CME Group · 1 day ago
Sr Software Engineer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$111K/yr - $185K/yrCME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace focused on developing advanced electronic trading and risk management systems. The role involves working as a full stack developer on a trading platform, contributing to its design, development, and optimization while ensuring high performance and reliability.
FinanceFinancial ServicesMarketplaceStock Exchanges
Responsibilities
Contribute to the design, development, testing, and deployment of robust and scalable applications
Assist with ongoing technical support, troubleshooting, and bug fixes
Contribute to the optimization of system performance, scalability, and reliability
Proactively identify and address technical debt and system vulnerabilities
Contribute to automation initiatives across the team, reducing manual effort and improving processing speed
Develop scripts and utilities for routine tasks, reporting, and analysis
Adhere to coding standards, version control, and software development best practices
Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and consistency
Troubleshooting application production issues in conjunction with other support staff and development teams
Bug management ownership (capturing, assessing and owning the rectification of system issues and bugs reported by clients, developers and release team)
Deployment management and automation (Building releases, documenting release notes and ownership of the quality of each release)
Participates in story review, providing constructive feedback and input on both work effort estimation as well as architecture/design improvements
Works well in a team, fostering an environment of collaboration and innovation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (with honours) or equivalent, but substantial relevant experience could substitute
Strong knowledge of C# .NET and Javascript/Typescript/React, with demonstrable experience
Experience coding in a story-driven, agile environment
Strong knowledge and experience of SDLC methodologies; agile is a big advantage
Expertise in Object Oriented Design and Patterns
Experience with cloud environments and CI/CD and automated testing
Proactive and resourceful, action orientated and accountable
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with keen attention to detail
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Good organizational and time management skills
Benefits
Annual target bonus opportunity
Broad-based equity program
Comprehensive health coverage
401(k)
Active pension plan
Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions
Paid time off
Mental health benefit
Company
CME Group
CME Group is a diverse derivatives marketplace that manages risk and capture opportunities.
Founded in 1848
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (3)
2021 (2)
2020 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1BKey Investors
Google
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2002-12-06IPO
Leadership Team
Lynne Fitzpatrick
President and CFO
Julie Holzrichter
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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