Description CME Group is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer - Consultant to join the CME Engineering and Execution (E&E) team in Belfast. The successful candidate will work in the QDM (Quote Driven Market) team, and deliver on projects that advance our flagship, low-latency trading platform, for the Quotes Market.
Our platform must achieve a unique blend of ultra-low latency performance, the capacity to seamlessly facilitate the busiest trading days in the world economy, rock-solid reliability and integrity. An understanding of both the underlying technology and the development, testing, and deployment lifecycle of the applications will be critical. The successful candidate will be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and work both independently and collaboratively.
Principal Accountabilities:
Working within a team to design all aspects of a project; app design, test design, observability, metrics, and CICD.
Exhibits language proficiency and independently writes application modules and unit tests as well as designs independently. Contributes to architectural discussions. Interprets and enforces architecture for a development team. Mentors junior developers and is an influential member within the team.
Defines key metrics driving code optimization and drives code reviews; Manages environment build deployments, release notes and build notices; Reviews code to proactively identify and mitigate potential issues and defects as well as identify solution problems and issues outside code.
Applies best practices in development, contributing to process enhancements, and leads by example.
Essential Criteria
Expertise in core Java development skills
Passion to keep up with tech trends and continually learning
Ability to learn, adapt and react to business needs & technology problems
Uses design tools to frequently share and communicate design ideas on larger systems.
Desirable Criteria
Low latency experience in Java (Is a Huge Plus)
Experience developing applications in Cloud environment.
Experience testing in a story-driven, agile environment.
Prior experience working in financial services/exchange space.
Prior experience working with BDD methodologies and automated acceptance criteria.
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