Job Description
4 Days Hybrid from any of our locations in RI Iselin NJ MA Pittsburgh PA Dallas TX or Phoenix AZ
Role is not relocation eligible.
Responsibilities
Your role as Calypso Principal Software Engineer is to work with engineering teams and architecture to produce high-quality technology solutions. You will be given the autonomy to lead design and develop innovative solutions to some of the biggest technical issues facing the banking industry. As Principal you will serve as a peer-leader tasked with pursuing cutting-edge initiatives and solutions. The breadth of Citizens operations ensures a diversity of projects as the bank pivots towards innovation and customer experience.
The Calypso Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for:
- Participating in an environment rapidly transforming to the Agile methodology adhering to best practices and collaborating effectively with your teammates.
- Collaborating and contributing insight to solution design ideation ensuring both the success of the product and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.
- Designing modifying developing and implementing software solutions. Building modern architecturally sound components tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals.
- Infusing quality of service characteristics such as scalability manageability and maintainability into distributed service-based framework to create or expand business or technical capabilities.
- Employing industry best practices to evaluate correct and prevent vulnerabilities during the software development process.
- Serving as a peer-leader encouraging a culture of innovation and accountability while adhering to Agile best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Requires a minimum of 7 years of directly related experience supporting Nasdaq’s Calypso platforms and infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor software engineers
- Deep experience with systems configuration implementation and testing for OTC derivatives products across the trading lifecycle including front middle and back office processing
- Deep experience configuring and extending with Calypso application modules for interest rates commodities FX FX Options and equity derivative asset classes
- Thorough understanding and deep experience with collateral management General Ledger accounting ISDA SIMM and Swift processing
- Hand on experience integrating Calypso with financial market utilities such as DTCC SDR FedWire Bloomberg AcadiaSoft TriResolve and with market data sources market and credit risk platforms
- Experience developing and/or supporting applications with: Websphere Java SpringBoot MQ ETL and API development
- Experience working on one of the following platforms: UNIX Oracle SQL PostgreSQL and Linux
- Mastery of multiple programming languages particularly Java Javascript HTML Python Angular Unix shell scripts
- Experience with AWS cloud services DevSecOPs CICD pipeline (Bitbucket Nexus Jenkins Terraform or equivalents)
- Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect
- Strong communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills
Desired Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in the financial services industry developing solutions for consumer banking portfolio management trading compliance or wealth management
- Experience with Apache Lucene Memcache RAbbitMQ and NoSQL
Education and Certifications
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or related discipline
- Preferred: Master's degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or related discipline
Pay Transparency
The salary range for this position is $ 127520 - $ 191280 .per year plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to the work location and relevant skills and experience.
We offer competitive pay comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage retirement benefits maternity/paternity leave flexible work arrangements education reimbursement wellness programs and more. Note Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory paid sick or paid time-away policy of very local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits.
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About UsEqual Employment Opportunity
Citizens its parent subsidiaries and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age ancestry color citizenship physical or mental disability perceived disability or history or record of a disability ethnicity gender gender identity or expression genetic information genetic characteristic marital or domestic partner status victim of domestic violence family status/parenthood medical condition military or veteran status national origin pregnancy/childbirth/lactation colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making race religion sex sexual orientation or any other category protected by federal state and/or local laws. At Citizens we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit qualifications performance and capability.
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Skills Required
- Minimum of 7 years supporting Nasdaq's Calypso platforms and infrastructure
- Ability to lead and mentor software engineers
- Experience with systems configuration for OTC derivatives
- Deep experience configuring Calypso application modules
- Hands-on experience integrating Calypso with market utilities
- Experience with Websphere Java SpringBoot MQ ETL
- Experience on UNIX Oracle SQL PostgreSQL and Linux
- Mastery of programming languages particularly Java JavaScript HTML Python
- Experience with AWS cloud services DevSecOps CICD pipeline
- Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect
Citizens Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Citizens and has not been reviewed or approved by Citizens.
- Healthcare Strength—Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive with multiple plan options and preventive care highlighted as fully covered. Mental-health support is also emphasized through EAP-style counseling access and app-based support.
- Retirement Support—Retirement benefits are described as meaningful including an employer match and additional company contributions in some descriptions. Stock purchase features and occasional profit-sharing framing add to the overall retirement-and-wealth picture.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Time-off benefits are described as generous including a substantial PTO bank paid holidays and sizeable parental leave. Adoption assistance and emergency backup care are also presented as part of the leave-related support set.
Citizens Insights
What We Do
As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828 we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers clients colleagues and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic ideas and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI cloud computing machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation
Why Work With Us
We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving and we believe you can too.
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