Top Senior Engineering Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead and grow a software engineering team, drive execution from planning through rollout, mentor engineers, contribute to architecture and code reviews, improve systems for scalability, reliability, and performance, and collaborate with product and leadership in a fully remote environment.

Lead teams focused on developer productivity and observability, build metrics and analytics infrastructure, and drive AI-enabled tooling to measurably improve the software development lifecycle. Partner with engineering and data stakeholders to define roadmaps, mentor engineers, and deliver measurable improvements in adoption, reliability, and developer experience.

The Engineering Manager leads a cross-functional team to develop and optimize scalable software solutions, mentor team members, and ensure adherence to engineering practices and agile methodologies while collaborating with stakeholders.

Lead and grow a backend engineering team while staying hands-on: design and build Python/FastAPI services with Temporal and Postgres, own roadmap and delivery, set SLIs/SLOs, drive observability and reliability, run engineering rituals, hire and coach engineers, and improve quality with DevOps and AI tooling.

Lead and grow engineering teams building AI-powered automation (especially LLM/Agentic AI) for compliance. Drive architecture, scalable multi-tenant systems, cloud-based engineering, cross-functional roadmaps, hiring, code quality, incident response, and delivery of high-impact AI/ML products.

Manage a high-performing software engineering team, driving product roadmap and technical direction, while ensuring quality, performance, and innovation.

Lead remote K‑12 engineering teams to design, architect, and deliver high-availability cloud-native education platforms. Combine people management, Agile delivery, and hands-on technical leadership to modernize legacy systems, implement CI/CD and IaC, integrate emerging GenAI capabilities, and drive measurable improvements in user engagement and product performance.

Lead technical execution and architecture for the Loyalty product. Own roadmap, design distributed services and APIs, ensure reliability/observability, integrate with ZMP and AthenaOS, build and coach engineering teams, and drive cross-team delivery of scalable multi-tenant loyalty capabilities.

Lead, mentor, and grow a software engineering team to deliver high-quality, scalable microservice-based solutions. Manage Agile processes, collaborate with Product, enforce engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement in architecture, quality, and team performance. Participate in hiring, backlog planning, and drive measurable improvements in engineering execution.

Lead and grow a distributed software engineering team to design, ship, and support web-based features. Balance new feature delivery, technical debt, and system improvements; perform hands-on code review and triage; collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and support; hire, coach, and mentor engineers; and establish processes for iterative, high-quality delivery that meet customer needs and SLAs.

Lead and mentor a backend engineering team owning enterprise address services. Partner with product, architects, SRE, and security to deliver scalable, secure, API-first microservices, ensure quality, reliability, CI/CD practices, incident response, and continuous improvement while managing delivery, metrics, and vendor/offshore teams.

Lead and grow the Product Engineering team to deliver customer-facing web dashboards, APIs, integrations, and AI workflows. Own roadmap execution, collaborate with Product and Design, drive engineering best practices (testing, deployment, observability), provide technical mentorship, and remain hands-on in architecture and code reviews to ensure high-quality, scalable SaaS product delivery.

Lead and grow two Merchants engineering teams (Core and Growth). Own technical direction, architecture (billing, checkout, delivery promise), hiring, roadmap, sprint health, and cross-functional partnerships to deliver reliable merchant-facing product features.

The Engineering Manager will drive the growth of the engineering team, overseeing product development, architectural decisions, and integration of emerging technologies in web3.

Lead the Engineering team responsible for the API, focusing on platform strategy, team growth, and cross-functional collaboration to enhance product development and API performance.

The Engineering Manager for Data Products will lead a team of engineers in building data analysis products, ensuring high-quality delivery, and fostering collaboration in a remote work environment.

Lead a team of engineers in building AI-native music experiences, ensuring quality delivery, managing sprint execution, and developing team skills.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Lead and manage a team building scalable, resilient distributed and full-stack payment systems. Define technical strategy, drive architecture, deliver cloud-based solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers to meet regulatory and performance needs for high-throughput transaction processing.

Lead diverse technology projects, mentor developers, and collaborate on cloud-based solutions while utilizing various programming languages and cloud services.

Lead a portfolio of backend engineering projects and a team building distributed microservices and full-stack systems to meet regulatory needs. Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions at scale, mentor engineers, stay current with technologies, and occasionally write or evaluate code.

Lead a portfolio of backend engineering projects and manage a team building distributed microservices and cloud-based solutions for the Global Payment Network. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, evaluate and sometimes write code, and leverage technologies like Java, Python, Go, Node, SQL/NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS to meet regulatory and customer needs.

Lead and manage full‑stack engineering teams building cloud-based, microservices solutions for global payment/regulatory needs. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, drive technology adoption, occasionally write or evaluate code, and deliver scalable containerized services using modern languages and cloud platforms.

Lead and manage a team delivering distributed microservices and full‑stack cloud solutions for regulatory needs. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, drive cloud-native implementations, and occasionally code or evaluate code. Utilize languages and tools including JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, SQL, RDBMS/NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure/GCP.

Lead and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team across full-stack, data engineering, and BI. Own people management, technical direction (C#/.NET, SQL, Vue 3, Power BI), data pipeline reliability, roadmap delivery, cross-functional collaboration, and engineering best practices to improve velocity, quality, and health outcomes.