Job Purpose

At Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), we engineer technology, exchanges and clearing houses that connect companies around the world to global capital and derivative markets. With a leading-edge approach to developing technology platforms, we have built market infrastructure in all major trading centers, offering customers the ability to manage risk and make informed decisions globally. By leveraging our core strengths in technology, we continue to identify new ways to serve our customers and transform global markets.

This role will be part of the Performance Engineering team within ICE's Derivatives Trading Development organization. This team is responsible for building and delivering software solutions that provide oversight and management of the performance of one of the largest derivatives exchanges in the world. Software solutions from this team include high throughput transaction emulators designed to stress high-volume, low-latency applications such as Trading Engines, Order Routers, and Market Data Feeds. These applications use a range of technologies, particularly Java, MySQL, and Linux. This position could be upgraded to Lead Java Engineer depending on the candidate's experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain knowledge of ICE domain including end-to-end workflows and behavioral characteristics of system components
• Work closely with principal engineer to develop and test software components to high performance standards while avoiding technical debt
• Build tools and automation needed to support performance management activities
• Execute all phases of the SDLC process for software components
• Investigate, measure, and optimize performance of software components
• Execute POCs to identify solutions to performance-related problems
• Provide technical support and subject matter expertise to internal users of automation tools
• Promote a culture of responsibility, ownership, and support for teammates

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline
• 5+ years of recent server-side core Java experience
• Experience and strong understanding of:
  • Multi-threaded server-side development and Java concurrency
  • Core Java / Java collections
  • Relational databases such as MySQL
  • Automating repetitive tasks using Bash or Python scripting
  • Linux commands and tools
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with performance tuning, debugging, and memory profiling is a plus
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Schedule

This role offers work from home flexibility of up to 2 days per week.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.