Lead Developer — Build a Low-Latency Trading Engine

ICE; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) is seeking a Lead Developer to join the core infrastructure team responsible for developing and maintaining the ICE Trading Platform’s server‑side systems with low latency and high throughput.

You will collaborate with project managers, developers, QA and product management to ensure delivery of a world‑class platform and to implement the trading engine, deployments, and design documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years of C++ development experience.
• Strong understanding of modern C++ & STL (up to C++11).
• Experience with development of multithreaded applications.
• Experience with low latency and high throughput systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain and support the trading engine of the ICE Trading Platform.
• Follow team guidelines for quality and consistency within the design and development phases of applications.
• Independently handle project activities related to builds and deployments.
• Create design documentation for new software development.
• Provide support for production applications.
• Provide support for deployments during maintenance windows.
• Identify opportunities to improve and optimize applications.
• Work with business analysts or product management in understanding new requirements.
• Follow company software development processes and standards.

Skills

C++ development

Multithreading

Low latency systems

STL (C++11)

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

CMake

Valgrind

Ruby

Jenkins

Python

Groovy

RPM

Conan

C++14

C++17

Job description

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) is seeking a Lead Developer to join the core infrastructure team responsible for developing and maintaining the ICE Trading Platform’s server‑side systems with low latency and high throughput.

You will collaborate with project managers, developers, QA and product management to ensure delivery of a world‑class platform and to implement the trading engine, deployments, and design documentation.