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. We're looking for motivated, results-oriented people to join our team.

As a Senior Java Developer, you will be part of a team responsible for contributing to the design, development, maintenance and support of ICE Chat, a high-volume enterprise instant messaging application. This is an exciting opportunity for a technologist to make a significant impact on the team and help determine the product road map as well as the technologies that will be used. The ideal candidate must be results-oriented, self-motivated and can thrive in a fast-pace environment. This role requires frequent interactions with project and product managers, developers, quality assurance and other stakeholders, in order to ensure delivery of a world class application to our users. An ideal candidate should have a strong sense of ownership and be able to exercise independent judgment as well as collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing key system architecture
• Work with business analysts or product management in understanding new requirements
• Writing readable, testable code with an eye for performance
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting application issues in production and test environments
• Identify opportunities to improve and optimize the application.
• Create design documentation for new software development
• Lead efforts to design, architect and write new software components.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• 5+ years of recent server-side core Java experience
• Strong knowledge of multi-threaded and concurrent Java development
• Good understanding of JVM internals, particularly Java garbage collection
• Knowledge developing, testing, and scaling distributed systems
• Problem solving, strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Financial services experience, derivatives and option pricing is preferred
• First-hand experience with Enterprise Messaging (Kafka) and deploying and running applications in Cloud (AWS) is preferred

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.