Top Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Builds AI-enabled automation and tools for ServiceNow and other platform administration, inventory, release planning, environment lifecycle management, upgrades, and deployment processes. The role includes process improvement, troubleshooting, best-practice development, stakeholder collaboration, and occasional after-hours or weekend support.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain high-volume backend systems supporting customer funding, trading, and back-office operations. Lead development practices through code reviews, mentoring, architecture guidance, and quality ownership. Build reliable, observable software using Python and TypeScript, collaborate with finance and trading teams, improve operational efficiency, document workflows, and oversee projects from design through iteration.

Leads a software engineering team responsible for payment and fraud services, including application design, development, support, resiliency, architecture, APIs, scalability, and lifecycle management. Reviews Java and Spring Boot code, oversees incident response, drives technical standards and strategic initiatives, manages vendors and distributed teams, develops engineering talent, and promotes responsible AI adoption for coding and testing.

Leads the design, development, and evolution of Java-based automation testing frameworks for critical systems. Responsibilities include writing and reviewing code, debugging complex issues, improving CI/CD pipelines, integrating security tools, making architectural decisions, supporting distributed systems, and mentoring engineers. The role collaborates with testing teams, architects, and business stakeholders in an Agile environment while driving engineering standards, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Design, build, test, deploy, monitor, and support reliable, scalable backend services for Expedia’s content ecosystem. Collaborate with engineers and product managers on system design, APIs, data modeling, and integrations across services. Improve reliability, performance, security, observability, and operational excellence through code reviews and best practices. Contribute to AI/ML-enabled backend solutions, production operations, experimentation, and continuous technical improvement.

Develop and maintain scalable backend advertising software using Python and Django. Responsibilities include designing RESTful APIs, analyzing requirements, integrating and releasing applications, supporting production deployments, troubleshooting complex issues, collaborating with QA and cross-functional teams, participating in code reviews, mentoring engineers, and promoting reliability and engineering best practices. The role is hybrid in Chicago and may require variable schedules, including nights and weekends.

Leads the technical direction and architecture of data product systems, including APIs, backend services, data stores, and processing systems. Builds and reviews production code, partners with product managers, data scientists, and ML engineers, and oversees system design, operations, observability, and on-call health. The role also mentors engineers, drives cross-team technical alignment, evaluates machine-learning production systems, and guides effective use of AI engineering tools.

Manages a middleware software engineering team responsible for web services, databases, APIs, and IoT backend systems. Oversees resource planning, project execution, budgets, architecture, software quality, CI/CD, release processes, and technical standards. Leads recruiting, performance management, training, and consultant coordination while driving continuous improvement and technology roadmaps. Collaborates with product, marketing, architecture, engineering, and scrum teams to deliver reliable, secure, high-quality software products.

Lead North America engineering teams for retirement products, provide technical and people leadership, drive architecture and delivery across multiple teams, adopt AI-native engineering practices, ensure operational excellence, and partner with product to shape roadmaps and execution.

Leads architectural decisions, web roadmap delivery, and API acquisition efforts. Partners with leadership on engineering roadmaps and technical feasibility, mentors engineers, promotes best practices, and guides scalable application development and project planning. The role requires engineering team management, Ruby on Rails experience, cloud application development, strong communication, and effective mentorship.