Principal Engineer

Overview

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 a team within ICE's Derivatives Trading Development organization to build software solutions for high throughput, low latency applications using C++/Java on Linux Platform.

• Manage all phases of the project life-cycle including implementation, programming, testing and maintaining software systems
• Provide direction on engineering projects and offers recommendations to management on potential solutions to issues
• Manage deadlines and other department related tasks
• Design and Develop C++ and/or Java based application using Low Latency libraries
• Investigate, profile, and optimize performance of software components
• Provide Production Support for existing applications
• Execute POCs to identify solutions to ambiguous and challenging problems
• Promote a culture of responsibility, ownership, and support for teammates

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of recent C++ and/or Core Java Experience
• Expert level understanding of:
• Low latency and high throughput server-side development
• C++, Core Java, Bash or Python scripting
• Linux commands and tools
• Experience with performance tuning, debugging, and memory profiling is a must
• Excellent analytical/quantitative, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead collaborations across multiple teams
• Extensive knowledge and understanding in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Proficient in statistical modeling on large trading and market data set
• Experience with predictive signals and market impact analysis preferred
• Experience with Derivatives Trading Domain Preferred
• Hands-on experience with market data and order routing preferred

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.