Senior Calypso Product Engineer Contract

Role: Senior Product Engineer – Calypso
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Engagement: Contractual
Duration: 12 Months (Extendable, Long-term with Marc Ellis)

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Product Engineer in Calypso with strong techno-functional expertise to support the end-to-end implementation, customization, integration, and support of the Calypso trading platform. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise across Calypso architecture, APIs, front-to-back trade lifecycle, and real-time integrations, combined with strong Core Java development and a solid understanding of multi-asset trading environments. This role requires close collaboration with Front Office, Risk, Middle Office, and Back Office stakeholders, ensuring accuratetrade processing, system stability, and scalable integration with internal and external systems.

Education:

• Degree, Postgraduate in Computer Science or related field

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience working with the Calypso trading platform
• Proven experience in end-to-end (Front-to-Back) Calypso implementation and support
• Hands-on experience across multiple asset classes including:
✓ FX / Money Markets
✓ Fixed Income (Bonds, Repo)
✓ Interest Rate Derivatives (IRS, Cross Currency Swaps)
✓ Credit Derivatives (CDS)

Technical Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience in Core Java (1.7+) with key concepts like OOPS, Collection, Multithreading
• Solid experience with Oracle DB / PL-SQL
• Strong understanding of Calypso architecture, modules, and data model (v15.2+)
• Experience with REST API / Open API integrations
• Understanding of real-time integration patterns (FIX / Kafka)
• Experience with Application servers (JBoss) and Build tools (Gradle)
• Integration experience with market/trade data systems such as Bloomberg (SAPI), Reuters, TOMS, Deal Tracker
• Strong troubleshooting across network/server-level interactions

Functional Skills:

• Trading & Lifecycle: Sound understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle including trade capture, validation, enrichment, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, accounting, P&L, and reporting.
• Front Office: Hands-on experience with Calypso Front Office Workstation, including pricing sheets, pricing configuration, and trader workflows.
• Middle & Back Office: Strong knowledge of settlements, accounting, reporting, static data, messaging, transfers, and position keeping within Calypso.
• Processing & Configuration: Experience in configuring workflows, trade processing rules, scheduled tasks, batch processing, and Calypso engines (pricing, risk, and back-office).
• Market Data: Good understanding of yield curves, market data setup, dependencies, and pricing inputs within Calypso.
• Risk & Regulatory: Experience with Calypso ERS (risk and limit modules), including VaR configuration and reporting, as well as exposure to regulatory frameworks such as SA-CCR and FRTB.

Soft Skills:

• Able to influence multiple teams on technical considerations, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing deep knowledge and experience.
• Self-motivator and self-starter, Ability to own and drive things without supervision and works collaboratively with the teams across the organization.
• Have excellent soft skills and interpersonal skills to interact and present the ideas to Senior and Executive management