Senior Software Engineer (Java)
About The Position
The Cboe FX and UST Data Engineering team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer. This role will design, develop, and deploy large-scale, fault tolerant data systems. We record every event on our 24x5 FX (Foreign Exchange) and UST (U.S. Treasuries) trading platforms. Billions of events are processed daily for books and records, reporting, analytics and market data products. Our proprietary tick database, built from the ground up using Java, is highly available and performant, and is a critical differentiator for Cboe FX and UST. This role entails working in a fast-paced environment where you will build and maintain software applications related to data collection and analytics. We are a global team with Software Engineering based in the NYC area and are expected to report to the office 4 times per week.
Requirements
- 5+ years relevant work experience
- Experience with: Java (at least 3 years job experience)
- PostgreSQL or similar relational database
- Linux and scripting
- Git or similar version control
- Passion for big data
- Strong knowledge of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
- Experience using AI across the software development lifecycle
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability/willingness to interface with non-technical team members to convert an idea/concept into a robust solution
- Finance industry experience/knowledge
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related discipline
Responsibilities
- Build/test/maintain performant and highly reliable (24x5) software to record and process data on billions of data points daily.
- Drive architectural decisions/implementations for resilient, maintainable, and scalable software
- Communicate with stakeholders to capture/refine requirements and iterate towards a final product
- Identify opportunities to improve user experience, reduce costs, and improve performance.
- Support APIs and tools to query, summarize, and analyze big data.
- Automate monitoring and alerting of anomalous market conditions.
- Generate rich reports that deliver actionable business insights.
- Document relevant details in the team wiki.
- Leverage AI responsibly (Claude/Copilot) to optimize productivity and system reliability.
Benefits
- Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, sick days and annual community service days
- Health, dental and vision benefits, including access to telemedicine and mental health services
- 2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match immediately upon hire
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tax Savings Accounts for health, dependent and transportation
- Employee referral bonus program
- Volunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities
- Complimentary lunch, snacks and coffee in any Cboe office
- Paid Tuition assistance and education opportunities
- Generous charitable giving company match
- Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
- On-site gyms and discounts to other fitness centers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
