Lucene, Memcache, RabbitMQ and NoSQL.

Education and Certifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline.
• Preferred: Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline.

Stratacent is a Global IT consulting and Services firm, headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, USA with offices in UK, Canada, and South Africa and global capability centers (GCC) in Pune and Gurugram in India. Our focus areas include Data and AI, Cloud Services, Automation, IT Operations, Application Development, and Information Security.

Stratacent India Private Limited is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or any other factor protected by law.