Staff Site Reliability Engineer

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.

• Proven reliability engineering skills: Deep knowledge of SRE and security best practices, with a track record of implementing them into workflows. A solid understanding of performance testing tools is essential, along with the ability to help teams resolve complex performance issues.

• Automation prowess: Demonstrated experience with automation, CI/CD, orchestration, and configuration management.

• Observability knowledge: Familiarity with logging and observability platforms such as OpenTelemetry and Prometheus.

• A security-first mindset: Strong understanding of security and compliance frameworks.

• Problem-solving abilities: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong collaboration skills: An agile team player who is self-motivated and can work with minimal supervision while juggling multiple concurrent projects.

• A passion for innovation: A continuous desire to learn and stay up-to-date with the latest technologies a