Top Director of Software Engineering Jobs in Chicago, IL

The Director of Software Engineering leads a team of 50 engineers, ensuring high-quality software delivery across mobile, cloud, and device platforms while promoting engineering best practices.

The Director of Software Engineering will lead technology teams, define engineering strategy, mentor talent, and drive AI adoption for Morningstar's platforms.

Lead and manage platform software engineering teams to design, build, test, and deploy consumer-facing web and API products. Drive architecture, CI/CD, observability, security, and developer experience while collaborating with product and design. Own code quality (including AI-assisted code), mentor engineers, recruit talent, and deliver scalable, high-availability solutions.

Lead and grow a distributed software engineering team to design and deliver scalable, resilient cloud-based clearing applications. Drive architecture and technical decisions, mentor engineers, coordinate with vendors, optimize performance and resilience, and collaborate across product, architecture, and operations in an agile environment.

Lead and grow multiple product-focused software engineering teams; mentor engineers; collaborate with product managers; improve engineering practices; design, develop, test, deploy and support full‑stack and microservice solutions on AWS; ensure availability, resilience, and scalability; migrate monoliths to microservices and drive adoption of modern technologies and Agile practices.

The Director of Software Engineering will lead a multi-functional team, oversee technical design, architect solutions for a SaaS platform, and ensure compliance with security standards.

Lead engineering and architecture for Snowflake-based data platforms and ingestion services supporting audience and measurement. Define strategy, SLAs/SLOs, scalability, cost optimization, cloud-native modernization, CI/CD and IaC adoption. Oversee high-volume data onboarding, normalization, hygiene, and activation workflows. Build and manage a high-performing engineering organization and budgets, partnering with product, privacy, revenue science, and partnerships.

Lead multiple engineering teams to define technical vision, drive architecture and delivery, scale talent, enforce engineering standards, and ensure high-transaction, cloud-native, secure platform operations while partnering with executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

The Director of Software Engineering will lead the development of a comprehensive software system for the construction industry, ensuring successful technology delivery and communication with various stakeholders.

Lead a team of 10 engineers to architect and develop Node.js and Salesforce solutions, improving delivery schedules and performance metrics.

Lead the Agentic Foundations engineering team to design, build, and operate enterprise-grade agentic platforms and tooling. Provide technical and operational leadership across AI agent registries, deployment, monitoring, reliability, and developer-facing abstractions while hiring and managing engineering teams and offshore reliability resources.

The Director of Software Engineering will lead the Loans Lifecycle engineering organization, manage teams, drive technical roadmaps, and ensure compliance with financial regulations.

Lead a 40–60 engineer organization responsible for stability, resiliency, and modernization of core credit card processing platforms. Oversee mainframe and Java systems, incident response, large delivery initiatives, platform modernization, and engineering manager development while partnering with product, architecture, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure regulatory-compliant, reliable delivery.

Lead and manage multiple engineering teams, design agentic LLM-driven development workflows, set technical strategy and standards, ensure delivery quality, mentor engineers, oversee onboarding and performance reviews, and coordinate cross-team efforts to mitigate risks and maintain system ownership, testing, logging, and monitoring.

Lead architecture, development, and scaling of an AI-native answering service. Hands-on director who authors and reviews code, integrates LLMs and telephony, ensures reliability and low latency, hires and mentors engineers, manages vendors, defines KPIs, and aligns technical roadmap with product and compliance requirements.

You will lead engineering teams, develop managers, hire staff, drive quality, and ensure disciplined processes while representing products to stakeholders.

The Senior Director Analyst leads research on software engineering trends, produces content, and advises clients, establishing industry credibility and engaging executives.

Lead engineering for Partner Experience across Partner Acquisition & Delivery and Partner Reporting & Insights. Own team health, technical strategy, delivery velocity, and AI-native engineering adoption. Partner with product leadership on roadmap, coach engineering managers, drive architecture and resourcing decisions, and measure AI-augmented velocity while delivering partner onboarding, quoting, lead delivery, and reporting systems.

Lead and scale engineering teams building Protect, a real-time multi-signal fraud detection platform. Set technical strategy, develop managers and senior engineers, deliver distributed systems and APIs, improve architecture, observability, reliability, and developer productivity while partnering with Product, Research, Security, and exec stakeholders.

The Director of Software Engineering will lead teams in creating innovative education tech solutions, strategic planning, and optimizing software delivery processes.

Lead and grow a high-performing platform engineering team to build Icario's next-generation healthcare platform. Provide technical direction, enforce engineering best practices, drive operational excellence, collaborate on product roadmaps, and ensure reliable CI/CD and cloud-based delivery to meet tight schedules and customer needs.

The Lead Director of Software Engineering will oversee the Health100 platform's development, drive innovation, lead cross-functional teams, and manage strategic engineering initiatives while ensuring high-quality delivery and stakeholder alignment.

As a Senior Director Analyst, you will lead research in AI and Software Engineering, engage with clients, present insights at conferences, and mentor teams. Your focus will be on creating research that drives client strategy and fosters innovation in software development.

The Senior Director Analyst in AI Strategy leads research and delivers actionable insights on AI technologies and software engineering to clients, enhancing their strategic decisions. They produce high-quality content, mentor junior analysts, and represent Gartner at industry events.

Lead and scale full-stack engineering teams for Yahoo Mail; define engineering vision and roadmap; drive AI-native development and AI transformation using Generative AI/LLMs and agents; partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to deliver scalable cloud-native mobile and web experiences; hire, mentor, and retain engineering talent while guiding architecture, technical reviews, and platform modernization.