Calypso QA Analyst / Calypso Test Engineer

Luxoft; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking an experienced QA/Test engineer to work on Calypso-based testing for the Calypso trading platform (v16+). The role covers Rates, Credit, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Backoffice across end-to-end functional, regression, UAT, and batch/EOD testing, collaborating with BA, development, environment, and operations teams through release cycles.

The ideal candidate brings 4–12 years of QA experience, hands-on Calypso testing, strong trade lifecycle knowledge, and proficiency with

Qualifications

• 4–12 years of experience in software testing/QA.
• Hands-on Calypso testing experience on Calypso v16 or higher.
• Strong understanding of Calypso trade lifecycle, static data, and relevant modules.
• Experience with Calypso EOD/batch processing and scheduled tasks/jobs.
• Experience in functional and regression testing of trading/markets applications.
• Knowledge across Fixed Income, Rates/Credit Derivatives, and Backoffice.
• Experience validating trade, position, cash, reports, extracts, and reconciliation results.
• Ability to analyze test failures and reconciliation breaks and identify root causes.
• Strong test-case design, execution, defect management, and release testing experience.
• Ability to work in tight, release-driven regression cycles.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain functional, regression, and UAT test cases for Calypso.
• Test trade capture, pricing, lifecycle events, settlements, confirmations, accounting, and backoffice processing.
• Validate EOD and batch processing, including tasks, engines, logs, and statuses.
• Test market data setup and consumption and their impact on pricing and reports.
• Test Fixed Income products and related reporting and reconciliation flows.
• Test Rates/Credit Derivatives covering lifecycle and valuations.
• Reconciliate trade, position, cash, and reports across Calypso and downstream systems.
• Analyse release-to-release and environment differences across outputs.
• Raise defects and support triage through closure.
• Execute and monitor Jenkins jobs for regression packs and batch runs.
• Use SQL to validate trade attributes, data, and post-batch results.
• Use Linux for log analysis and environment troubleshooting.
• Support test planning, coverage, and sign-off activities.
• Collaborate with BA, development, and operations during releases.

Skills

Calypso testing

Test design

Regression testing

Release testing

Defect management

Trade lifecycle understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Finance

Tools

Calypso v16

SQL

Linux/Unix

Jenkins

Job description

Project description

Work on quality assurance and testing of the Calypso trading platform (v16+) across Rates, Credit, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Backoffice. The role involves end-to-end functional, regression, UAT, and batch/EOD testing covering trade lifecycle, pricing, market data, settlements, accounting, reporting, and reconciliation. The position will collaborate with BA, development, environment, and operations teams throughout release cycles.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain functional, regression, and UAT test cases for Calypso.
• Test trade capture, pricing, lifecycle events, settlements, confirmations, accounting, and backoffice processing.
• Validate EOD and scheduled batch processing, including scheduled tasks, engines, jobs, logs, and task status.
• Test market data setup and consumption, including curves, quotes, feeds, and valuation inputs, and validate their impact on pricing, P&L, and reports.
• Test Fixed Income products such as bonds and repos, including related reporting and reconciliation flows.
• Test Rates/Credit Derivatives covering trade lifecycle and valuations.
• Perform trade, position, cash, and report reconciliation between Calypso and downstream/related systems.
• Analyse release-to-release and environment-to-environment differences across trades, reports, extracts, CSV/XML files, and other outputs.
• Raise clear, evidence-based defects and support defect triage through closure.
• Execute and monitor Jenkins jobs for regression packs, batch runs, test environments, and file comparisons.
• Use SQL to validate trade attributes, static data, market data, and post-batch results.
• Use Linux for log analysis, file handling, job monitoring, and basic environment troubleshooting.
• Support test planning, change-request coverage, regression execution, and test summary/sign-off activities.
• Work closely with BA, development, environment, and operations teams during releases.

SKILLS

Must have

• 4-12 years of overall experience in software testing/QA.
• Mandatory hands-on Calypso testing experience on Calypso v16 or higher.
• Strong understanding of Calypso trade lifecycle, static data, and relevant Calypso modules.
• Hands-on experience with Calypso EOD/batch processing and scheduled tasks/jobs.
• Experience in functional and regression testing of trading/markets applications.
• Strong understanding of at least relevant areas across Fixed Income, Rates/Credit Derivatives, and Backoffice.
• Experience validating trade, position, cash, reports, extracts, and reconciliation results.
• Ability to analyse test failures and reconciliation breaks and identify business/technical root causes.
• Strong test-case design, execution, defect management, and release testing experience.
• Ability to work effectively within tight, release-driven regression cycles.

Nice to have

• SQL for trade, position, market data, and batch-result validation.
• Linux/Unix skills for logs, files, processes, and job troubleshooting.
• Jenkins experience for CI/CD, regression, and batch job execution/monitoring.
• Market data knowledge covering curves, FX, bonds, credit spreads, and feeds.
• Domain knowledge of Fixed Income, Derivatives, Backoffice, pricing, P&L, CSA/collateral, and trade reconciliation.
• Experience with regression comparison tools, CSV/file-diff utilities, or Calypso QA automation.
• Exposure to related platforms/interfaces such as Murex, MarkitWire, Bloomberg, or schedulers such as Control-M.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or equivalent practical experience.