- Analyze and resolve severe database bottlenecks, high latency, lock contention, blockings, and deadlocks across enterprise OLTP and OLAP systems.
- Deep-dive into SQL execution plans, index strategies, partitioning, memory allocation, and I/O tuning to maximize database throughput, Parameters Tuning
- Monitor dynamic performance views (pg_stat_statements, pg_stat_activity, V$, DBA_, AWR, ADDM, execution plans) to proactively identify slow queries and system-level resource constraints.
- Architect and implement table partitioning, indexing, materialization, and caching strategies.
- Analyze complex EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) execution plans to optimize slow queries, rewrite inefficient SQL, and design optimal indexing strategies (B-Tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN).
- Set up comprehensive database observability metrics using native GCP/CloudWatch/Azure Monitor platforms.
- Establish SLOs/SLIs for database latency, query response times, and connection pooling.
- Lead high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) setup, testing, and continuous optimization.
Nice-To-Have:
Database DevOps & Infrastructure
- Implement Database Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform , KCC etc.
- Build automated database deployment pipelines using Git CI/CD, Jenkins.
- Manage automated database schema changes and migrations using tools like Liquibase or Flyway.
- Experience: 8+ years of core database engineering experience, with at least 5+ years specializing in deep Database tuning
Database Mastery: Deep understanding of Database internal architecture. Willing to learn new DB technologies with Cloud first mindset
Execution Plan Diagnostics: Advanced ability to analyze execution plans, join order decisions, index usage, and system-level disk I/O bottlenecks.
Scripting: Automation proficiency in Shell or Python,
High Availability Tools: Direct experience setting up and troubleshooting.
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.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of core database engineering experience
- 5+ years specializing in deep database tuning
- Deep understanding of database internal architecture
- Willingness to learn new database technologies with a cloud-first mindset
- Advanced ability to analyze execution plans, join order decisions, index usage, and system-level disk I/O bottlenecks
- Automation proficiency in Shell or Python
- Direct experience setting up and troubleshooting high-availability tools
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.
