Calypso CATT Engineer

Detailed Job Description – Calypso CATT Engineer

Role: Calypso CATT Engineer

Experience: 6+ Years

Location: Hyderabad

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Calypso CATT Engineer / QA Engineer with strong expertise in test automation, software quality engineering, troubleshooting, and end-to-end testing of complex, multi-tiered applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing and executing test strategies, developing automated test solutions, debugging complex application issues, and working across distributed application environments. Experience with Calypso, CATT, financial markets/trading applications, and enterprise banking systems will be highly valuable.

The role involves close collaboration with developers, business analysts, architects, QA teams, and other engineering stakeholders to ensure high-quality, reliable, and production-ready applications.

Key Responsibilities

1. Calypso CATT Testing

• Design, develop, and execute test scenarios using Calypso CATT.
• Create and maintain automated test cases for Calypso-based applications and workflows.
• Validate end-to-end business processes across complex financial systems.
• Develop reusable test components and automation utilities.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Analyze test results and identify application defects, data issues, configuration problems, and integration failures.
• Work closely with Calypso development and functional teams to validate fixes and enhancements.
• Support testing across different application releases and environments.
• Ensure test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.

2. Test Automation & QA Engineering

• Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks.
• Develop automated tests for complex multi-tiered applications.
• Identify suitable candidates for automation and continuously improve automation coverage.
• Create reusable automation components to reduce manual testing effort.
• Maintain existing automation scripts and enhance them based on application changes.
• Integrate automated testing into the overall software delivery lifecycle.
• Execute regression suites and analyze failures.
• Ensure automation solutions are reliable, maintainable, and scalable.

3. Test Planning & Execution

• Understand functional and technical requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios.
• Prepare test plans, test cases, test data, and execution strategies.
• Perform:
• Functional testing
• Integration testing
• Regression testing
• System testing
• End-to-end testing
• API testing
• Automation testing
• Performance-related validation where required
• Track testing progress and provide status updates to stakeholders.
• Identify testing risks, dependencies, and potential quality gaps.
• Ensure defects are documented with sufficient technical information for efficient resolution.

4. End-to-End Application Testing

• Work with complex, multi-tiered enterprise applications.
• Validate interactions between front-end, backend, databases, APIs, messaging systems, and external applications.
• Understand application architecture and data flows to develop effective test strategies.
• Validate business workflows across multiple application components.
• Perform integration testing across distributed systems.
• Analyze failures across different application layers and identify the source of issues.

5. Troubleshooting & Debugging

• Perform detailed troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of test failures.
• Analyze application logs, error messages, stack traces, and system behavior.
• Debug issues across application, infrastructure, database, and integration layers.
• Use standard UNIX/Linux utilities to investigate application and test failures.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to resolve complex defects.
• Reproduce production and environment-specific issues in test environments.
• Provide clear technical analysis and recommendations for defect resolution.

6. Programming & Automation Development

• Develop automation utilities and testing frameworks using programming languages such as:
• Java
• Python
• JavaScript
• Ruby
• Golang
• C
• C++
• Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code.
• Develop scripts for test execution, validation, data preparation, and environment checks.
• Use programming skills to improve automation efficiency and reduce manual testing activities.
• Understand object-oriented programming and common software engineering principles.

7. Front-End Testing

• Work with applications developed using modern front-end technologies.
• Have exposure to at least one front-end framework such as:
• Angular
• React
• Vue.js
• Validate UI workflows and integration between front-end and backend services.
• Support automated UI testing where required.
• Troubleshoot browser/application-level issues.

8. Unix/Linux & Windows Environment

• Work comfortably across Unix/Linux and Windows environments.
• Use standard UNIX/Linux utilities for:
• Log analysis
• File processing
• Application troubleshooting
• Test execution
• Process monitoring
• Environment validation
• Execute shell commands and scripts to support testing and debugging.
• Understand basic operating-system concepts relevant to application testing.
• Troubleshoot environment-specific issues across Windows and Linux systems.

9. Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis

• Identify, document, and track defects through the complete defect lifecycle.
• Provide detailed defect descriptions, logs, test evidence, and reproduction steps.
• Perform root-cause analysis for recurring or complex defects.
• Collaborate with developers to validate defect fixes.
• Conduct regression testing after fixes.
• Identify opportunities to prevent recurring defects through automation or process improvements.

10. Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with QA engineers, developers, architects, business analysts, and product teams.
• Provide technical guidance to junior QA and automation engineers.
• Support estimation, planning, task allocation, and execution of testing activities.
• Participate in code reviews and automation framework reviews.
• Help establish QA engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for complex testing initiatives.
• Manage priorities and deliver testing activities within project timelines.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 6+ years of overall experience in QA Engineering, Software Testing, Test Automation, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in QA engineering or related technical roles.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and executing software tests.
• Experience with testing methodologies and automation technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Hands-on experience testing complex, multi-tiered enterprise applications.
• Strong programming knowledge in at least one language such as:
• Java
• Python
• JavaScript
• Ruby
• Golang
• C
• C++
• Experience with at least one front-end framework:
• Angular
• React
• Vue.js
• Strong experience working with Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Comfortable using standard UNIX utilities for testing and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of software development and testing lifecycles.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Calypso / Financial Domain Skills

Experience with Calypso is highly preferred.

Candidates with experience in financial markets, banking, or capital markets applications will be preferred, particularly exposure to:

• Trading platforms
• Securities
• Fixed Income
• Equities
• Derivatives
• Trade lifecycle
• Settlements
• Market data
• Risk management
• Post-trade processing
• Financial transaction workflows

Experience with Calypso CATT and automated testing of Calypso workflows is a strong advantage.

Preferred Skills

• Hands-on experience with Calypso CATT.
• Experience testing financial services applications.
• Experience with API and web-service testing.
• Knowledge of REST/SOAP services.
• Experience with database testing and SQL.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Git or other source-control tools.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with defect management tools such as Jira.
• Experience working with distributed systems and microservices.
• Exposure to performance and integration testing.
• Experience mentoring or leading QA engineers.