Senior Developer
Company: Intercontinental Exchange Holdings
Location: Schiller Park
Posted on: January 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents an opportunity
for a full-time Senior C/C++ Developer to join a team responsible
for systems development in a high throughput, low latency trading
environment. The Senior Developer will have experience in all
phases of software development lifecycle, from requirements
gathering, to design, coding, unit testing, debugging and
supporting in production. This position requires technical
proficiency/problem solving as well as an eager attitude,
professionalism and solid communication skills. The successful
candidate will play a key role in building low-latency, high
capacity and error-free multi asset routing applications, matching
engines or back end software systems to continue to maintain a
leading position in low latency trading. The ideal candidate should
be knowledgeable in multi-threading, relational database systems,
C/C++ and associated debuggers. Strong written and oral
communication as the applicant will frequently be interacting with
the business and sales teams to achieve strategic business goals.
Responsibilities • Analyze requirements and propose technical
solutions in delivering projects within expected parameters of
cost, time and quality • Work with project managers to compile a
work breakdown structure of tasks for a given deliverable and
provide realistic estimates for completing the assignment • Develop
and unit test all functions created or modified according to
software development best practices • Collaborate with other
Developers and QA Engineers to execute full cycle integration,
functional and regression testing. Own and resolve all priority
defects identified within the developer’s codebase in a timely
fashion • Promote software changes across all environments, safely
and responsibly, through to Live Production • Provide on-call
technical support during business and, occasionally, off hours
depending on rotation and/or subject-matter expertise on a given
component • Participate in team exercises to identify and implement
areas for continuous improvement Knowledge and Experience • 2 years
hands on experience in C/C++ programming language on Linux •
Experience with C++ unit testing frameworks and continuous
integration (CI) tools • Experience with code analysis and coverage
tools like Coverity, Valgrind/Helgrind, gcov/lcov • Minimum 1 years
hands on scripting experience • Strong understanding of TCP/IP and
Multicast network protocols • Strong multithreading and
performance-oriented programming skills • Bachelors degree in
Computer Science or Engineering. Illinois Base Salary RangeThe
expected base salary for this role if located in Illinois is
between $133,900 - $159,700 USD. The base salary range does not
include Intercontinental Exchange’s incentive compensation. While
we provide this range as general guidance, at ICE we compensate
employees based on the skillset and experience of the individual.
Regular full-time ICE employees are eligible for a suite of
competitive employee benefits, including healthcare coverage
(medical, dental and vision), a 401(k) plan, life insurance, time
off, and paid leave for qualifying circumstances.
Keywords: Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Elkhart , Senior Developer, IT / Software / Systems , Schiller Park, Indiana
