Job Title: AVP – Calypso Developer – Global Markets IT

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**Job Title:** AVP – Calypso Developer – Global Markets IT **Department** : CIB IT **About Business Line/Function** The Global Markets business of BNP Paribas helps its corporate and institutional clients leverage capital markets across the globe for their financing, risk management and investment needs. This encompasses a wide range of financial products ranging from Foreign exchange to complex Equity Derivatives that are traded in financial markets across the globe 24/7. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is an equal partner in these IT functions along with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT work load, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it. **Position Purpose** The current position is under GM IT team with a scope to contribute in individual capacity on development, enhancement, maintenance & support activities for multiple applications by efficiently utilizing continuous improvement and agile methodology. This role involves managerial oversight to lead and develop a team in Bengaluru. The position requires efficient execution of continuous improvement and Agile methodologies while ensuring high-quality delivery and team performance. **Responsibilities** Direct Responsibilities - Application designing / development / testing / support / enhancements / bug-fixing. - Interact with functional and technical representatives of project teams in order to understand business functionalities, technical modules, integration mechanism and data sources. - Prepare test plans and conduct Unit, Integration, Regression, Performance and Functional Testing using automated testing frameworks. - Ensure that the project and organization standards are followed during various phases of software development lifecycle and day to day development work. - Estimate efforts and schedule for various modules and meet deadlines. - Technical and Release Documentation - Deployment of system components - Application, Shell Scripts and Databases. - Acquire skills in relevant technologies and take up higher responsibilities - To participate in out-of-hours / daytime support as required. - To ensure that application is of good quality, ensure any issues are fixed on priority. - To work with teams to help solve complex technical problems - Work towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery efficiency. - Contribute towards innovation; suggest new technical practices for improvement of efficiency. - Conduct Code reviews Contributing Responsibilities - Contribute towards innovation, suggest new technical practices to be investigated - Contribute towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery **Technical & Behavioral Competencies** - At least 4+ years of working experience extensively Calypso customizations preferable in Back Office area. - Knowledge of Calypso Component customization: Engines, Event Server, Data Server, Transfers, Messages, BOCre, PL Positions, BO Positions, Reporting Framework, Cache, SDI, Product and Trade API, Cash flows, Pricing etc. - Customization experience on Message Handlers, Transfer, Custom service creation, Creation of Custom Engine, Customization of Swift Messages, Customization of Scheduled Tasks and other back-Office customization. - Experience with Calypso cross-asset platform – Calypso Architecture, Modules and Tools. - Skilled in developing and maintaining interface designs for applications. - Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems and proficiency in object-oriented programming. - Knowledge of Collections API, Control structures, access modifier, exception handling. Behavioural **Skills** - Good communicator /Interpersonal Skills - Proven experience in Business Analysis or Operations with demonstrable practical - Products full lifecycle exposure. - Experience of working within an environment with high pressure on timeliness and quality of deliveries. - A strong level of autonomy is required, as well as pro-activeness and curiosity. **Specific Qualifications** - Minimum 8 years of experience along with bachelor’s degree - in Management, Finance, Science, Economics, related field or equivalent experience. - Prior experience in similar domain. **Technical Skills** **Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)** - Core Java - SQL - Calypso configuration - Spring Framework, - RESTful services - version‑control (Git) - CI/CD pipelines - automated testing tools (e.g., JUnit, TestNG), and familiarity with - Docker/Kubernetes **Behavioral Skills** - Communication - Analytical Ability - Team Player **Education Level:** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent **Location:** Bengaluru **About BNP Paribas Group** BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and C