Senior Developer

Job Purpose

At Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), you will be part of a team responsible for the design, implementation and support of the Derivatives Trading Platform. This position offers a unique opportunity for both server-side and modern front-end development.

Responsibilities

• Follow team guidelines for quality and consistency within the design and development phases of applications
• Lead efforts to design, architect and write new software components
• Independently handle project activities related to builds and deployments
• Create design documentation for new software development
• Provide support for production applications
• Provide support for deployments during maintenance windows
• Identify opportunities to improve and optimize applications
• Work with business analysts or product management in understanding new requirements
• Follow company software development processes and standards

Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information technology
• 6+ years of experience of Java development
• Experience with and strong understanding of:
• Multi-threaded server-side development and Java concurrency
• Core Java/Java collections
• Relational databases
• Performance tuning, debugging, and memory profiling
• Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Knowledge of UNIX command and tools
• Understanding of common design and architectural principles
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work well in a team environment
• Ability to work with little supervision and under pressure
• Proven track record of making decisions with positive outcome
• Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants (Claude Code / Cursor / GitHub Copilot) to support daily development work
• Front-end JavaScript development (with modern JavaScript web application stack such as React) preferred