Job Purpose

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is seeking a Senior Java Developer within the clearing technology team. The ICE clearing technology team is responsible for building the software that allows ICE’s clearing houses to process millions of transactions a day, reliably and efficiently. ICE clearing houses finalize trades, settle accounts, and collect margin payments every day. The senior developer will work with our clearing houses, around the world, to build and maintain software systems that provide Post-Trade Management and Clearing functions for customers and business operations. The senior developer will follow established design patterns and architectural principles, and collaborate well with QA, product management and other functional teams to implement high quality solutions to user requirements. The ideal candidate for this position will be a self-directed individual with a passion for excellence and demonstrable experience in building and maintaining diverse business applications containing complex workflows and business rules. The role requires a strong knowledge of server-side technologies, good experience with iterative development and SDLC tools, and the ability to work well with others.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement software solutions based on standard design and architecture patterns for user requirements.

• Accurately document the design and implementation steps, review with business analysts, development, and QA teams.

• Collaborate with product, project management, and QA team in requirements analysis, solution design, providing development work estimates and project status.

• Assist to develop and ensure complete functional and non-functional specifications. 

• Collaborate with other internal teams to translate business requirements into technical implementation for the automation of existing processes and the development of new applications.

• Understand complex business logic in existing systems and transition it to new technologies and systems.

• Work with system operations, database administration and systems engineering teams in production support and defining system recovery procedures.

• Identify root causes and develop solutions for program failures.

• Plan and execute unit tests to ensure the developed code is free of functional defects.

• Work closely with Performance Test team to identify performance hotspots and in providing timely resolution during load tests.

• Work in an agile and continuous integration environment with a command of SDLC tools.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s in computer science or software/computer engineering (or equivalent) required.
• 5+ years of experience developing low latency, high-performance transactional software systems and components using standard Enterprise Integration Patterns and design principles.
• A deep knowledge of:
  • Java 11+ including concurrency and memory management.
  • OOD, Design Patterns
  • Distributed messaging, JMS
  • Spring and its frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data
• Experience with Oracle PL/SQL and Database Technologies.
• Experience applying continuous improvement tools and agile development methods to enhance and evolve complex systems driven by business needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and work independently on multiple projects.
• Demonstrable skills in production support and root cause analysis.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience

• Advanced AI skills using agentic providers such as Anthropic/Claude, GitHub Copilot, etc.

• Experience in developing micro-services in container-based Kubernetes platforms (OpenShift)

• Experience developing Web UI using JavaScript based frameworks like React/JS

• Exposure to the financial services technologies domain, particularly in futures and options

• Working knowledge with shell scripts and CLI in Linux