Top Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead the design and implementation of scalable digital collaboration solutions, mentor team members, and ensure high-quality, data-driven outcomes.

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

The Lead Software Engineer will define and implement the technical vision for backend solutions, oversee project execution, and mentor team members while focusing on scalability and high availability in a data-intensive SaaS platform.

Lead the design and implementation of AI inference systems, mentoring team members and optimizing workloads. Ensure scalability and performance across platforms.

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.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will drive technical direction, contribute to architecture discussions, perform code reviews, and deliver high-quality code in a collaborative, agile environment.

Lead software engineering efforts for the Proton platform, focusing on system design, mentorship, and innovative drug discovery projects. Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to enhance engineering processes and standards within a minimalist organizational structure.

Provide technical and architectural leadership to the software development team, design software solutions, mentor team members, and drive projects to completion.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain resilient, scalable backend and enterprise features across Toast’s platform. Lead complex projects, ensure quality with automated tests, roll out and monitor features, collaborate with UX/PM and cross-functional teams, and mentor other engineers.

Lead Software Engineer with 6+ years experience to own product development from backend to frontend, focusing on developer experience and product mindset.

Lead design, build, and maintain CRM and MarTech integrations and services; lead technical discovery and execution; mentor engineers; collaborate with marketing and cross-functional teams; ensure system stability and participate in on-call rotations.

The Lead Software Engineer will design and maintain scalable software solutions, provide technical guidance, mentor junior engineers, and ensure software quality while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Lead Software QA Engineer will integrate quality into the AI-first engineering workflow, enhancing developer behavior towards reliability and efficiency. Responsibilities include building automated testing systems, defining production standards, collaborating with Sales and Product, and ensuring data integrity and usability.

As a Staff Software Engineer Tech Lead, you will lead technical efforts for the POS app, mentor engineers, solve strategic challenges, and enhance development with AI tools.

Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable backend systems and services. Improve performance, reliability, and deployments; operate production systems (incident response rotation); conduct code reviews; mentor engineers; collaborate with product, sales, and customers.

The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, debugging, and maintaining applications to enhance business workflows, focusing on the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will optimize the pre-purchase experience, implement AI-driven onboarding solutions, and enhance application performance while collaborating across teams to improve user conversion rates and experiences.

The Lead Software Engineer will design and implement complex SaaS solutions, guide scrum teams, and collaborate cross-functionally. Responsibilities include leading product development and driving software design best practices.

The Lead Software Engineer will enhance the Corporate Payments platform by leading the development of services, align architectural strategies, and foster a culture of innovation within the team.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Aspire, you'll lead the development of user-facing features, manage complex projects, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product functionality.

Lead development of AI-powered full-stack applications, mentor engineers, define technical direction, build performant front-end and scalable backend services, integrate LLMs/RAG, and establish engineering best practices for production AI workflows.

Lead a team developing cloud-native security solutions, focusing on application development, architectural decisions, and maintaining high security standards.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain scalable systems for workforce development, using modern web technologies while mentoring engineers and collaborating in an Agile environment.

Lead the development of a search and data integration platform, ensuring architecture, integration, and delivery of complex software systems in a safety-focused environment.

The Lead Software Engineer will develop and implement strategies for Corporate Payments products, enhance architecture, and foster a collaborative engineering culture.