Staff Site Reliability Engineer

CME Group

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$132,100–$220,100 / yr
Posted
16 days ago
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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $176k
$120k most similar roles pay here $242k

This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $161,278–$215,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $176k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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About CME Group

CME Group operates the world''s largest financial derivatives marketplace, offering futures and options products across interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products, and metals. Industry: Financial Exchanges & Derivatives

CME Group currently has 8 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,950–$214,850 across 8 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Site Reliability Engineer

As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer within the Clearing department, you will join a team focused on the core systems powering global financial markets. You will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and performance of mission-critical clearing and risk systems where every millisecond matters. Your daily work involves applying software engineering principles to infrastructure, building resilient systems, automating the lifecycle to eliminate manual toil, and integrating SRE principles into the development process. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Google Cloud Services, Infrastructure as Code tools like GKE, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Chef. You will utilize programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, or Go, with TypeScript and Rust being significant pluses. Additionally, you will leverage OpenTelemetry and Prometheus for observability while managing performance testing and security compliance within the financial technology domain.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Apply software engineering principles to all aspects of the clearing and risk systems.
  • Architect and implement solutions for application resiliency and fault tolerance.
  • Drive automation across the system lifecycle to eliminate manual toil and improve operations.
  • Integrate SRE principles into the software development lifecycle from day one.
  • Provide expert guidance to development teams to deploy and maintain critical applications.
  • Lead initiatives to prevent incidents and automate solutions at a global scale.
  • Spearhead the adoption of observability and performance testing across technical teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred).
  • Experience deploying and operating applications using IaaS and PaaS on major cloud providers, preferably Google Cloud Services.
  • Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Java, Python, Bash, or Go.
  • TypeScript and/or Rust are significant pluses (preferred).
  • Mastery of Infrastructure as Code tools such as GKE, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Chef.
  • Deep knowledge of SRE and security best practices with a track record of implementing them into workflows.
  • Experience with automation, CI/CD, orchestration, configuration management, and observability platforms like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus.
  • Strong communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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