Top Application Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Serve as the primary pre-sales technical partner for manufacturing customers. Lead discovery, requirements gathering, production-data and CAD analysis, robotic automation solution design, scoping, cost estimation, proposal support, customer design reviews, and handoffs to deployment. Manage multiple technical workstreams, improve standard designs and procedures, identify offering gaps, and visit customer sites for discovery and validation. Expertise in palletizing or case packing and major six-axis robot platforms is preferred.

Leads the architecture, requirements, validation, and integration of complex railroad solutions, especially autonomous train operations and automated yard management. Translates railroad operating practices and train-handling expertise into software requirements, safety protocols, simulations, and solution-level test plans. Supports RFPs, field testing, regulatory compliance, technical risk mitigation, and cross-functional issue resolution while serving as a technical bridge between railroad experts, engineering teams, customers, and management.

Develop and architect software applications for complex intelligence-sector challenges. Responsibilities include designing collaborative solutions, developing with Node.js and TypeScript, working with databases and search technologies, and using automated testing tools for testing and maintenance. The role requires 6+ years of application or software development experience, a bachelor’s degree, and TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Reviews cooling-system drawings and submittals for equipment selection, capacity, and hydronic configuration accuracy. Collaborates with customer and consulting engineers, supports estimating with technical proposal input, and provides engineering assistance to project managers and customers throughout installation and startup. Resolves technical questions, drawing conflicts, RFIs, and submittals, while feeding field experience into research and product development. The role focuses on data center cooling systems, including chillers, CDUs, and liquid cooling for AI and hyperscale deployments.

Define tastytrade’s SRE practice, including customer-focused SLOs, error budgets, burn-rate alerts, observability standards, and production readiness reviews. Embed reliability patterns in Ruby, Java, and Elixir services running on HashiCorp Nomad. Extend Prometheus, Honeycomb, and OpenTelemetry observability; conduct fault-injection and tabletop exercises; strengthen on-call and incident-review processes; and mentor engineering teams in reliability practices.

Develop and architect large-scale enterprise applications as part of an agile full-stack team. Design cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, data platforms, and responsive front-end applications. Analyze business and technical challenges, translate stakeholder needs into technical roadmaps, and support modernization initiatives. Collaborate on solution design, coding, reviews, testing, documentation, demonstrations, and production issue resolution while championing secure, scalable, maintainable engineering practices.

Develop, maintain, and test enterprise web applications using ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. Design relational databases and T-SQL queries, write front-end HTML/CSS/JavaScript, collaborate with teams, and support full project lifecycle and existing websites.

Front-end Web Application Developer for a large bank near Downers Grove/Oakbrook. Must be strong in JavaScript and experienced with responsive HTML5 and CSS. Role involves programming and testing in JavaScript, onsite work with some remote flexibility, and training on Avoka web forms. Java and .NET skills are a plus. No sponsorship or corp-to-corp; salary $80K–$100K.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise GIS web and desktop applications throughout the software development lifecycle. Collaborate with clients and Agile teams to define requirements, make architectural decisions, write tested and documented code, conduct code reviews, troubleshoot defects and performance issues, and support production environments. The role requires modern frontend, backend, database, testing, version control, and CI/CD skills, with preferred experience in desktop applications, legacy systems, containers, security remediation, and AI/ML integration.

Develop, test, and deploy infrastructure-management software across Linux and Windows environments. Design infrastructure services architecture, automation modules, deployment orchestration, containerized application deployments, and CI/CD test frameworks. Configure application servers, load balancers, proxies, networks, and VPCs. Troubleshoot production and container issues, support operations teams, coach engineers, establish configuration-management standards, and participate in code and design reviews.

The Lead Application Engineer drives business strategy with technical expertise in the Inquiry to Order phase, ensuring high-quality proposals and technical accuracy for electrical projects while mentoring team members.

Deploys, hardens, troubleshoots, and modernizes Windows and .NET applications across on-premises environments and AWS. Responsibilities include Terraform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, SQL Server and Amazon RDS administration, load balancing, WAF configuration, observability, certificate management, automation, migrations, incident response, documentation, and collaboration with application owners. The role is remote but requires weekly onsite availability in Rockville, Maryland, and may involve occasional after-hours maintenance or outage troubleshooting.

Develops and supports software applications. The posting requires U.S. citizenship or naturalized citizenship and mandates that all work be performed within the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii.

Develop, test, and validate application software and HMI for mobile/off-highway electronic control systems. Provide hardware/software support, create reusable function blocks, implement functionally safe software, simulate and test in lab or vehicle, and support customers onsite alongside sales.

Develop and maintain native iOS and Android applications for streaming experiences. Collaborate on TV platforms, establish architecture, and utilize AI tools to enhance productivity.

Remote Mendix low-code developer to design, configure, and implement Mendix applications (microflows, nanoflows, domain models, UI, integrations). Support requirements gathering, process analysis, UAT, QA, defect resolution, and Agile/Scrum delivery for an Arizona state agency. Coordinate with stakeholders and maintain project documentation.

ClaimsXM Application Developer role. Specific responsibilities not provided. Job requires U.S. citizenship, work to be performed within the United States, and offers $100,000$120,000/year.

Design, build, operate, and troubleshoot distributed cloud, IoT, API, event-driven, web, and device-edge systems. Own complex technical problems from discovery through production, make architecture decisions, mentor engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and collaborate across product, QA, firmware, security, and operations. Improve system observability, reliability, security, performance, cost, deployment practices, and engineering processes while communicating trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Senior application developer responsible for designing and implementing solutions for intelligence-sector systems. Develop with Node.js/TypeScript and databases (PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch), write and maintain automated tests, collaborate cross-functionally, and meet TS/SCI with polygraph clearance requirements.

Design, build and ship native Android features for an AI-enabled neobank using Kotlin. Improve UX, performance, reliability and integrate backend APIs. Collaborate with product and design to simplify user journeys and use analytics and production data to iterate on mobile experiences.

The GMS Application Engineer will design, develop, and maintain GMS applications, collaborating with teams to ensure high-quality software solutions and addressing user requirements.

Seeking a skilled Kubernetes Administrator and Application Developer for contract work, responsible for deploying, managing Kubernetes applications, and cluster administration.

Technical lead responsible for designing, coding, testing, and delivering application components. Mentors junior developers, documents designs, supports QA, and oversees production implementation.

The Sr. Software Application Developer will design and develop software solutions, troubleshoot issues, assist junior developers, and ensure compliance with coding standards. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and requires strong coding and problem-solving skills.

Designs, develops, tests, and integrates cross-platform GUI applications for professional audio products, networking technologies, and embedded systems. The role defines requirements with cross-functional teams, evaluates development technologies, reviews code, ensures software quality, supports agile delivery, documents tasks, and mentors junior engineers. Key work includes Angular-based application development, communication protocol integration, architecture, unit testing, and full software lifecycle participation.