Top Senior Full-Stack Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and optimize scalable cloud and web software with focus on infrastructure, performance, and hardware integration for IoT devices. Collaborate with hardware teams to ensure connectivity and high availability, implement new features, and improve system efficiency.

Lead architecture and implementation of scalable web applications using NestJS and Next.js. Build and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries, implement responsive UIs with Tailwind CSS, integrate LangChain-driven AI features, manage authentication with Clerk, and create end-to-end tests and automation with Puppeteer to ensure launch readiness and reliable user experiences.

Develop and deploy a cloud-ready PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, Python REST APIs, ETL workflows, React interfaces, dashboards, and GIS visualization tools for the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. Ensure accessibility, security compliance, documentation, testing, and interoperability across volcano observatories. Collaborate with government stakeholders, support federal certification activities, and participate in up to three onsite visits during the 12-month engagement.

Leads technical vision and strategy for Affirm’s Marketplace, Search, Ads Platform, and consumer experiences. Designs scalable full-stack platforms, guides architecture and technical excellence, coordinates initiatives across engineering teams, mentors engineers, and drives reliable delivery of customer-focused products across iOS, Android, and Web.

Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable web and mobile applications using Ruby on Rails, React, React Native, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Own architecture, APIs, data models, monitoring, performance, and code quality while collaborating with product, data, and DevOps teams. Provide technical leadership through system design, code reviews, mentoring, and continuous improvement in a remote-first healthcare technology environment.

Develop and support enterprise full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, Python, React, and cloud technologies. Build secure APIs, microservices, integrations, chatbot interfaces, and conversational UI features. Deploy cloud-native applications with Azure or AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes while contributing to CI/CD, testing, monitoring, security, and architecture. Collaborate with product, engineering, architecture, and business teams in an agile environment.

Build and maintain full-stack web features across database models, APIs, services, and user interfaces. Own product workflows from requirements and design through deployment, write production-ready code, collaborate with product and design, improve system reliability, and lead continuous releases. The role requires strong React, TypeScript, and Node.js experience, autonomy, clear communication, and a bias toward execution in a startup environment.

Lead end-to-end development of customer-facing product experiences and backend systems across frontend and backend layers. Design scalable services, APIs, and data flows; improve accessibility, performance, reliability, security, observability, and maintainability. Partner with Product, Design, Data, and engineering leaders to deliver complex initiatives, influence architecture, support incident response, mentor engineers, and connect technical decisions to customer and business outcomes.

Lead full-stack software development across frontend and backend systems, delivering user-facing healthcare features from concept through iteration. Design APIs and application architecture, write technical specifications, improve testing and CI practices, collaborate with product, AI/ML, clinical, and UX teams, and guide cross-team technical decisions. The role involves React, Python, cloud infrastructure, databases, asynchronous workflows, and healthcare data technologies.

Lead complex software projects and mentor engineers while building scalable full-stack products for Vanta’s expansion team. Develop purchasing, checkout, upgrade, renewal, billing, and trial experiences that support self-serve growth and revenue automation. Set technical direction, own product functionality and infrastructure, collaborate across teams, and contribute to engineering culture. The role uses TypeScript, React, and Node.js and involves greenfield development in a rapidly scaling startup environment.

Build and maintain Grafana Cloud integrations and observability features across frontend (TypeScript/React), backend (Golang), and monitoring mixins (Jsonnet). Ship end-to-end features, own projects to production, contribute upstream to OpenTelemetry/Prometheus, run on-call for owned services, and communicate designs and demos across teams.

Design, build, and own scalable multi-tenant SaaS applications across frontend, backend, and data layers. Improve system architecture, performance, reliability, and testing practices. Integrate AI-assisted tools, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with Product and Design to deliver intuitive, production-grade software.

Build and optimize BizzyCar’s full-stack platform using Ruby on Rails APIs and Angular. Own features end to end, diagnose issues across UI, APIs, and data, guide architecture, mentor engineers, improve testing standards, and support multiple product domains including recalls, AI, and service systems.

Build and maintain full-stack applications for a maritime data management and AI platform. Responsibilities include developing frontend components, real-time WebGPU data feeds, PostgreSQL and Apache Iceberg data models, MQTT and Redpanda pipelines, Dagster batch workflows, machine learning integrations, and CI/CD tooling. The role supports mission-critical products used with U.S. Navy sonar and sonobuoy data.

Build and operate scalable, accessible, high-performance web experiences for Calendly’s marketing website and Help Center. Own projects from technical design through deployment and iteration, develop frontend architecture and CMS integrations, improve SEO, AEO, accessibility, Core Web Vitals, and reliability, and collaborate with Marketing, Content, SEO, Design, Product, and Engineering. Provide technical leadership through testing, code reviews, documentation, mentorship, and architectural improvements.

Own and evolve scalable distributed systems, REST APIs, backend services, and core product areas. Design solutions, improve resilience, reduce technical debt, and drive modularization. Use AI-first and agentic development practices, evaluate emerging AI tools, and help integrate AI across engineering workflows. Collaborate asynchronously with product, data, and go-to-market teams while improving engineering tools, processes, and system reliability.

Build full-stack Real User Monitoring features across frontend applications, backend services, APIs, and analytical storage systems. Design high-throughput telemetry ingestion, storage, querying, data models, and indexing strategies. Develop data-heavy user interfaces, optimize performance and costs, collaborate with SDK and cross-functional teams, and own projects from design through deployment, monitoring, testing, and iteration.

Build and ship end-to-end product features across an author analytics dashboard, marketing site, free tools, billing, email, and AI-assisted functionality. Design data models and APIs, integrate third-party services, develop production LLM features, and maintain testing, monitoring, performance, and observability. The role includes code review, technical documentation, independent product decisions, and close collaboration with the founder in a remote-first environment.

Build and scale full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, infrastructure, and user experiences supporting millions of users. Design reliable, high-performance systems; partner with Product, Design, and Data; own projects through deployment and optimization; improve observability and developer productivity; and support AI adoption through automation and AI-powered workflows.

Build and maintain full-stack features for Vanta’s third-party risk management products, including vendor onboarding, lifecycle management, monitoring workflows, data models, and platform abstractions. Write tested code, participate in reviews and architecture decisions, and collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver customer-facing functionality. Experience with TypeScript, React or Node.js, web applications, databases, and REST or GraphQL APIs is expected.

Lead development of secure, scalable digital banking software across front-end and backend systems. Design Angular or React applications, build APIs, optimize SQL performance, integrate third-party platforms, improve code quality, implement testing strategies, and mentor engineers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment while supporting cloud-native practices, regulatory compliance, and continuous product improvement.

Build and ship full-stack features, including REST APIs, single-page applications, data models, cloud-based containerized services, and relational database solutions. Translate product requests into deliverable work, contribute to architectural decisions, review pull requests, and protect patient data by maintaining strict PHI-handling practices. Work in a trunk-based development environment with short-lived branches, frequent releases, and continuous collaboration.

Build and maintain full-stack software for startup clients, including backend services, frontend experiences, new features, redesigns, bug fixes, and product improvements. Collaborate daily with product managers, designers, and engineers in a distributed, agile environment. Take ownership across the technology stack, write clean maintainable code, contribute to client missions, and support team growth and knowledge sharing.

Designs, builds, tests, deploys, and optimizes full-stack product features using React and Python. Develops GraphQL integrations, scalable backend services, data visualizations, analytics instrumentation, and production-ready platform capabilities. Contributes to UX workflows, CI/CD, monitoring, code quality, and stakeholder updates while collaborating in agile sprints and evaluating new technologies.

Build and own scalable fintech products end to end, partnering with product, design, and data teams. Design high-performance, event-driven systems, integrate AI models and autonomous agents, instrument features, monitor business outcomes, and optimize user experiences. Work across React, TypeScript, React Native, Laravel, PostgreSQL, and AWS while influencing technical strategy, architecture, and product decisions.