Staff Site Reliability Engineer

CME Group

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$132,100–$220,100 / yr
Posted
26 days ago

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Similar $186k
This role $176k
$120k most similar roles pay here $242k

This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $156,950–$215,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $176k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

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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

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TL;DR · Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Join us as a Staff Site Reliability Engineer in the Clearing department, where you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing mission-critical systems that facilitate billions of dollars in daily financial transactions. You’ll apply software engineering principles to build ultra-reliable infrastructure, architect cutting-edge solutions for application resiliency, drive automation across system lifecycles, and integrate SRE practices into the development process. With expertise in cloud services like Google Cloud, proficiency in languages such as Java or Python, and mastery of tools like Terraform and Prometheus, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure operational excellence while fostering a culture that prioritizes observability and performance testing. This role demands a strong academic background, proven reliability engineering skills, automation prowess, and a security-first mindset, all within the dynamic and innovative environment of global financial technology.

What you'll do

  • Pioneer solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of CME clearing and risk systems.
  • Architect and implement cutting-edge resiliency and fault tolerance solutions for applications.
  • Drive automation and continuous improvement across the entire system lifecycle.
  • Integrate SRE principles into the software development lifecycle from day one.
  • Innovate and lead efforts to prevent incidents and enhance operational processes globally.
  • Spearhead adoption of observability and performance testing practices in teams.
  • Own end-to-end operational integrity of products, contributing to organizational goals.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required.
  • Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Services and other major cloud providers.
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, Bash, Go; TypeScript/Rust a plus.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform, GKE, Chef.
  • Proven reliability engineering skills with SRE best practices implementation.
  • Strong automation capabilities including CI/CD, orchestration, and configuration management.
  • Knowledge of observability platforms such as OpenTelemetry and Prometheus.

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