Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$126k–$210k/yr
Description: CME Group is looking for a senior and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join a dynamic team responsible for our mission-critical Real-time Positions & Risk Management Systems. This role is pivotal in dr…
Skills: Java, Spring Framework, REST APIs, Python, Google Cloud Platform
Los Angeles, California, United States · Hybrid
$76k–$150k/yr
Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you …
Skills: ASC 740, Income Tax Provision, FIN 48, OneSource Tax Provision (OTP), Tax Accounting
Chandler, Arizona, United States · Hybrid
$72k–$119k/yr
Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, t…
Skills: Digital Marketing, Campaign Management, Project Management, Problem Solving, Process Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$104k–$130k/yr
Job Description Here at Kraft Heinz, we grow our people to grow our business, because we believe that great people make great companies. When you join our table, you can expect access to an array of holistic wellness ben…
Skills: Financial Analysis, P&L Ownership, Forecasting, Advanced Excel, Budgeting
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote Solely
Are you a new real estate agent looking to grow your skills, or an experienced agent wanting more flexibility? Our Associate Agent role lets you work with customers on your schedule and make money in real estate without …
Skills: Real Estate Licensing, Property Showing, Open House Hosting, Inspection Attendance, Customer Service
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$93k–$168k/yr
At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers. Join HCSC an…
Skills: Statistics, Financial Theory, Mathematics, Pricing, Underwriting
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$135k–$175k/yr
At AIG, we are reimagining the way we help customers to manage risk. Join us as an Assistant Regional Underwriting Manager, PL/Cyber, Midwest Financial Lines to play your part in that transformation. It’s an opportunity …
Skills: Commercial Underwriting, Cyber Liability, Professional Liability, Broker Relationship Management, Risk Assessment
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$96k–$162k/yr
About Northern Trust As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, fa…
Skills: KRI Development, Risk Analytics, Automation, Power BI, Power Automate
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$81k–$114k/yr
Work Location: Chicago Due to the highly interactive and team-based nature of this role, in-person attendance for most of the workweek (i.e., 3 days or more) is essential for: effective communication including during i…
Skills: Financial Planning & Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, P&L Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote OK
The Senior Underwriting Strategy Analyst supports the Director of Underwriting Strategy in driving portfolio performance, optimizing underwriting, and advancing strategic initiatives across the underwriting lifecycle. Th…
Skills: Underwriting Strategy, Portfolio Management, Data Analysis, Risk Selection, Financial Modeling
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$63k–$153k/yr
Industry/Sector Not Applicable Specialism Software Engineering Management Level Associate Job Description & Summary The Opportunity As a Tax Innovation - Software Engineering - Experienced Associate, you will focus on de…
Skills: Java, Python, C++, Spring Boot, React Native
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote OK
$102k–$170k/yr
Job Family: Finance & Accounting Consulting Travel Required: Up to 75%+ Clearance Required: None What You Will Do: Managing Consultants own client engagements from cultivation to completion. In this role, you will be acc…
Skills: Revenue Cycle Management, Management Consulting, Project Management, Account Receivables, Denials Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote OK
$89k–$148k/yr
Job Family: Finance & Accounting Consulting Travel Required: Up to 75%+ Clearance Required: None What You Will Do: Senior Consultants have responsibility for client management, solution implementation and generation of p…
Skills: Healthcare Revenue Cycle, Financial Analysis, Epic EHR, Account Receivables, Denials Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$129k–$174k/yr
Clearwater Analytics’ mission is to become the world’s most trusted and comprehensive technology platform for investment reporting, accounting, and analytics. With our team, you will partner with the most sophisticated a…
Skills: Java, Python, AWS, Azure, GCP
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$120k–$199k/yr
Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the …
Skills: Underwriting, Risk Assessment, Negotiation, Relationship Management, Consultative Selling
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$150k–$150k/yr
Job DetailsLevel: ExperiencedJob Location: Corporate Chicago - Chicago, IL 60606Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeSalary Range: $150,000.00 - $150,000.00 Base+Commission/yearTravel Percentage: Up to 5…
Skills: Multifamily Acquisitions, Financial Modeling, Underwriting, Deal Sourcing, Negotiation
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote OK
$102k–$170k/yr
Job Family: Finance & Accounting Consulting Travel Required: Up to 75%+ Clearance Required: None What You Will Do: Managing Consultants own client engagements from cultivation to completion. In this role, you will be acc…
Skills: Revenue Cycle Management, Optimization, Performance Improvement, Management Consulting, Project Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$83k–$126k/yr
Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, t…
Skills: Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving, Financial Modeling, Cash Flow Analysis, Collaboration
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote OK
$89k–$148k/yr
Job Family: Finance & Accounting Consulting Travel Required: Up to 75%+ Clearance Required: None What You Will Do: Senior Consultants have responsibility for client management, solution implementation and generation of p…
Skills: Healthcare Revenue Cycle, Patient Access, Financial Analysis, Epic EHR, Operational Process Improvement
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hybrid
$72k–$141k/yr
You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring …
Skills: Ledger Reconciliation, Financial Close Governance, GAAP, Statutory Accounting, BPO Management
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Lead the architecture and development of high-volume, low-latency Java applications on GCP for mission-critical risk management systems. Drive technical decisions, mentor junior engineers, and integrate AI-augmented engineering tools to improve team velocity.
Requires a degree in Computer Science or a related field and 8+ years of Java development experience. Must have expertise in Spring, GCP, multi-threaded applications, and modern GenAI code assistance tools.
Description:
CME Group is looking for a senior and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join a dynamic team responsible for our mission-critical Real-time Positions & Risk Management Systems. This role is pivotal in driving the evolution of our platforms by designing and delivering robust, high-performance software and leveraging the latest advancements in AI to enhance our capabilities.
The ideal candidate is a creative problem-solver and a proactive technical leader who will help shape the future of our technology stack. You will be instrumental in developing innovative solutions that are central to the stability and advancement of CME Group's core clearing and risk management functions.
Principal Responsibilities
Lead the architecture, design, and development of high-volume, low-latency Java applications on Google Cloud for mission-critical systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
Translate complex business and functional requirements into well-designed, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
Architect and maintain a robust CI/CD automation pipeline to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product management, quality assurance, and operations, to deliver cohesive solutions.
Mentor junior engineers, provide technical guidance, and lead by example in following agile best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
Core Technical Expertise
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years of hands-on Java development experience.
Exceptional problem-solving skills and a proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
Expert-level proficiency in Java, with deep experience in the Spring framework and building REST APIs.
Experience with Python for scripting, data analysis, or machine learning.
Proven track record designing and debugging multi-threaded concurrent applications, with deep understanding of memory models, lock-free data structures, thread pools and race condition diagnosis.
Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Run or Dataflow in production environments.
Experience with observability at scale (distributed tracing, SLO/SLI, chaos engineering)
Experience with realtime message frameworks (Kafka, MQ, Flink, etc)
Experience with SQL and Postgres DB.
AI-augmented Engineering
High proficiency with modern GenAI code assistance tools (e.g., Gemini, CoPilot, Claude) to accelerate development and improve code quality.
Ability to evaluate, integrate and champion AI tooling to accelerate team velocity while maintaining code quality and security standards.
Demonstrated experience in building AI agents and agentic workflows.
Staff-level Expectations
Drive architecture decisions across team boundaries and be able to articulate tradeoffs clearly to both engineers and stakeholders.
Be able to operate under press and on-call for system where failure has direct financial or regulatory input
Raise the bar through code reviews, design reviews and mentorship
Contribute to development tooling and engineering culture initiatives.
Desirable Qualifications
Experience developing software for financial risk management, trading, or clearing systems.
CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.
At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.
Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.
CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.
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