Software Engineer (AI Applications) – Flex Hybrid in Chicago, IL

Job Description:

Building trusted markets — powered by our people.

At Cboe, 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 inclusive 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. Our Associate Resource Groups champion diversity, equity and inclusion, giving employees a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities.

Sound like the place for you? Join us!

The Cboe’s AI Center of Excellence (CoE) is hiring for a Software Engineer.

What We Do

The AI Center of Excellence at Cboe creates cutting-edge technology and provides practical education to drive AI innovation across the organization. Our goal is to provide the AI technology people need and teach them how to use it effectively. We think creatively and take inspiration from multiple disciplines. We experiment with emerging technologies and push boundaries. We value innovation and strive to remain at the leading edge.

What You’ll do

As a full stack Software Engineer, you will help shape the future of AI-driven financial technology. You’ll work on building and maintaining our cutting-edge generative AI platform and contribute to the cognitive architecture that powers AI applications across our organization. This full-stack role focuses on enhancing frontend user experiences, integrating new data sources, building tools and agents, and supporting and enhancing backend APIs. This role offers the unique opportunity to architect and influence every layer of our AI platform – from frontend user experience and application design to data integration and agent development. You will be thinking creatively about how to solve hard problems and build useful systems using LLMs and AI tools.

Your responsibilities will be :

• Build and deploy generative AI-driven applications using modern full-stack technologies (React, Python, cloud services)
• Develop and enhance Cboe’s AI Platform
• Design new agents and tools and integrate them with the Cboe AI Platform
• Create intuitive, novel user interfaces that make complex AI capabilities accessible to end users
• Stay up to date on AI advancements, and think critically about when and how to implement them
• Work closely with complementary engineering teams
• Produce clear and thorough documentation, including high-level charter, functional requirements, technical design, and testing scenarios
• Provide ongoing application support to end users
• Communicate technical information clearly and concisely to an end-user audience

The ideal candidate has:

• Either:
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in another discipline with demonstrated experience (academic or professional) building generative AI applications.
• 1-3 years of experience building applications in python
• 1-2 years of experience with react and modern front end development
• Understanding of prompting best practices.
• Knowledge of current AI landscape.
• Willingness to think creatively to explore potential use cases.
• A passion for working in financial markets.

You’ll really stand if you have:

• Worked with cloud computing services (AWS, Snowflake preferred).
• Experience with vector databases, text embeddings, and/or agent-based AI tools.
• Experience writing effective and performant SQL
• Experience building end-to-end, large scale web applications
• Projects or experience leveraging AI for creative or novel use cases

Benefits and Perks

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 overachievement
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, sick days and annual community service days
• Flexible, hybrid work environment
• Health, dental and vision benefits, including access to telemedicine and mental health services
• 2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match immediately upon hire
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tax Savings Accounts for health, dependent and transportation
• Employee referral bonus program
• Volunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities

Some of our employees’ favorite benefits and perks include:

• Complimentary lunch, snacks and coffee in any Cboe office
• Paid Tuition assistance and education opportunities
• Generous charitable giving company match
• Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
• On-site gyms and discounts to other fitness centers

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More About Cboe

We’re reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people. Our journey is an inclusive one. We’re investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed. We celebrate the diversity in our communities, inside and out, and welcome new perspectives with equity, inclusion and belonging.

We work with purpose, solving problems with ingenuity, collaboration, and a lot of passion. We’re an engaged and excited team connecting markets across borders and embracing growth in all its forms to achieve incredible outcomes.

Learn more about life at Cboe on our website and LinkedIn.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer – and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status.

Our pay ranges are determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, role, experience, level, and location. The national new hire base pay range for this job in the United States is $97,750-$120,750. This range represents the minimum and maximum base pay the company expects to offer for new hires working in the position full time. If you live in one of the following areas or if you work in a Cboe office in the following areas, the range may be higher according to the geographic differentials listed below:

Within the range, individual pay is determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. In addition to base pay, our total rewards program includes an annual variable pay program and benefits including healthcare (medical, dental and vision), 401 (k) with a generous company match, life and disability insurance, paid time off, market-leading tuition assistance, and much more! Your recruiter will provide more details about the total compensation package, including variable pay and benefits, during the hiring process. For further information on our total rewards program, visit TOTAL REWARDS @CBOE.

Any communication from Cboe regarding this position will only come from a Cboe recruiter who has a @cboe.com email or via LinkedIn Recruiter. Cboe does not use any other third party communication tools for recruiting purposes.