Top Senior Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Architects, optimizes, and supports NICE CXone and cloud-based contact center environments. Drives enterprise integrations, improves system performance, leads adoption of AI and voice technologies, mentors engineering teams, and directs root-cause resolution for major contact center incidents.

Leads the technical direction and architecture of data product systems, including APIs, backend services, data stores, and processing systems. Builds and reviews production code, partners with product managers, data scientists, and ML engineers, and oversees system design, operations, observability, and on-call health. The role also mentors engineers, drives cross-team technical alignment, evaluates machine-learning production systems, and guides effective use of AI engineering tools.

Leads design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and production delivery of scalable Java-based financial technology solutions. Builds resilient microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, React, AWS, and Kubernetes; manages unit, SIT, and UAT testing; supports clearing and settlement functions; and promotes secure, responsible AI-assisted engineering practices, automation, code quality, and operational stability.

Create technical content, videos, demos, presentations, and product walkthroughs showcasing GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI agent capabilities. Engage developers, customers, sales teams, and online communities through webinars, events, forums, Discord, and social platforms. Answer technical questions, deliver analyst briefings, research the developer tools landscape, test new features, and provide product feedback. The role is remote, supports U.S. and Canadian time zones, and requires up to 20% travel.

The Senior Security Engineer supports application security, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, code reviews, security training, and secure SDLC practices. Responsibilities include third-party risk assessments, audit evidence collection, policy and compliance support, vulnerability research, incident response, security metrics, and remediation tracking. The role also administers security-system access, collaborates cross-functionally, guides junior engineers, responds to inquiries, and participates in a rotating one-week-per-month on-call schedule.

Leads DevOps and platform engineering initiatives by designing CI/CD pipelines, automating cloud infrastructure, supporting Kubernetes deployments, integrating security and observability controls, and improving developer productivity. Partners across engineering, security, SRE, and architecture teams to establish standardized delivery practices, self-service platforms, engineering metrics, and scalable cloud-native solutions. Mentors engineers and drives technical standards across multiple teams.

Develops PAM strategy, architecture, and technical designs; leads implementation, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of privileged access platforms. Establishes least-privilege controls, access policies, session isolation, user entitlements, and Privileged Access Workstations. Coordinates project plans, documentation, compliance improvements, and cross-functional IAM initiatives while resolving issues affecting strategic and technical goals.

Design and implement software solutions across full-stack applications, including microservices, APIs, frontend and backend systems. Diagnose production issues, improve scalability, manage risk, and collaborate with Product, Analytics, Operations, and engineering teams. Mentor junior developers, prioritize work across projects, participate in on-call rotation, and apply AI tools responsibly to enhance development workflows.

Build and scale full-stack software for employer and Employee Assistance Program products, including employer portals, patient and provider workflows, eligibility, authorization, and billing. Lead technical projects, design secure distributed systems, mentor engineers, contribute to engineering culture, and use modern technologies and AI-assisted development tools. Collaborate cross-functionally to expand access to mental healthcare.

Manage, troubleshoot, secure, and optimize government cloud and hybrid infrastructure across Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, and GCP. Responsibilities include incident and change management, compliance with government security frameworks, automation and infrastructure documentation, performance monitoring, root cause analysis, customer communication, and 24x7 on-call support. The role also involves cloud architecture guidance, operational improvements, customer service reviews, technical mentoring, and occasional travel.

Develop and lead full-lifecycle software projects, including architecture, object-oriented design, database modeling, coding, testing, implementation, and optimization. Lead technical teams, make architectural decisions, estimate resources and timelines, manage delivery commitments, and collaborate with stakeholders. Mentor junior engineers, establish development standards, conduct code reviews, and support scalable business solutions using modern software development, cloud, DevOps, and database technologies.

Lead enterprise automation and agentic AI initiatives, owning the automation and integration stack and Center of Excellence. Build secure, reusable workflows and integration frameworks using platforms such as Zapier, Claude, and Glean. Establish governance, standards, documentation, and prioritization practices while partnering with IT, innovation teams, engineers, business stakeholders, and executives. Identify operational inefficiencies, develop automation roadmaps, and deliver scalable systems with secure data handling, access controls, human oversight, and measurable business impact.

Build and ship web-based transportation management software for trucking customers. Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering teammates to understand user workflows, solve domain problems, deliver features rapidly, and maintain an effective balance between quality and velocity. The role requires proactive ownership, strong communication, frequent collaboration, and willingness to learn the trucking industry and engage with customers.

Leads architecture and hands-on development of scalable backend systems and APIs supporting real-time applications. Owns the engineering lifecycle, writes high-performance code, establishes testing and reliability practices, resolves production issues, guides technical roadmaps, collaborates cross-functionally, and mentors engineers. The role requires expertise in object-oriented backend development, distributed cloud systems, automated testing, system monitoring, and technical leadership.

Design and deliver Android system applications for Toast POS devices, including device policy enforcement, setup, firmware and app updates, background services, and fleet deployment. Lead technical design, cross-functional planning, Android and hardware upgrades, automated testing, production issue investigations, and staged rollouts. Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, hardware, QA, and software teams to build secure, reliable device-management systems.

Installs, customizes, upgrades, patches, maintains, and troubleshoots IBM z/OS and ISV products in managed mainframe environments. Supports disaster recovery, performance optimization, database and infrastructure administration, security, customer incidents, change control, and ServiceNow requests. Plans transitions and technical projects, develops automation scripts and documentation, supports proposals and service scoping, and mentors technical staff while maintaining customer relationships.

Lead technical vision and strategy for Affirm’s Cards backend engineering organization. Architect scalable and reliable platforms, guide cross-team initiatives, champion AI adoption and engineering excellence, influence technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers through Staff level. The role requires strong architectural expertise, organizational leadership, project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

Own complex software systems and critical workflows end-to-end while ensuring reliability, performance, security, and maintainability. Lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, manage incident response, improve system health, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. The role requires extensive Ruby on Rails, AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure, Linux production operations, frontend development, relational databases, testing, CI/CD, and observability experience.

The Senior Full-Stack Engineer will manage client relationships, design integration solutions, and ensure seamless delivery and optimization of technical workflows, while leveraging AI for efficiency.

Establishes and owns Bloom’s production support and incident response function. Responsibilities include implementing monitoring, supporting major incidents, coordinating responders and vendors, overseeing root cause analysis, tracking preventive actions, automating repetitive support tasks with Python or Bash, maintaining documentation, and measuring incident response effectiveness. The role also supports client-facing Operations teams with onboarding, offboarding, sandbox resets, and other technical support needs while partnering with product and engineering teams to reduce support overhead.

Build and maintain dbt data models, SQL transformations, ingestion pipelines, orchestration, and Tableau dashboards in support of HR and enterprise analytics. Own data quality, metric standardization, privacy controls, Row-Level Security, documentation, CI/CD, and troubleshooting from source systems through reporting. Partner with stakeholders to define requirements and KPIs, support workforce forecasting, optimize BigQuery performance, and pilot AI-assisted analytics using Google Gemini.

Own and deliver backend lakehouse infrastructure goals, lead engineers through complex problems, and build highly available distributed data systems. Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and engineering stakeholders; define scalable technical solutions; improve code quality and engineering standards; monitor operational health; support on-call responsibilities; and mentor team members.

Leads quality data engineering and analytics initiatives, including data pipelines, integrations, databases, dashboards, governance, automation, and AI-enabled solutions. Translates business requirements into scalable systems, analyzes quality trends, improves processes, administers quality platforms, and partners with IT and vendors. Provides technical leadership, training, mentoring, and support while driving adoption of Power Platform, intelligent agents, copilots, and responsible AI practices.

Provides senior operational support for enterprise Windows environments in a managed-services setting. Responsibilities include administering Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, certificates, virtualization, patching, monitoring, incident resolution, ticket management, PowerShell automation, change management, documentation, customer communication, cross-team collaboration, mentoring, and on-call support.

Design and scale foundational APIs and backend services for LogicGate’s multi-tenant GRC platform. Build distributed systems using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, AWS, databases, caching, and messaging technologies. Improve reliability, observability, performance, testing, and CI/CD practices. Lead technical design reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, mentor engineers, and use AI coding tools to improve development efficiency.