Top Java Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads software engineering within an agile banking technology team, designing, developing, testing, debugging, and operating secure, scalable Java applications. Reviews code, improves automation and continuous delivery, resolves recurring operational issues, and promotes responsible AI-assisted engineering practices. Evaluates architectural solutions with vendors and internal teams while guiding technical delivery, resiliency, cloud-native development, data streaming, and secure software practices.

Lead development of an AI-first developer portal and AI-enabled support experiences, design secure external API platforms and integrations, establish engineering standards for AI/automation, remain hands-on with critical coding and architecture, drive cross-functional delivery, and coach/mentor engineering talent.

Leads a team of software engineers in designing, developing, testing, and operating secure, resilient Java microservices. Oversees architecture, implementation, technical troubleshooting, and design documentation for event-driven systems using Kafka, Spring Boot, and cloud infrastructure. Promotes automation, responsible AI-assisted development, secure coding, continuous delivery, operational stability, and adoption of emerging technologies. Provides technical leadership across agile teams and evaluates architectural solutions with vendors and internal stakeholders.

Build and maintain scalable full-stack applications using React and Java or Python. Develop microservices, optimize high-throughput systems, resolve architectural and performance issues, and deliver production-grade software in Agile environments. The role includes end-to-end implementation ownership, cloud development, AI-assisted engineering, and mentoring or leading developers.

Leads development of secure, scalable Java full-stack applications within an agile team. Designs microservices and resilient architectures, writes and reviews production code, resolves operational issues, and promotes automation and AI-assisted engineering practices. Builds front-end and back-end solutions using Java, Python, modern web technologies, databases, cloud-native patterns, and agentic AI frameworks. Coaches engineers on responsible AI usage, security, testing, and delivery standards while evaluating architectural solutions with vendors and internal stakeholders.

Leads complex software optimization initiatives from design through implementation and validation. Builds cloud-native services, data pipelines, dashboards, automation, and AI-enabled forecasting solutions. Analyzes cloud costs, resource utilization, reliability, capacity, and engineering productivity while partnering with Engineering, Finance, Product, Data, Platform, and SRE teams. Ensures scalable and secure integrations, testing, observability, financial data quality, and measurable savings. Provides technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers without direct people-management responsibilities.

Leads full-stack engineering projects and developer teams building cloud-based, distributed microservices and customer-facing systems. Responsibilities include defining service boundaries, developing APIs and reusable frameworks, applying AWS and modern programming technologies, improving performance, reducing technical debt, setting engineering standards, mentoring engineers, and guiding Agile teams. The role also influences technology strategy, promotes operational excellence, and leverages emerging AI tooling and observability practices.

Develop and maintain Java-based healthcare integration solutions supporting public health surveillance and healthcare data exchange. Responsibilities include implementing HL7 CDA interfaces, processing and validating clinical XML documents, troubleshooting interoperability failures, conducting code reviews, mentoring developers, improving architecture and testing, and collaborating with healthcare experts and stakeholders. The role also involves production root-cause analysis, monitoring, backward compatibility across implementation guide versions, and application modernization.

Develop and maintain enterprise Java web applications using Spring Boot, REST, SOAP, SQL, and Flyway. Lead secure software development across the SDLC, including CI/CD automation, testing, vulnerability scanning, production support, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis. Collaborate on integrations, modernization, Agile delivery, technical documentation, and application architecture. Evaluate and implement AI-enabled capabilities while maintaining security and regulatory compliance. The role is remote and requires eligibility for Public Trust screening.

Leads and mentors a distributed Agile software team while remaining hands-on in architecture, Java and Spring Boot development, Angular applications, REST APIs, AWS infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD, databases, observability, security, and production troubleshooting. Translates customer requirements into technical solutions, drives engineering best practices, supports capacity planning and performance feedback, and oversees scalable, resilient enterprise applications using AWS, Docker, Terraform/OpenTofu, and modern software development practices.

Build enterprise workforce management software for forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, adherence, intraday management, and reporting. Develop Java and Spring Boot microservices, React and TypeScript applications, REST APIs, event-driven workflows, integrations, and PostgreSQL data models. Support cloud-native deployments, CI/CD, testing, performance optimization, production troubleshooting, and technical design. Collaborate with product, operations research, QA, DevOps, UX, and client stakeholders.

Develop and deploy Java applications using Spring Boot and Spring Batch. Design and integrate microservices, build secure and performant REST/OData APIs, optimize SQL queries and database designs, and maintain code quality through JUnit testing and quality tools.

Lead development of scalable Java backend applications and high-availability cloud services. Design architectures, REST APIs, databases, caching systems, and distributed session infrastructure. Mentor engineers, drive technical initiatives, address performance and scalability challenges, and uphold quality and automation practices for endpoint management products.

Develop secure, scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, while leading Angular frontend architecture and development. Build responsive interfaces with Angular, TypeScript, NgRx, RxJS, and Angular Material. Contribute across the software development lifecycle, including design, testing, automation, troubleshooting, and deployment. The role requires enterprise architecture experience, Agile collaboration, and mandatory fraud prevention domain expertise.

Build secure, scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, AWS, and Angular. Develop responsive user interfaces, integrate APIs, implement authentication and authorization, design distributed architectures, and support testing, troubleshooting, and automation. The role requires mandatory fraud prevention domain experience and collaboration within Agile engineering teams.

Build and maintain AI-assisted full-stack platforms for manufacturing, spanning AWS infrastructure, Python Lambda services, Java microservices, agentic LLM workflows, and Angular interfaces. Develop event-driven architectures, APIs, retrieval and scoring systems, infrastructure as code, observability, CI/CD, and secure deployment strategies. Apply rigorous testing, specification-driven development, concurrency practices, and production reliability techniques across multi-repository systems. The role requires hands-on software development experience with enterprise server, storage, or networking products.

Design, build, and deploy secure, high-performance, scalable cloud-native applications supporting Ariba P2P. Work full-stack in Java using Spring Boot and the SAP BTP Cloud Foundry CAP (Java) model, applying resiliency, security, and performance best practices.

Develop and maintain Java Spring Boot services with multithreading and Spring Batch. Build OData/REST APIs, write high-coverage JUnit tests, and author SQL queries. Ensure robust exception handling and code quality; collaborate on automation and UI work where needed.

Develop and maintain scalable Java backend systems using Spring Boot and microservices architecture. Collaborate with customer teams, review specifications, write clean code, participate in code reviews, document solutions, and troubleshoot and optimize backend performance, reliability, and security. The role also contributes technical expertise to training next-generation AI systems, though prior AI experience is not required.

Develop and maintain Java applications, RESTful services, and Angular frontends using Spring Boot and NgRx. Deploy applications to cloud platforms, practice TDD, manage CI/CD with Jenkins, and work with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases. Participate in agile processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and independently lead technical initiatives and feature delivery.

Develop and maintain scalable backend applications and services using Java and Spring Boot. Build and consume RESTful APIs, manage builds and dependencies with Maven, and use Git for source control. Troubleshoot, optimize, and support backend applications in a collaborative Agile development environment. The role requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility to pass an extensive background investigation and clearance process before project start.

Develop and maintain Java-based applications, integrations, workflows, and services supporting an Oracle Identity Manager IAM platform. Responsibilities include troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, developing SOAP and REST integrations, configuring connectors, supporting Oracle SOA workflows, assisting with upgrades and modernization, and maintaining security and change-management documentation. The role collaborates with government stakeholders and requires the ability to obtain an IT-II security clearance.

Build and maintain Java backend services, REST APIs, and full-stack web application features. Develop frontend functionality with modern JavaScript frameworks, use Python for supporting work, and leverage AI coding tools such as Claude Code. Write tests, debug issues, support deployment and maintenance, and collaborate on design decisions, code reviews, and application quality improvements.

Leads and mentors application engineers while designing Java and Spring Boot microservices. Oversees application modernization, VM-to-container migration, GCP and GKE deployments, Kubernetes troubleshooting, CI/CD, testing, database integration, observability, and distributed systems. Coordinates technical dependencies across a large application portfolio and collaborates with platform, DevOps, security, and architecture teams. Uses AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development, modernization, testing, documentation, and automation.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable Java and Spring Boot services for a multi-tenant ecommerce SaaS platform. Build REST APIs, optimize MySQL data access, operate AWS workloads, and support CI/CD, observability, testing, and production troubleshooting. Contribute to architecture and technical decisions, mentor engineers, use AI-assisted development tools responsibly, and help maintain PCI DSS compliance.