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.

 

As a Developer within the ICE Bonds unit, you will help design, modernize and deliver high-performance fixed income trading platforms that support scalable market connectivity, resilient workflow automation and reliable transaction processing. This role is suited for a developer who can turn complex trading and technology requirements into production-ready solutions that advance ICE Bonds’ next-generation platform strategy.

 

The ideal candidate will be results-oriented, self-motivated and effective in a fast-paced environment where quality, reliability and delivery discipline are essential. You will collaborate frequently with project managers, product managers, developers, QA and stakeholders across ICE business units to deliver world-class trading capabilities for fixed income market participants.

 

 

Responsibilities

• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions for fixed income trading workflows.
• Deliver high-quality, production-ready code that supports reliability, performance and timely release commitments.
• Partner with product management, project management, QA and engineering teams to align scope, design, testing and delivery.
• Plan and estimate development work for key components, applications and systems with clear delivery accountability.
• Contribute to component and service designs that fit within existing architecture while improving scalability, resilience and maintainability.
• Analyze, design, code, test, debug, modify and implement system requirements using sound engineering judgment and standard practices.
• Understand complex business logic in existing systems and migrate it thoughtfully to modern technologies and platform patterns.
• Support business feature, regression and integration testing in collaboration with business analysts and QA analysts.
• Work effectively in an agile, continuous integration environment with strong command of SDLC tools and practices.

 

 Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of experience developing with Java technologies
• Strong working knowledge of core server-side development technologies:
  • Java and object-oriented design principles, including design patterns
  • Spring-based server-side application development
  • Distributed messaging technologies, including JMS
  • Relational databases, SQL, JDBC and transactional processing
  • Multi-threaded server-side development and service-oriented architecture
  • Use of AI-assisted development tools, such as Claude, to improve development productivity, code review and testing discipline
• Able to work productively under pressure, and multi-task effectively
• Able to manage multiple concurrent priorities with strong execution discipline
• Strong interpersonal skills and able to work well in a team environment

 

Preferred Knowledge and Experience

• Experience at a financial institution (major bank, hedge fund, prop shop) in their financial markets’ technology departments
• Working knowledge of fixed income trading, CDS markets or related electronic trading workflows

 

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