Top Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead a portfolio and team to design and deliver cloud-based, full-stack, microservices solutions meeting regulatory needs. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, occasionally code and evaluate implementations, and use modern cloud, container, database, and AI-related tooling.

Lead and mentor an engineering team to build cloud-native, full-stack solutions and distributed microservices. Collaborate with product managers to deliver secure, scalable AWS-based applications using modern languages, containers, and orchestration while promoting tech practices, experimentation, and community engagement.

Lead an agile engineering team to design, build, and operate secure, scalable full-stack systems. Drive architecture for event-driven microservices, develop Java Spring Boot services and React/TypeScript SPAs, own testing and operational stability, promote AI-assisted engineering practices, and lead technical evaluations and communities of practice.

Design and develop backend services and APIs for identity resolution, optimize event-driven systems, and enhance system reliability. Mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll design and develop GenAI platforms, integrate LLMs, mentor engineers, and solve technical challenges for scalable solutions.

Lead a portfolio of backend engineering projects and a development team to design, build, and operate distributed microservices and cloud-native solutions (Java, Go, Python). Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, ensure regulatory-compliant systems, and occasionally code or evaluate implementations.

Lead engineering on trading technology: design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable Java/Spring services and data pipelines. Drive adoption of cloud (AWS), CI/CD, AI/ML, analytics, automation, and best practices while mentoring and delivering complex market-facing systems.

Lead a team to design and deliver cloud-based backend solutions and distributed microservices using languages like Python, Scala, and Java. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, evaluate code, and use AWS, containers, and data frameworks (Spark) to meet regulatory and customer needs.

Lead diverse technology projects and teams to create solutions, mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and implement cloud-based solutions.

Lead technical design, build, and operate scalable, secure healthcare integration systems. Drive architecture, event-driven distributed systems, APIs, observability, IaC, CI/CD, incident response, cross-functional delivery, and mentor engineering teams.

Own and optimize a large Cloudera/HBase/Kafka data environment while leading a phased migration to AWS-native serverless services. Design migration to avoid data loss, enable application teams to refactor consumers, enforce data governance/security, and modernize ingestion pipelines using AWS MSK, Lambda, and Glue.

Lead a team building distributed microservices and full‑stack cloud solutions. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and deliver secure, scalable applications using modern languages, databases, containers, and AWS services to meet regulatory and customer needs.

Lead design and delivery of cloud-native Java/Spring adjudication services. Decompose legacy systems, build APIs, ensure observability, reliability, and security. Drive CI/CD, containerized deployments, AI-assisted engineering, cross-team coordination, documentation, and production support for high-volume transactional claim workflows.

Lead and deliver cloud-based, full-stack solutions for a global payments network. Manage a portfolio and team, design distributed microservices, mentor engineers, collaborate with product, and use cloud, container, database, and multi-language technologies to meet regulatory and business needs.

Lead a team delivering full-stack, cloud-native microservices and applications. Collaborate with product managers, mentor engineers, experiment with emerging tech, and build solutions using JavaScript/Java/TypeScript/Python/Go, containers, databases, and AWS to meet regulatory and customer needs.

Lead design, develop, deploy, and operate cloud-native fraud protection services on AWS. Implement secure, high-quality production code, automate infrastructure and CI/CD, monitor and optimize performance, apply AI-assisted engineering practices, and drive cross-team architecture, resiliency, and compliance for high-volume transactional systems.

Lead reliability, performance, and operational excellence for large-scale ad-tech distributed systems. Design and operate monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, automation, and secure production infrastructure. Mentor engineers, influence architecture for production readiness, run on-call rotations, and drive continuous improvement of engineering operations and observability.

Lead teams and projects to design, build, and operate scalable, highly available payment systems. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, deliver cloud-native full‑stack solutions using microservices, containers, databases, and AWS/Azure/GCP technologies, and occasionally write or review code.

Lead a team and portfolio of backend engineering projects to build cloud-based, microservices-driven solutions. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and implement scalable systems using Java/Python/Node/Go/Scala, containers, orchestration, databases, and AWS services to meet regulatory and customer needs.

Lead and mentor engineering teams to design, build, and operate highly available, scalable payment systems (debit network) using cloud-native microservices. Collaborate with product managers, deliver secure cloud solutions, and occasionally write or review code. Drive technical transformation, experiment with new technologies, and support regulatory needs.

Architect and build microservices using Node.js and Rust, work with cross-functional teams to deliver quality customer-focused features, and improve agile processes.

Lead the design and architecture of software systems while mentoring a team of developers. Develop production software and implement CI/CD pipelines, using modern technologies and practices.

Lead design, develop, test, operate and maintain full‑stack banking software. Own production‑ready code, ensure scalability, reliability, security, and observability. Mentor peers, conduct code reviews, drive architectural decisions, and integrate AI capabilities into backend services.

Leads complex solution design and execution for API integrations and enterprise banking applications. Translates Commercial Banking requirements into scalable application, infrastructure, interface, and integration designs aligned with technology roadmaps. Guides design reviews, manages stakeholders, promotes operational efficiency, and mentors junior engineers. The role spans front-end and back-end development, cloud infrastructure, security, databases, ETL, CI/CD, resiliency, compliance, and high-availability solutions within Microsoft Azure environments.

Lead a cloud-focused full-stack engineering team to design, build, and operate scalable, high-availability web platforms and APIs. Mentor engineers, improve architecture and test coverage, ship features in React/AWS container environments, and drive observability and resilience.