Calypso Java Developer – Commodities, Calypso v16+ & Trade Processing

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking a Calypso Java Developer with 5+ years of total IT experience and strong hands-on expertise in Java development, Calypso APIs, and Calypso platform customizations. The role requires experience with Calypso v16 or above and expertise in at least one asset class, with a primary focus on Commodities .

The position is responsible for developing, enhancing, and supporting Calypso-based back-office applications that enable effective trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and related operational processes.

The role contributes to business objectives by delivering reliable technology solutions, improving trade-processing workflows, resolving production issues, and supporting operations and trade-support users.

Shift timing: 12:00 PM–9:00 PM

Software Requirements

Required Software Skills

• Java: Minimum 5 years of professional development experience.
• Calypso APIs: Demonstrable hands-on experience developing and enhancing Calypso solutions using Java and Calypso APIs.
• Calypso: Experience with version 16 or above .
• Calypso asset class expertise: Proven experience with the Commodities asset class; experience in another asset class group such as Fixed Income, FX, or Commodities may also be relevant where supported by project requirements.
• Calypso customizations: Experience developing and maintaining Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines .
• Calypso message and sender frameworks: Good understanding of their configuration, implementation, and support.
• Trade processing: Experience with trade settlement, reconciliation, reporting, confirmations, and payment notice processing in Calypso.
• Development and support: Experience participating in planning, work estimation, testing, troubleshooting, and L2 support.

Preferred Software Skills

• AWS: Exposure to cloud-based application environments.
• Kubernetes: Experience supporting containerized applications or deployments.
• Grafana: Exposure to application monitoring and operational dashboards.
• Maven: Experience with Java project build and dependency management.
• Jenkins: Experience supporting build and deployment pipelines.
• CloudBees: Exposure to continuous integration and delivery environments.
• Derivative products: Understanding of derivative products and their related trading and processing workflows.

Overall Responsibilities

• Develop new features and enhancements for desks and operations users using Java and Calypso APIs.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain back-office applications on the Calypso platform to support commodity trading operations.
• Translate business and operational requirements into maintainable technical solutions that improve trade processing and settlement.
• Implement and maintain workflows for trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processing.
• Design and maintain Calypso customizations, including Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines.
• Apply knowledge of Calypso message and sender frameworks to support accurate and timely processing.
• Participate in planning sessions, estimate work effort, define implementation activities, and contribute to delivery plans.
• Develop and execute unit, functional, integration, and regression tests for assigned changes.
• Provide L2 support by investigating incidents, troubleshooting defects, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.
• Collaborate with operations, trade support, development, testing, and other technical teams to resolve issues and meet delivery commitments.
• Maintain technical documentation, implementation details, support procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Deliver solutions that improve processing accuracy, operational efficiency, system reliability, and user support outcomes.
• Consider sustainability by developing reusable components, optimizing processing efficiency, reducing avoidable rework, and supporting maintainable application designs.

Technical Skills (By Category)

Programming Languages

Essential

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience with Java .
• Ability to develop clean, reusable, maintainable, and testable Java code.
• Experience using Java with Calypso APIs for application development and customization.
• Ability to troubleshoot code, analyze system behavior, and resolve technical issues.

Preferred

• Experience developing integrations or custom services for enterprise trading platforms.
• Experience applying object-oriented design principles and reusable development patterns.

Databases/Data Management

Essential

• Understanding of data used in trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processing.
• Ability to investigate data-related issues affecting Calypso workflows and back-office operations.
• Experience validating transaction, settlement, and reconciliation data during testing and troubleshooting.

Preferred

• Experience with database queries or data investigation for production support and issue analysis.
• Exposure to data quality controls, data reconciliation, and operational reporting requirements.

Cloud Technologies

Essential

• Ability to support Calypso applications in enterprise application environments.
• Understanding of environment-specific configuration, deployment, monitoring, and support considerations.

Preferred

• Exposure to AWS .
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized application environments.
• Experience monitoring applications using Grafana .
• Exposure to CloudBees-based delivery environments.

Frameworks and Libraries

Essential

• Calypso v16 or above .
• Calypso APIs and platform customization capabilities.
• Calypso Scheduled Tasks, Reports, and Engines .
• Calypso message and sender frameworks.
• Calypso workflows supporting trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and payment notice processing.

Preferred

• Experience supporting derivative-product workflows.
• Experience designing reusable Calypso components and extensions.
• Exposure to platform integration frameworks used in trading and back-office environments.

Development Tools and Methodologies

Essential

• Experience participating in planning sessions, work estimation, testing, defect investigation, and L2 support.
• Ability to follow structured development, testing, release, and production-support practices.
• Experience collaborating with operations and trade-support teams to clarify requirements and validate solutions.
• Ability to document technical changes, test results, known issues, and support procedures.

Preferred

• Maven for Java builds and dependency management.
• Jenkins for continuous integration and automated delivery activities.
• CloudBees for build and deployment management.
• Experience with iterative or Agile delivery methods.

Security Protocols

Essential

• Follow applicable access-control, data-protection, environment-management, and organizational security requirements.
• Apply secure development practices when handling trade, settlement, payment, and operational data.
• Support controlled access and appropriate segregation of responsibilities across development, testing, and production environments.

Preferred

• Exposure to security considerations for cloud-hosted applications, APIs, and containerized environments.
• Awareness of secure integration and authentication practices in enterprise trading platforms.

Experience Requirements

• Total IT experience: 5+ years.
• Java development experience: At least 5 years of hands-on professional experience.
• Calypso experience: Demonstrable experience developing and supporting solutions using Calypso APIs and Calypso v16 or above .
• Asset class experience: Proven expertise in Commodities ; experience with at least one asset class group, such as Fixed Income, FX, or Commodities, is required.
• Functional experience: Strong understanding of trade sett