Lead Software Engineer - Calypso in Charlotte, North Carolina

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank

Software Engineering

Charlotte, NC, USA

USD 154,669-164,100 / year + Equity

Posted on Apr 13, 2026

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking the position of Lead Software Engineer - Calypso in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, implement, and support enterprise trading, risk & collateral management solutions for business needs using the Calypso trading application.
  • Support and maintain existing Calypso implementation.
  • Support the business end-to-end for all trading and post trade requirements including accounting and regulatory reporting.
  • Provide support and maintenance of the existing system and development of various projects/interfaces required for business needs and compliance.
  • Interact with business users to gather requirements in capital markets (derivatives, fixed income, commodities, and collateral management) and translate them into Calypso system configurations and custom extensions, define JIRA user stories, organize meetings and coordinate among business and interface partners.
  • Design and implement software solutions using Java, Calypso APIs, and related technologies to support trade lifecycle management, pricing, risk, settlement, and collateral workflows.
  • Work with all stakeholders to prepare detailed project plans that include clearly written expectations.
  • Lead development team for development, support and enhancement activities for Treasury Products and Hedge Accounting.
  • Lead effort towards Proof of Concept for new initiatives and Test Planning.
  • Design, implement, test and maintain the Calypso application using Calypso, Unix, Jenkins, AutoSys and Java.
  • Develop RESTful APIs to provide real time information for Hedge Accounting Tool (HAT) and provide accessibility for Hedge Relationship/Accounting reports.
  • Configure and maintain risk analysis reports.
  • Configure and set-up products (FHLB Advances (Structured Flows) & Bond FRN) for Treasury Desk.
  • Participate in end-to-end SDLC (requirement gathering, technical design, coding, unit testing, deployment, and production support).
  • Optimize system performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and provide Level 3 support to operations, traders, and risk teams.
  • Mentor junior developers and collaborate with QA, DevOps, and business analysts in an Agile environment.
  • Document technical specifications, workflows, and best practices in accordance with corporate standards.
  • Manage the development codebase in GitLab repository.
  • Propose test plan to cover all scenarios like End of Day processing, GL reconciliation and Report generation.
  • Provide support in executing different types of trades in existing Calypso implementation.

Position may allow working from home within commuting distance of worksite location. Multiple Positions.

Basic Qualifications: Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or Computer Science and Engineering plus 5 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related.

Required Skills/Experience: Must possess 5 years of experience with all of the following: (a) Designing, developing, implementing, testing and maintaining the Calypso application using Java, Spring, and Hibernate; (b) Developing custom code changes in Calypso for maintenance items using Java and J2EE development and Calypso SDK; (c) Developing and enhancing the functionality for FX products including FX Options, GL reconciliation and report generation in Calypso; (d) Providing accounting configuration support; (e) Oracle database including stored procedures and performance tuning; (f) SDLC methodologies (either Agile or Waterfall) using Jira; (g) Knowledge of Derivatives, FX, Commodities, Securities financing; (h) Utilizing the following:, Java, XML, RESTful Web Services, Java Script, AutoSys, SQL, PL/SQL, Unix or Linux, JSON, Git, Jenkins and Maven.

Base pay range may vary if an offer is made for work in a different location. Pay Range: $154,669 - $ 164,100 . (#LI-NDI #LI-DNI #LI-DNP #DE-DNP #IND-DNP)

  • The examination for this position may include additional supplemental questionnaires. Improper or missing responses could affect your application.
  • This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

  • Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

  • Basic term and optional term life insurance

  • Short-term and long-term disability

  • Pregnancy disability and parental leave

  • 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

  • Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

  • Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

  • Adoption assistance

  • Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.