About the role
CME Group is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II (SRE II) to help build, operate, and scale systems in our Markets portfolio. Markets SREs work on products and applications for CME’s Globex trading platform, where our systems deliver an exceptional combination of low-latency performance and rock-solid reliability to seamlessly handle the world’s busiest trading days.
The successful candidate will work alongside with senior engineers to observe, monitor, automate, and improve the reliability of our production services.
Key Responsibilities
Build Observability: Collaborate with product teams to design and implement robust monitoring, alerting, and observability for key services.
Enhance Reliability: Provide SRE expertise on reliability, scalability, and performance for new features and system changes.
Automate & Innovate: Write scripts and tools to automate operational tasks, reduce toil, and improve engineering velocity.
Incident Response: Participate in an on-call rotation and assist in incident response under the guidance of senior engineers, contributing to a culture of blameless post-mortems.
Improve Resiliency: Contribute to Disaster Recovery (DR) and resiliency testing to ensure our systems meet strict availability requirements.
Cloud Migration: Support the migration of Markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
What We're Looking For
1-3+ years of professional experience in a Site Reliability, DevOps, Software, or Systems Engineering role.
A keen interest and passion for Site Reliability Engineering principles.
Demonstrable ability to automate operational tasks using a language like Python or Bash.
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable Skills
Cloud Platforms: Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), especially GCE and/or GKE.
Monitoring Tools: Hands-on experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry, or Splunk.
Distributed Systems: Knowledge of working with large-scale distributed systems.
Containerization: Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
Networking: Basic knowledge of networking protocols (HTTP, TCP/UDP, IP).
Domain Knowledge: Experience in financial markets or with message-oriented middleware.
Why CME Group
Be part of a global leader in financial services technology.
Work on cutting-edge technology in a collaborative and innovative culture.
Receive a competitive compensation and benefits package.
Grow your career in SRE with an organization committed to this modern approach.
Join CME Group and play a crucial role in ensuring the stability and performance of our global trading applications. Apply now to be a part of our dynamic SRE team!
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Skills Required
- 1-3+ years of professional experience in Site Reliability, DevOps, Software, or Systems Engineering
- Interest and passion for Site Reliability Engineering principles
- Ability to automate operational tasks using Python or Bash
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, especially GCE or GKE
- Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or Splunk
- Knowledge of large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- Basic knowledge of HTTP, TCP/UDP, and IP networking protocols
- Experience in financial markets or with message-oriented middleware
CME Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CME Group and has not been reviewed or approved by CME Group.
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Retirement Support — U.S. offerings include both a 401(k) and a company-funded cash-balance pension, strengthening long-term financial security. This dual-track structure is highlighted as a notable differentiator among private employers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and holiday schedules are described as generous, with ample time off and carryover commonly highlighted. This breadth of leave meaningfully enhances perceived total rewards.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible, hybrid work model applies to many roles, increasing day-to-day usability of the package. Flexibility is framed as a standard feature rather than an exception.
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What We Do
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.
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