Senior Calypso Developer, remote Mexico

Luxoft; Estado de México; Hybrid; PHP 4,159,239 - 5,347,593; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a professional to support a greenfield Calypso instance in the Philippines. The role requires establishing project plans for FX and Fixed Income trading desks, delivering project methodologies, and collaborating with stakeholders. Essential qualifications include over 5 years of experience in Capital Markets, strong analytical skills, and comfort communicating with technical and business resources. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and excel in both individual and team settings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Capital Markets and on Calypso.
• Proven analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with Agile practices, such as SCRUM or KANBAN.

Responsibilities

• Establish a comprehensive and integrated project plan.
• Manage and establish project methodology and best practice.
• Submit project status reports and coordinate updates to stakeholders.

Skills

5+ years of experience working in Capital Markets and on Calypso

Deep knowledge of Financial products cross assets

Proven track record of delivery of implementation / migration projects

Excellent analytical skills

Comfortable with direct communication with technical and business resources

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Job description

Luxoft has one of the world's leading Calypso practice.

We are a top-tier Calypso Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration.

We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Calypso projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.

Project Description:

• Support and additional build out for a greenfield Calypso instance.

Responsibilities

• Establish a comprehensive and integrated project plan for implementation of FX Cash, FX Derivatives, and some Fixed Income trading desk on existing Calypso instance
• Full lifecycle Project management for Change projects and supporting the Program Sponsor for project delivery
• Create and deliver project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Competent in managing and establishing project methodology and best practice
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored
• Works closely with relevant business and technology stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s)
• Submits project status reports to stakeholders; coordinates and provides updates to steering committees
• Collaboration with key functional or business stakeholders to achieve clear outcomes/deliverables in relation to the strategic and transformational book of work
• Manage implementation deliveries ensuring transparency of risks, issues and dependencies that are fully aligned to functional / business owners
• Manage the team to achieve a common goal You could also be acting as a scrum master in order to ensure the agile methodology is followed and the team is working efficiently. You might be acting also as a business analyst as well in order to help the team gathering and writing requirements, acceptance criteria.

Skills

Must have

• 5+ years of experience working in Capital Markets and on Calypso
• Deep knowledge of Financial products cross assets
• Proven track record of delivery of implementation / migration projects
• Experience of adherence to governance frameworks / implementation and handover to BAU
• Front Office proven experience in the development of FO related solutions and processes
• Comprehensive knowledge of trade flow, trading systems and related concepts and technology, including valuation and client/market risk management
• Excellent analytical skills, understanding of project life cycles, and ability to act in an entrepreneurial manner to ensure the requirements from the business are gathered in the appropriate manner.
• Proven analytical, planning, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Comfortable with direct communication with all levels of technical and business resources
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Experience with working in a highly collaborative and dynamic multi-team environment

Nice to have

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment is essential.
• Have a willingness to learn new skills
• Must have attention to detail
• Must have the ability to work independently and also as part of a group
• Experience of Agile practices and processes (e.g. SCRUM, KANBAN)
• Any technical knowledge (Writing simple sql query, be able to read code )
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy