Hybrid Senior Principal Engineer – Java

at Cboe Global Markets

• Job title: Senior Principal Engineer – Java
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $204,000 - $252,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Java, JUnit, Linux, SDLC, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Sr Principal Engineer designing and implementing enterprise-grade Java systems at BIDS Trading. Collaborating with teams to enhance trading platforms and deliver key system enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver significant enhancements to key Java-based services within our trading systems.
• Re-engineer applications to modernize architecture and leverage cloud (AWS) services, improving operational capabilities including scalability, resiliency, and observability.
• Contribute to the evolution of the firm’s SDLC and surrounding tooling and processes.
• Implement test harnesses and automation to improve test coverage.
• Constantly challenge yourself and the team for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 15+ years designing, implementing, and refactoring complex systems in Java in a real-time trading environment.
• High level of proficiency in SQL, Linux, and Bash.
• Expert knowledge of FIX messaging and FIX engines.
• Extensive experience building high-performance, scalable, transactional systems, and with related messaging architectures and persistence patterns.
• Deep knowledge of capital markets, as well as familiarity of order and trade lifecycles in at least one asset class.
• Passionate about building distributed systems and comfortable learning new languages and frameworks.
• Skilled at problem-solving, both big-picture architectural and detailed technical issues.
• Understanding of design trade-offs, especially around non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, testability, and resilience.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as JUnit.
• Experience using debuggers and profilers to diagnose and fix problems.
• Experience using source control management systems such as Git in a continuous integration environment.

Benefits

• Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement
• Flexible, hybrid work environment
• 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
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 100% RRSP matching program with no vesting period
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Gender Affirmation Assistance Program
• Mental Wellbeing