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Intercontinental Exchange Holdings

Lead Developer at Intercontinental Exchange Holdings

New York, NY · Posted Oct 21, 2026 · Seen live today

$168,000 to $220,000 a year

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About the posting

“The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents an opportunity for a full-time Lead C/C++ Developer to join a team responsible for systems development in a high throughput, low latency trading environment.”

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Seen live Oct 23, 2026; first seen Oct 22, 2026.

Pay in context

This posting lists $168,000 to $220,000 a year, a midpoint of $194,000.

The midpoint is higher than 34 percent of software engineering postings in New York, NY that list pay.

New York has a pay transparency law: covered employers must include a pay range in a job posting. Which employers are covered depends on their size.

How long it has been open

Posted Oct 21, 2026, 2 days ago, and seen on Intercontinental Exchange Holdings' careers page today.

At 2 days old, it is under the 73-day median.

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings' postings we have seen close took a median of 7 days.

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings at a glance

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings has 196 open postings that we can see, 57 in software engineering; 24 percent list pay.

The application

Applying goes through iCIMS.

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Seniority

Level: manager.

The posting mentions 5+ years.

Place and cost of living

On site in New York, NY; prices in NY run 8 percent above the US average.

The software engineering market in New York, NY

1277 software engineering postings in New York, NY are open right now, from 323 employers.

Half of them have been open 73 days or less.

From Intercontinental Exchange Holdings' posting

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Job Description

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents an opportunity for a full-time Lead C/C++ Developer to join a team responsible for systems development in a high throughput, low latency trading environment. The Lead 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 performance oriented programming, 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.
  • Promote software changes across all environments, safely and responsibly, through to Live Production
  • Participate in team exercises to identify and implement areas for continuous improvement
  • Continuously improve the system performance and propose better solutions.
  • Effectively interact with business and operations for solving design and operational challenges.

Knowledge and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • 5+ years hands on experience in C/C++ programming language on Linux
  • Experience with code analysis and coverage tools like Coverity, Valgrind, gcov/lcov
  • Minimum 2+ years hands on scripting experience
  • Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, algorithms and data structure
  • Strong performance-oriented programming skills
  • Strong understanding of TCP/IP and Multicast network protocols

New York Base Salary Range

The expected base salary for this role, if located in New York, is between $168,000 - 220,000 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.

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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.

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