Senior Java Developer

Overview

Job Purpose

At Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), we engineer technology, exchanges and clearing houses that connect companies around the world to global capital and derivative markets. With a leading-edge approach to developing technology platforms, we have built market infrastructure in all major trading centers, offering customers the ability to manage risk and make informed decisions globally. By leveraging our core strengths in technology, we continue to identify new ways to serve our customers and transform global markets. We're looking for motivated, results-oriented people to join our team.

As a Senior Java Developer, you will be part of a dynamic team responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and operational support of the backend services and applications supporting the Settlements platform.

The ideal candidate must be results-oriented and self-motivated, with the drive to evaluate and design new backend features and services that support the system's end goals. This role focuses on server-side development — building robust, scalable, high-performance Java services — so deep Java expertise is imperative and should form the majority of the candidate's professional experience. Front-end contribution is welcome but secondary.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of backend services and applications supporting the Settlements platform

• Be able to lead an effort to design, architect and write new software components.

• Be able to independently handle project activities related to builds and deployments.

• Be able to create software tests, verify the functionality and quality of the software.

• Create design documentation for new software development and subsequent versions.

• Provide second-tier production support for 24/7 applications.

• Provide support for deployments during maintenance windows.

• Troubleshoot issues as they arise, in the dev, QA and production rollout cycles

• Keep test environments up to date and in working order, creating environment-specific configurations and applications as necessary

• Identify opportunities to improve and optimize applications.

• Work with business analysts or product management in understanding new requirements.

• Follow team guidelines for quality and consistency within the design and development phases of the application(s).

• Follow company software development processes and standards.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• 5+ years of experience in Java design and development, comprising the majority of your professional experience

• Strong expertise in multi-threaded server-side development and Java concurrency

• Solid command of core Java, Java collections, and object-oriented design

• 2+ years of experience with open source frameworks like Spring

• 2+ years of experience with Tomcat/SpringBoot/Vertx or equivalent application servers

• Experience with relational databases; able to write and troubleshoot PL/SQL queries

• Solid understanding of security concerns for web-based applications

• Experience with writing comprehensive unit tests

• Experience with SDLC Tools like GIT, JIRA, Jenkins, gradle, or equivalent tools

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Working knowledge of software testing, building high quality software, and experience with software testing tools, regression testing etc

• Front-end experience with a JavaScript framework such as React or Angular is a nice-to-have

• Working knowledge and use of AI tools such as GitHub copilot, Cursor, or Claude is a plus

• Proven success working in a team environment