Senior Software Developer

Job Description Job Description Job Purpose Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and business challenges in the financial sector. ICE team members work across departments and traditional boundaries to innovate and respond to industry demand. The ideal candidate will be able to multitask in a dynamic team-based environment demonstrating strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities and the highest degree of professionalism. This role will be part of a team responsible for developing the tools to the Enterprise Ticker Plant. It involves right from participating in the requirements discussions, technical design, setting up the development environment, developing the applications and deploying the applications to the configured environment. In addition, the Software Engineer will be responsible for supporting the QA staff and any production issues that may come for the deployed applications. We are looking for a senior C++ developer to be a part of an experienced team of professionals taking technical ownership of the projects related to Enterprise Ticker plant tools. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is essential. They should be willing to learn or work on Go language. We are also looking for an experienced software engineer with technical proficiency as well as an eager attitude, professionalism, and solid communication skills. Responsibilities - Develop and support applications related to the in-house Enterprise Ticker Plant applications - Write scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code - Translate software requirements into stable, working, high performance software - Play a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient micro services distributed architecture - Passionate technologist, keen to innovate, learn and share knowledge with others - Should have strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, data structures and algorithms - Should be strong on Linux based application development - Should be experienced in Systems programming, multithreading and in writing the Client-Server based applications - Mentor or guide the junior developers by doing code reviews - Document changes and author documentation on software functionality Knowledge And Experience - Bachelor's degree in technology, engineering or equivalent experience - 6 to 9 years experience in Software Development - Demonstrably strong C/C++ programming skills - 5+ years of development on Unix/Linux platforms - Hands-on knowledge of GCC/G++, GDB, Valgrind, and system profilers - Willing to learn and work on languages like Go and Python - Top class ability to understand complex systems and how to debug problems - Good working knowledge of TCP and Multicast programming paradigms - Demonstrated experience with Linux/Unix and shell scripting - Should be familiar with network engineering and socket programming - Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB), Redis, etc. - Plan and implement model data structures for scalability. - Work on the maintenance or enhancement of existing data structures. - Designing REST APIs which will be used by multiple clients. - Experience with programming and scripting languages is preferred like: Python, Perl, Bash Shell or similar languages. - Should have strong knowledge of low level Linux with experience of pthreads and locking. - Should have strong knowledge about the TCP/IP stack, packet capturing tools like tcpdump, tshark or dumpcap - Experience with Git - version control system - Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment. - Use of AI tools such as GitHub copilot, Cursor, or Claude a plus