Calypso Collateral Dev Engineer in Amsterdam

Calypso Collateral Dev Engineer

The opportunity

As a Calypso expert you will join a Collateral / Hedging Calypso scrum team and contribute in an Agile way to the full lifecycle of the application, from analysis to implementation, using our Continuous Delivery pipeline. You develop complex new functionalities and coordinate implementations on the Calypso Production environment. Calypso is the system responsible mainly for Collateral and Back Office operations that enables crucial commercial activities of ING. Tens of thousands of trades are being processed in real time by our systems every hour. Flawless processing or immediate correction are key as trades covering billions of euros are passing through our systems each day.Daily Pricing of 3000+ collateral contracts and exchange of Margin Calls happen via calypso. Calypso Collateral is key at managing our exposure hence it is a very critical component of the bank.

The team

The Calypso Global Team is an experienced, international and flexible team. Together with your team you will work on strategic projects that are keeping ING up to date with the latest Financial Market Standards while constantly improving the system.We also have chapter time reserved to focus on sharpening our skills required for work and staying a step ahead.

Roles and responsibilities

• Work with Product Owner to understand and refine functional specifications and how they translate into application features.
• Use Calypso, Java and other supporting tools to build the requested features.
• Work on strategic projects and coordinate with other IT teams. Be able to take a leading role when needed.
• Be part of a DevOps teams in global Calypso and interact, support business users and stakeholders within different geographic locations of ING.
• Provide recommendations and help improve development tools and processes.
• Apply Agile methodology and work in bi-weekly sprints to achieve efficient results in projects.
• You bring seniority to the team and share your knowledge and best practices with the ING Calypso community.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Minimum Required skills:

• 5+ years Calypso experience.
• Strong knowledge of the Calypso back office (message setups, trades, transfers, workflows, accounting) and Collateral Expertise.
• Java hands-on programming knowledge.
• Basic knowledge of payments processing.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to design end to end solutions.
• Eagerness to learn new things and getting involved in complex projects.
• Ability to communicate well with business users and stakeholders.

Nice to have skills:

• Knowledge of Treasury main activities.
• Experience with Java 8 (or higher versions).
• Experience in multi-location teams.
• Functional Product Experience with Financial Markets like Money Market, FX and Securities products.
• Project coordination skills.
• Experience in Agile Way of working, Scrum etc.
• PL/SQL knowledge.

Rewards & benefits

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at https://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience

• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

• Work Agile, so new ideas come to life faster

About us

With 57,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.