[Hiring] Application Delivery Engineer @Smith Johnson Tech

Role Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Calypso Java Developer Consultant to join our financial technology team. In this role, you will play a critical part in designing, customizing, and integrating our Calypso trading and risk management platforms. The ideal candidate will combine deep financial domain knowledge—particularly in FX and derivatives—with expert-level Java programming and cloud architecture skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Calypso Development & Configuration: Configure, customize, and extend Calypso application modules for a variety of asset classes and functions, including interest rates, commodities, FX, FX Options, credit derivatives, clearing exchange-traded derivatives, credit risk, and market risk.
• System Integration: Lead hands-on integration of Calypso with external financial market utilities (e.g., DTCC SDR, Markitwire, Bloomberg TOMS SEF, WebICE, AcadiaSoft, TriResolve) and core internal systems (General Ledger, Swift, FedWire, ACH).
• Architecture & API Development: Design and build scalable solutions utilizing the Calypso API, Java REST APIs, and microservices architectures.
• DevSecOps & Cloud Engineering: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (using Bitbucket, Nexus, Jenkins, Terraform, or equivalents) and deploy applications using AWS cloud services, Work within specialized environments such as the Nasdaq CapCloud (Oracle) environment.
• Application Support: Develop, maintain, and support robust enterprise applications utilizing Java, JBoss, MQ, and ETL processes.

Qualifications

• Education & Overall Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, coupled with 10+ years of broad software and application development experience (including design, databases, integrations, testing, and troubleshooting).
• Calypso Expertise: Minimum of 5+ years of direct experience in Calypso development, with strong proficiency in utilizing the Calypso API.
• Technical Mastery:
  • Expert knowledge of Java programming, application servers, and software development lifecycles.
  • Experience with build services using Java REST APIs.
  • Thorough understanding of RDBMS, expert SQL skills, and deep knowledge of data modeling concepts and database systems.
  • Experience working with Data Lakes and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).
• Domain Knowledge: Strong foundational understanding of market and credit risk, with deep product knowledge specifically in FX products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working with alternative FX applications such as Wall Street Systems or Spectrum is highly desirable.
• Open to working remotely.