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Overview
CME Group are looking for an experienced, highly-talented engineer to work as a Tech Specialist within CME Belfast's Engineering and Execution (E&E) team. They will be a hands-on, forward-thinking technical lead, initially working in the Credit application space within the much sought-after Trade Execution department.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join! CME Group (Press Release) have recently entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Google Cloud that will transform global derivatives markets, by migrating our technology infrastructure to Google Cloud (GCP) and becoming a fully cloud-based company.
Principal Accountabilities
The Tech Specialist will:
- be responsible for delivering resilient, performant, scalable software that must have the capacity to seamlessly facilitate the busiest trading days in the world economy
- play a lead role collaborating with architecture and analysis teams to develop an understanding of business asks and solution proposals,
- provide constructive feedback and input on both work effort estimation as well as architecture/design improvements.
- build organisational networks and partner effectively within and across teams, ensuring we build the right solutions
- be a senior code reviewer ensuring we hold ourselves to the highest standards, while proactively identifying and mitigating potential issues and defects.
They will:
- provide technical direction on the emerging architecture of applications, using own research and POCs on new technologies to steer
- advocate and drive continuous improvement efforts (process improvements, automation etc.)
- practice and advocate a test-first mindset
- act as a team player and assist teams to achieve delivery milestones
- mentor fellow team members allowing them to fulfil their potential
Essential Criteria
- Expertise in core Java skills and writing clean code
- Experience with middleware technologies.
- Prior experience working with BDD methodologies and automated acceptance criteria.
- Passion to keep up with tech trends and continually learning
- Ability to learn, adapt and react to business needs & technology problems
Desirable Criteria
- Knowledge of financial markets and working with financial applications.
- Knowledge of financial messaging protocols, and in particular FIX.
- Knowledge of GCP (staff will have the opportunity to gain GCP certifications)
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