Description CME Group is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to work on our GCP migration initiative .
CME Group has recently agreed a long-term partnership with Google to migrate our technology infrastructure to Google Cloud in a visionary partnership to transform the global derivatives markets through technology with Google themselves investing $1bn of equity in CME.
In this role the selected candidate will join the CME Trade Dissemination product team in Belfast where they will have an opportunity to innovate and lead both the migration and the development of our suite of enterprise applications using Java, cloud and automation technologies.
With the Google Cloud migration along with DevOps and automation as driving forces to maximize customer value, we are looking for an engineer who is excited by the opportunity to hone these kinds of skills to complement their core Java skills. In this role you can expect to work with technologies such Google Cloud Platform, Argo workflows, Kubernetes, Docker and Jenkins to name but a few.
Internal mobility and flexibility are a key part to our agile approach to technology delivery. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving our success and will find opportunities to work in a variety of projects and technologies beyond their initial areas of subject matter expertise.
What to expect working in CME Post Trade:
Opportunity to work with Technical Experts in Enterprise processing
Ownership of significant and challenging engineering problems as appropriate to role
Bespoke training and mentoring opportunities to develop new skills and expertise
Work with a wide range of tools and technologies to support Production systems.
A team with a focus on innovation and embracing early adoption of practices and technologies.
Strong identity and accountability for the entire value stream.
A culture of humility, respect and trust where teams are empowered to take risks to innovate, fail fast and learn iteratively.
Flexible home working policy.
Principal Accountabilities
Become an SME in the domain, contributing to system design and collaborating with various teams to build fit for purpose platforms.
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software.
Provide mentoring and technical direction to development, helping to identify technical solutions to realize design.
Completes research and conducts POCs on new technologies.
Participates in CICD development pipelines, contributing to modern test and delivery techniques
Take initiative and be responsible for technical solutions to application and cloud challenges.
Essential Criteria
Bachelor's degree (with honors) or equivalent/better strongly preferred, but substantial relevant experience could substitute
Strong knowledge of core Java skills, with demonstrable experience
A strategic mentality, able to propose and articulate solutions to complex technical challenges whilst maintaining a balance against over engineering
A critical thinker, with good analysis and investigatory skills with the ability to form good questions in real time
Good organization skills, with the ability to multitask and self organize, determining relative priority of work items
Desirable Criteria
Experience of financial markets/exchange space and working with financial applications
Experience CICD and Cloud operations
Experience using Confluence, JIRA, or other Atlassian tools.
Company Benefits
Bonus Programme
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Private Medical and Dental coverage
Mental Health Benefit Programme
Group Pension Plan
Income Protection
Life Assurance
Cycle To Work
Gym Membership
Family Leave
Education Assistance
Ongoing Employee Development Training/Certification
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