Principal Engineer

Overview

Job Purpose

At Intercontinental Exchange, we power global commodity markets through cutting-edge electronic trading and clearing platforms. As a Principal Engineer, you'll work on systems that shape the future of markets like oil, sugar, and cotton-impacting economies worldwide. This is your opportunity to tackle complex challenges, innovate with the latest technologies, and make a tangible difference in global commerce, leveraging state-of-the[1]art technology to solve challenging problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and drive architectural decisions across multiple teams and platforms

• Mentor a team of developers and oversee complex development projects

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure adherence to development standards and procedures

• Drive scalability and performance optimization for systems that process millions of transactions daily

• Assist in managing project timelines and team performance

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with 8+ years of Java development experience.

• Java 21, multi-threaded development, and distributed messaging (Kafka, JMS)

• Spring Framework 6.x (Spring Boot 3.x), including reactive programming (WebFlux) and Spring AOP

• Databases and persistence (Oracle, SQL, JPA, MyBatis)

• Microservices architecture with API gateway patterns and service discovery

• Event-driven architecture and caching (Redis, Hazelcast)

• RESTful API design (OpenAPI/Swagger)

• Modern testing tooling (JUnit 5, Mockito, Spring Boot Test) - Build tools (Maven, Gradle)

• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and cloud-native microservices using containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD)

• Passion for learning new technologies and adapting to fast-paced environments

• Discretion, analytical thinking, and independent judgment

• Proven experience mentoring development teams

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

What Sets You Apart

• Experience with AI-powered development tools including Claude Code and Cursor for accelerated code generation and refactoring

• Knowledge of RAG / MCP / LLM technologies

• Strong problem-solving abilities, with proven performance tuning, debugging, and memory profiling expertise in Java/JVM

• A passion for financial markets and/or open-source contributions

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.