Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Synechron is a global digital consulting firm that delivers technology and transformation solutions across financial services and related industries. The Calypso QA Engineer will develop and execute comprehensive testing for Calypso applications, validate configurations and trade-lifecycle processes, test integrations and data flows, manage defects, and support releases, upgrades, and production validation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test cases for Calypso applications
- Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing
- Validate Calypso configurations, customizations, workflows, engines, interfaces, reports, and scheduled tasks
- Test front-office, middle-office, and back-office processes across the complete trade lifecycle
- Validate trade booking, confirmations, settlements, positions, accounting, collateral, risk, and reporting functions
- Test interfaces and data flows between Calypso and upstream or downstream systems
- Perform database validation using SQL and troubleshoot data-related issues
- Identify, document, track, and retest defects through resolution
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and business users
- Support user-acceptance testing, production releases, upgrades, and post-production validation
- Create and maintain automated regression tests where applicable
- Ensure testing activities comply with established quality, audit, and regulatory standards
Skills
- Strong QA experience with the Nasdaq Calypso platform
- Hands-on experience testing Calypso implementations, enhancements, integrations, or upgrades
- Good knowledge of capital markets and the complete trade lifecycle
- Experience testing financial products such as fixed income, foreign exchange, derivatives, money markets, or securities
- Knowledge of Calypso workflows, engines, messages, reports, scheduled tasks, settlements, and confirmations
- Strong SQL skills for backend and data validation
- Experience with API, integration, and batch-process testing
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments
- Experience preparing test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and defect reports
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills
Benefits
- A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
- 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
- Maternity & paternity leave plans.
- A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region).
- Retirement savings plans.
- A higher education certification policy.
- Commuter benefits (varies by region).
- Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
- On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
- Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
- Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
- A flat and approachable organization.
- A truly diverse, fun-loving, and global work culture.
- Flexible workplace arrangements.
- Mentoring.
- Internal mobility.
- Learning and development programs.
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