Software Engineer

At Cboe Global Markets, we inspire our people to solve complex challenges together because what we do matters. We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.

We’re building meaningful ways to support professional and personal development while strengthening the trust we’ve earned as a global market leader. Our teams are empowered to share ideas, actively pursue them and bring on a challenge. As champions of internal mobility and access to opportunity, we encourage our people to “go for it” and equip our managers with the training to coach their teams to the next level.

We strive to provide employees a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities.

To support strong partnership and team connection, this role follows a four day in office work model.

Cboe Global Markets operates a key office in the Overland Park Xchange (OPx), located in Overland Park, Kansas, a bustling suburb of Kansas City. The OPx business park is strategically positioned to provide convenient access to the Kansas City metropolitan area, offering modern infrastructure and a collaborative environment ideal for the financial services and technology industries. This location benefits from proximity to major highways, making it easily accessible for employees

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The Real-time Software Engineering team is hiring for a Software Engineer.

Software engineers at Cboe design, develop, deploy, and support real-time systems. We care deeply about system reliability, testability, recoverability, fault tolerance, throughput, and latency. We measure times in microseconds and nanoseconds. Our engineers have a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and software engineering. We are analytical thinkers. We are always learning our craft. If it’s broken, we fix it. If it needs refactoring, we refactor it.

If it’s hard to test, we make it testable. We like statistics. We love automation. We are pragmatic. We ship code weekly. We’re looking for like-minded individuals to join us.

• Implement performant, reliable, and maintainable solutions to technical projects within the Cboe Titanium exchange platform – with guidance and support from peers and mentors.
• Ensure your solutions are well tested, both by your own testing and in collaboration with our QA team.
• Participate in reviews of both your solutions and those of other engineers.

• 2+ years of experience with C++ or experience in another programming language with a strong desire to learn C++.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with Linux or UNIX-like systems and familiarity with at least one scripting language such as Python.
• Experience with database systems and familiarity with SQL.
• A self-directed, self-motivated attitude with enthusiasm for continuous learning, especially from constructive feedback.

• Knowledge of financial exchanges.
• Knowledge of network programming fundamentals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

We value the total wellbeing of our people – including health, financial, personal and social wellness. We believe standard benefits like health insurance and fair pay are a given at any organization. Still, you should know we offer:

• Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for…