Top Engineering Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and maintain blockchain and payments infrastructure; develop scalable microservices and secure RESTful APIs to transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols; integrate with banks and fintech; own system design, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting; ensure reliability, code quality, and strong test coverage while collaborating with product and engineering teams.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports reliable software solutions and significant application components. Translates business requirements into technical specifications, builds APIs and integrations, improves CI/CD and DevOps automation, performs testing and troubleshooting, monitors application health, and resolves production issues. Collaborates with product, architecture, engineering, and business teams while managing technical debt, supporting upgrades, guiding junior engineers, and participating in critical incident escalations.

Leads software engineering projects and developers building cloud-based, full-stack solutions using distributed microservices. Designs service boundaries, APIs, reusable frameworks, and database integrations; establishes engineering standards; improves performance and reduces technical debt. The role requires technical leadership across Agile teams, collaboration with product managers and architects, mentoring engineers, and applying modern cloud, DevOps, testing, observability, and AI-assisted development practices.

Designs, develops, tests, and supports enterprise integration solutions connecting applications, cloud services, data sources, and platforms. Leads complex integration initiatives, defines standards and reusable frameworks, partners with software, data, infrastructure, and architecture teams, and ensures interoperability, scalability, resilience, observability, and performance. The role also mentors engineers and advances Agile engineering practices.

Leads full-stack software engineering projects and developer teams building cloud-based, distributed microservices and regulatory solutions. Designs service boundaries, APIs, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks; establishes engineering standards; improves performance and reduces technical debt. Collaborates with product managers and architects, evaluates emerging technologies, mentors engineers, and contributes to technical strategy. Uses modern programming languages, AWS and other cloud platforms, containers, databases, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and observability.

Lead SRE practices for highly available cloud-native platforms across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes. Build observability, dashboards, alerting, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, GitOps, and self-healing capabilities. Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation while improving reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and platform teams, drive AI-enabled operations, and mentor engineers on SRE and cloud-native best practices.

Leads software engineering across architecture, design, prototyping, and delivery for pharmacy technology platforms. Provides mentorship, establishes development frameworks and best practices, collaborates with business and IT stakeholders, leverages approved AI developer tools, supports Agile/Scrum execution, improves performance and security, and leads production issue triage and root-cause analysis.

Build and maintain scalable self-service tools, automated workflows, and infrastructure for data and machine learning platforms. Collaborate with data engineers, scientists, and software engineers to develop reliable data products, implement monitoring and alerting, improve platform usability, integrate new technologies, and document workflows. The role supports data ingestion, analytics, machine learning processes, and scalable platform infrastructure.

Develop and automate comprehensive tests for data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and cloud data platforms. Validate data quality, transformations, performance, scalability, and time-series biosensor outputs. Build synthetic datasets that replicate production data, identify anomalies and bottlenecks, and improve testing frameworks. Collaborate with data engineers and scientists to ensure reliable data throughout the lifecycle supporting regulated software-as-a-medical-device products.

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.

Designs, develops, and supports complex Workday HCM integrations across HR modules including HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Payroll, and Benefits. Uses SOAP, REST, WSDL, XML, XSLT, Workday Studio, and automation workflows to deliver resilient solutions. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, security, data analysis, process improvement, testing, code reviews, stakeholder collaboration, vendor coordination, and leading integrators and configurators through Agile delivery.

Build and lead full-stack software engineering solutions for Capital One’s stored payment token platform. Develop Java-based backend APIs and cloud-hosted services using AWS, microservices, databases, containers, and modern frontend technologies. Lead technical initiatives, establish engineering standards, partner with architects and product managers, improve system performance, reduce technical debt, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, secure, and reliable solutions across Agile teams.

Leads and develops scalable, highly available payment systems using full-stack technologies, distributed microservices, cloud platforms, databases, APIs, and container orchestration. Provides technical leadership across Agile teams, establishes engineering standards, mentors developers, partners with architects and product managers, reduces technical debt, improves system performance, and evaluates emerging technologies. The role supports digital payments, tokenization, authentication, fraud prevention, and regulatory requirements.

Lead software engineering projects and developer teams building distributed microservices and full-stack cloud solutions. Provide technical direction across Agile teams, establish engineering standards, mentor engineers, partner with architects and product managers, and improve system performance through refactoring and observability. The role uses Java and other programming languages, AWS, databases, containers, APIs, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and modern AI coding tools.

Configure and support Workday across HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Payroll, Benefits, and related modules. Translate business priorities into technical solutions, build and document system configurations, troubleshoot production issues, test updates, improve HR processes, and collaborate with product owners and stakeholders. The role also requires experience with business processes, calculated fields, custom reports, Workday security, reporting, and EIB data loads.

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 development of secure, scalable software solutions using Java, Spring Boot, React.js, and cloud-native technologies. Designs systems, writes and reviews production code, troubleshoots issues, improves operational stability, and guides agile SDLC practices. Promotes responsible AI-assisted engineering, including validation for security, correctness, and performance. Collaborates with vendors and internal teams to evaluate architectures and technology solutions within financial services environments.

Design, build, and own scalable microservices and secure APIs that transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols. Extend in-house blockchain infrastructure, integrate with banks and cloud services, troubleshoot production issues, document system and testing procedures, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment experiences.

Leads cloud asset intelligence and inventory initiatives, defining technical vision, architecture standards, and platform strategy. Designs scalable, secure, multi-tenant cloud platforms; modernizes monoliths into microservices and event-driven systems; and applies AI and automation to improve cloud operations. The role drives cross-divisional architecture, engineering standards, operational excellence, and executive influence while mentoring senior engineers and strengthening organizational capabilities.

Leads technical vision and hands-on engineering for high-volume global payment systems. Designs scalable, resilient distributed architectures, modernizes monoliths into microservices and event-driven platforms, establishes API and coding standards, and guides cloud, data, networking, and AI-enabled solutions. Mentors engineers, drives architectural reviews, collaborates across divisions, and ensures system performance, security, operability, and long-term platform strategy.

Leads SQL Server database architecture, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades, security, compliance, and incident resolution. Provides technical leadership across full-stack engineering teams, develops cloud-based solutions, mentors engineers, establishes engineering standards, and drives large-scale technology initiatives. Uses modern programming languages, cloud platforms, containers, databases, APIs, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability to improve system performance and reduce technical debt.

Leads technical vision and architecture for high-volume digital payments systems. Designs resilient, low-latency cloud platforms; modernizes monoliths into microservices and event-driven architectures; establishes API and engineering standards; ensures performance, scalability, operability, and implementation quality; mentors engineers; drives cross-domain initiatives; and contributes hands-on technical solutions across the organization.

Designs, develops, tests, implements, and supports enterprise-scale integrations across systems, data sources, and cloud platforms. Leads integration initiatives, partners with software, data, infrastructure, and architecture teams, and defines reusable standards and patterns. The role also improves integration reliability, scalability, resilience, observability, and automation while mentoring engineers and supporting Agile delivery.

Lead resilience engineering for large-scale cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include defining architectural vision, automating platform operations, managing incidents and root-cause analysis, governing multi-cloud IaC, establishing SLOs, mentoring SRE teams, and optimizing capacity, costs, and FinOps strategy. The role also drives observability, security governance, distributed systems reliability, and production platform scalability across engineering organizations.

Designs, engineers, and automates highly available cloud infrastructure and platforms for a global IoT service. Responsibilities include evolving PaaS implementations, managing Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code solutions, monitoring and troubleshooting security and infrastructure events, conducting root-cause analysis, collaborating on architecture and security, and mentoring junior engineers. The role also supports technology roadmaps, cloud cost optimization, and infrastructure initiatives across distributed teams.