The core responsibilities focus on the reliability, automation, and performance of data systems on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP):
Infrastructure & Automation: Design, build, secure, and maintain data infrastructure, including pipelines, warehouses, and processing platforms. This includes developing automation scripts to streamline operations and ensure scalability for growing data volumes.
Monitoring & Incident Response: Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify issues. You must respond to incidents promptly to minimize downtime and data loss.
Quality & Optimization: Measure and monitor data quality. Optimize systems to reduce latency, improve performance, and ensure efficient processing.
Collaboration: Work with data scientists, domain owners, and infrastructure teams to ensure effective data consumption, forecast growth, and plan capacity.
Security & Compliance: Ensure data security and compliance with protection regulations by implementing access controls and encryption.
Documentation: Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation for systems, configurations, and standard operating procedures.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
Experience: 5+ years of experience in data engineering or data science on GCP.
Proven experience as a Data SRE or similar role focused on infrastructure management.
Solid understanding of SRE practices and software development best practices (Git, CI/CD).
Technical Proficiency:
GCP Services: BigQuery, Dataflow, Data Fusion, Dataproc, Cloud Composer, Pub/Sub, and Google Cloud Storage.
Programming: Strong skills in Python (NumPy, Pandas, PySpark), Java (Spark, functional interfaces), or Scala.
Data Tools: Relational databases, data warehousing, big data platforms, and data streaming (e.g., Kafka).
Monitoring: Experience with Cloud Logging, ELK Stack, AppDynamics, New Relic, or Splunk.
Preferred Skills:Google Associate Cloud Engineer or Data Engineer certification.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of AI and ML tools.
CME Group: Where Futures are Made
CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.
At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.
Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.
Skills Required
- Experience in Site Reliability Engineering
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience with cloud services
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.
CME Group Insights
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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