Staff Site Reliability Engineer - cmegroup

We're looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our team, focusing on the core systems that power global financial markets. This isn't just about keeping the lights on; it's about pioneering the future of financial technology. As a member of our Clearing department, you'll be on the front lines, ensuring the integrity and performance of mission-critical systems that facilitate billions of dollars in daily transactions. If you're a builder at heart, driven by a passion for creating ultra-reliable and resilient systems, you'll thrive here.

This is a hybrid role. You must be in our office 2+ days a week

What You’ll Get

A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.

Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.

A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about our career opportunities here .

What You’ll Do

As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer , you'll be a visionary builder of our resilient infrastructure. You'll move beyond conventional operations to apply software engineering principles to every facet of our clearing systems.

Pioneer solutions to guarantee the reliability, performance, and availability of our CME clearing and risk systems, where every millisecond and every transaction counts.

Architect and implement cutting-edge solutions for application resiliency and fault tolerance.

Drive automation and continuous improvement across the entire system lifecycle, eliminating manual toil and enhancing operational excellence.

Integrate SRE principles directly into the software development lifecycle, embedding reliability from day one.

Collaborate with cross-functional development and platform teams, providing expert-level guidance to deploy and maintain critical applications.

Innovate and lead efforts to prevent incidents, enhance operational processes, and automate solutions at a global scale.

Spearhead the adoption of observability and performance testing, guiding teams to a "build with SRE mindset" culture.

Own the end-to-end operational integrity of products, understanding and contributing to the bigger picture of the organization.

What You’ll Bring

A strong academic background : Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is strongly preferred.

Cloud expertise : Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications using IaaS and PaaS on major cloud providers, preferably Google Cloud Services.

Coding fluency : Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Java, Python, Bash, or Go . Typescript and/or Rust are a significant plus.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) mastery : Experience with tools such as GKE, Terraform , CloudFormation, and Chef.