Note: This position follows a hybrid work model, requiring 2 days per week on-site at our corporate office Chicago, IL or New York, NY
Title: Staff systems engineer - Compute support
Job Summary
As a Staff Systems Engineer within the Reliability, Engineering & Operations (REO) team, you will serve as a technical linchpin for CME Group’s mission-critical markets infrastructure. This role is designed for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of high-scale distributed systems and cloud evolution.
Operating on a Tuesday through Saturday schedule, you will provide critical support and continuity for our platforms, ensuring reliability and observability during critical market windows.
!!Work hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 2pm to 11pm CST!!
What You’ll Get
A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
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What You’ll Do
Architect Resilience: Own and resolve escalated incidents within our distributed computing architecture, performing root cause analysis across client server, hardware platforms and resources: CPU, memory, virtualization, clustering and Cloud computing
Drive Cloud Evolution: Support the migration of markets applications & infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Engineer Observability: Partner with stakeholders to enhance alerting and observability to drive faster detection and data-driven decisions.
Innovate through Automation: Eradicate manual toil by developing automated solutions that enhance system scalability and reliability across the enterprise.
Lead and Mentor: Serve as a technical leader within the team, managing high-level discussions on architectural approaches and fostering the growth of junior engineers through intentional mentorship.
Optimize Performance: Collaborate with SRE and Product teams to fine-tune system efficiency, ensuring our infrastructure meets the demands of global markets.
What You’ll Bring
Operational Excellence: A strong background in incident response and SRE principles, with a demonstrated ability to take accountability for complex problems and change management.
10+ years experience with administering and troubleshooting the Linux Operating System.
Deep Technical Expertise: Proven experience managing complex distributed systems, including client-server architecture, clustering, and hardware resource optimization (CPU & Memory).
Automation Mindset: Proficiency in automating repetitive tasks to improve reliability; familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and modern monitoring tools is highly valued.
Leadership & Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to lead technical presentations and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Cloud Proficiency: Proficiency with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and a solid understanding of cloud-native architecture and virtualization.
Mentorship: A passion for developing talent and sharing knowledge within a collaborative engineering culture.
Required skills
Deep knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell or Python
Cloud experience, Google Cloud preferred
Experience with administering and troubleshooting the Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
Ability to present complex, technical ideas in a clear and concise manner to non-technical audiences.
Detailed understanding of building systems to monitor and provide detailed observability into our infrastructure environment.
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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $119,900-$199,800. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.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
- 10+ years experience with administering and troubleshooting the Linux Operating System
- Proficiency with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Deep knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell or Python
- Experience with administering and troubleshooting the Windows Operating System
- Detailed understanding of building systems to monitor and provide observability
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.
