Top Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

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Chicago, IL
179K-205K Annually
Mid level
179K-205K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead backend engineering portfolio and developer team to build cloud-based, distributed microservices and full-stack solutions. Mentor engineers, evaluate and sometimes write code, collaborate with product managers, and apply technologies like Java, Python, Node, Go, Scala, containers, and AWS to meet regulatory and customer needs.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoGCPJavaKubernetesAzureNode.jsNoSQLOpen Source RdbmsPythonScalaSQL
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead and mentor a team delivering cloud-based, microservices solutions to meet regulatory needs. Collaborate with product managers, design and evaluate code, and build scalable backend systems using modern languages, databases, containers, and cloud services. Promote tech experimentation, community participation, and occasional hands-on coding.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformInteractive Ai ToolingJavaKubernetesAzureNode.jsNosql DatabasesOpen Source FrameworksOpen Source RdbmsPythonScalaSQL
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team to design and deliver cloud-based, full‑stack solutions and distributed microservices. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, adopt emerging technologies, and meet regulatory requirements while leveraging cloud platforms, containers, databases, and modern languages.
Top Skills: AWSContainer OrchestrationCSSDockerGoGCPHTMLInteractive Ai ToolingJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzureNoSQLOpen Source FrameworksOpen Source RdbmsPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team to design and deliver cloud-native, full-stack microservices and regulatory solutions. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and use modern languages, containers, databases, and cloud services to build scalable customer-facing systems.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoGCPHTMLInteractive Ai ToolingJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzureNoSQLOpen Source FrameworksPythonRdbmsSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
134K-224K Annually
Senior level
134K-224K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Information Technology • Retail • Industrial
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will develop scalable applications, mentor team members, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Top Skills: AgileDevOpsDistributed SystemsScrumSoftware Engineering
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team of developers to deliver cloud-based solutions, solve complex business problems, and mentor junior engineers while staying current with technology trends.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, you'll lead diverse tech projects, mentor developers, and deliver cloud solutions at Capital One.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead full-stack engineering team to design, architect, deploy, and support cloud-native microservices and user experiences. Drive use of emerging Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, vector DBs), mentor engineers, collaborate with product, and deliver scalable AWS-based solutions.
Top Skills: Agentic AiAngularAWSAzureContainer OrchestrationDockerGCPGoJavaJavaScriptLarge Language Models (Llms)NoSQLOpen Source RdbmsPythonRag (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)SQLTypescriptVector Databases
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead and architect full-stack cloud services and user experiences for credit card acquisition, mentor engineers, own deployments, and apply emerging AI/LLM technologies to drive product and engineering improvements.
Top Skills: Agentic AiAngularAWSClaude CodeContainer OrchestrationDockerGCPGoJavaJavaScriptLlmsAzureNoSQLPythonRagRdbmsSQLTypescriptVector Databases
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
235K-310K Annually
Mid level
235K-310K Annually
Mid level
eCommerce • Hardware • Information Technology • Logistics • Mobile • Software • App development
The Security Lead Software Engineer will protect IT and OT infrastructure by improving detection and response capabilities, developing custom security tools, and ensuring cloud security during infrastructure modernization.
Top Skills: Active Directory/Entra IdAzureCarbon BlackCheckpointCisco AciForescoutGitlabKubernetesLinuxPowershellProofpointPythonSplunkSymantecTcpdumpTenableVMwareWireshark
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead diverse technology projects, guide developers in full stack systems, and deliver cloud-based solutions to enhance financial empowerment for customers.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoGCPHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzureNosql DatabasesPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead software engineers will manage diverse tech projects, provide mentorship, and deliver robust cloud solutions to meet regulatory needs.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead diverse technology projects and a team of developers to create solutions for regulatory needs, mentoring engineers and driving cloud-based innovations.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNosql DatabasesOpen Source RdbmsPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
235K-310K Annually
Senior level
235K-310K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Hardware • Information Technology • Logistics • Mobile • Software • App development
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimize software solutions for e-commerce and automate logistics, while mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: C#C++Genai ToolsJavaReactRustStorybook
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
128K-209K Annually
Mid level
128K-209K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Internet of Things • Software • Cybersecurity • Industrial
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will develop and deploy Generative AI solutions, manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with data scientists to refactor analytics solutions for production.
Top Skills: Apache AirflowAWSCrew.AiFastapiGithub ActionsLangchainLanggraphPythonSemantic Kernel
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team of developers to build cloud solutions, mentor engineers, stay updated on tech trends, and deliver robust systems using various programming languages and frameworks.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoGCPJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzurePythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead diverse technology projects, mentor developers, and create full stack solutions for regulatory needs using modern technologies and cloud solutions.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-225K Annually
Senior level
179K-225K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team of developers in creating full stack cloud-based solutions, focusing on resilience and regulatory needs, while mentoring peers.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a diverse portfolio of technology projects, collaborate with product managers, mentoring developers, and deliver cloud-based solutions for financial empowerment.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSQLTypescript
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Remote
Chicago, IL
110K-216K Annually
Senior level
110K-216K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • eCommerce • Information Technology • Software
As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you'll enhance database reliability, automate infrastructure, collaborate on initiatives, and participate in on-call duties.
Top Skills: AlertmanagerAmazon EcsAnsibleBashChefDockerElkGoKubernetesLightstepNew RelicNomadPHPPrometheusPuppetRubySentryTerraform
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team to design and deliver cloud-based, distributed microservices and data platforms (Python/Scala/Spark/AWS). Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, evaluate and adopt new technologies, and help meet regulatory needs while occasionally coding and reviewing work.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoInteractive Ai ToolingJavaKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLPythonRdbmsScalaSparkSQL
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers to design and deliver cloud-based full-stack, microservices solutions. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, evaluate and write code, and apply containerization, databases, and AWS tools to meet regulatory and customer needs.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNoSQLPythonRdbmsSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
209K-262K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers to build cloud-based, full-stack solutions using microservices. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and occasionally code or review code. Drive regulatory-focused solutions using cloud, containers, databases, and modern programming languages.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoGCPHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzureNoSQLOpen Source RdbmsPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
179K-225K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team and portfolio building cloud-native, full-stack microservices and solutions. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product, and deliver secure, scalable AWS/GCP/Azure services using containers, RDBMS/NoSQL, and modern languages/frameworks.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerGoGCPHTMLInteractive Ai ToolingJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzureNoSQLOpen Source FrameworksOpen Source RdbmsPythonSQLTypescript
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
209K-239K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a portfolio of full‑stack, cloud‑based projects and mentor developers. Design and deliver distributed microservices solutions using modern languages, containers, orchestration, and AWS to meet regulatory and customer needs.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNoSQLPythonRdbmsSQLTypescript
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