Director Data & Analytics API Experience - Data Services

Director Data & Analytics API Experience  - Data Services Background: CME Group runs some of the world’s largest and most important trading venues, including derivatives exchanges, FX/FI platforms. The trading participants include leading investment banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, investment managers, and retail traders, as well as additional stakeholders such as independent software vendors (ISVs) and data redistributors. To support our unique data and analytics products, we are now building a unified API-first distribution framework, simplifying consumption and value extraction. The Role: We are seeking a key stakeholder for the CMEG External Data-Analytics (DA) APIs and distribution services. This is a high-impact, individual contributor (IC) role for an individual who can navigate complex enterprise systems and deliver a modern, developer-first experience. This customer-facing role serves as the technical link between our APIs and the customer, acting as a high-level practitioner who crafts SDKs and delivery mechanisms to make complex market data easy to consume. You will translate direct customer feedback into refined requirements for the product team while solving integration hurdles firsthand. By bridging these gaps, you will ensure our technical ecosystem is both highly functional and seamless for clients to adopt.    Our API First Vision Our external API is the singular point where our strategy, technology, and customer experience converge to create value. Our corporate DA strategy focuses on "activation," which involves externalizing proven internal IP and exposing it through a simple, consumable API, as well as adding net-new IP jointly developed with our customers. The API is our "single, unified distribution channel". It serves as the "handover point" where internal engineering ends and the customer or partner ecosystem begins.  The API provides a "single 'front door'" for customers. By using a "unified API”, barriers to consumption are removed, integration time is reduced, development costs lowered, and a consistent experience provided across all data latencies (Real-time, Recent History, and Deep History), data types (time series, metadata, unstructured) and services.  Internal users are recognized as ultra-valuable sources of feedback. By mandating both internal and external DA workflows through the same SDK, we create a shared experience for both sets of users. In summary, our API is the "final product" and the “primary tool” moving CMEG up the value curve from a raw data producer to an invaluable source of insights for our customers. What you Will be Doing: The focus of the work is on activation and will be organized across four strategic pillars designed to continue to build the foundation, enhance the customer experience, and align all our public offerings. Developer Experience "North Star" Activation: Build a high-performance Python SDK that mimics the industry's best…