Cboe Global Markets
Engineer, Platform Engineering - Systems
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America · Mid
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~30% per draw at Level II). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$14,233 more — $117,083 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $117,083 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- 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.
- Our teams are empowered to share ideas, actively pursue them and bring on a challenge.
Responsibilities
- Building and maintaining our CI pipelines in GitHub Actions, and integrating them with the platform team's deployment tooling.
- Building trusted markets - powered by our people
Nice to have
- Cloud platforms including AWS, Azure or GCP
- AI-assisted development tooling
- Working SQL and comfort with PostgreSQL
- Experience standing up a platform function from scratch
- Current technology stack:
- Java on Kubernetes.
- Application code and CI pipelines live in GitHub with GitHub Actions.
- PostgreSQL, Kafka and Linux.
Compensation
- Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement
Benefits
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, sick days and annual community service days
- Health, dental and vision benefits, including access to telemedicine and mental health services
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tax Savings Accounts for health, dependent and transportation
- Employee referral bonus program
- Paid Tuition assistance and education opportunities
- Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
- On-site gyms and discounts to other fitness centers
Company info
- We are committed to fostering a workplace where all individuals are valued and respected.
- Salary Ranges (applicable for US locations only) At Cboe, we are committed to providing a competitive, transparent, and market‑informed total rewards program.
- We clear the event contracts and prediction markets listed on Cboe's exchanges, and we are building toward tokenized collateral, 24x7 operation, and the infrastructure that carries traditional finance onto DeFi rails.
Equal opportunity
- We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer who does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any legally protected characteristic, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.
- Salary Ranges (applicable for US locations only)
Visa & Work Authorization
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
This listing is sourced directly from Cboe Global Markets's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.